#horror paperback

[spacenoirdetective]

Alan Lee, cover art for "The Beaver Book of Horror", 1977

[toomuchhorrorfiction]

Arkham House founder and HP Lovecraft publisher August Derleth born Feb 24, 1909

[godzilla-reads]

I found a few vintage paperbacks at Dreamhaven today- “The God of the Labyrinth” by Colin Wilson; “Wolfen” by Whitley Strieber; and “Moon of the Wolf” by Leslie H. Whitten.

[trashmenace]

Squirm by Richard Curtis

Squirm by Richard Curtis 1976 Ace

The novelization of the film, which I'm mostly familiar through MST3K. A downed electrical line causes worms to attack humans. Eventually. Mostly it's a city nerd trying to hook up with a country gal and them finding and losing skeletons.

I'm guessing this was based on the earlier script, though very close to the movie. A flashback to how Roger lost his thumb is the only full new scene. All the characters are described as amazingly attractive, skinny Mick is described as 175 pounds, and the Sheriff is a smooth talking ladies man.

Gorier and with more ambitious effects than the film - Roger's final form is as an ambulatory pile of worms. Biggest loss was that the best line - "You gonna be the worm face" is written as "Now we’ll see what you look like after the worms get you!"

From Amazon

[booklung]

[fitsofgloom]

Spelling really does count when practicing the Black Arts. I've learned that the hard way.

[tied-in]

SQUIRM

Written by Richard Curtis

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