Friday, July 31, 2015
Ghostly Gallery
A few years back, I posted scans of Fred Banbery art from another amazingly spooky collection of stories called Haunted Houseful (click HERE if you missed it) --and today we have more! This selection of eerie imagery comes from Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery, Random House / 1962, containing supernatural gems by Algernon Blackwood, F. Marion Crawford, H. G. Wells, Henry Kuttner, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many more. Man, I'd love to see Banbery's work in person-- it's fantastically fun and downright terrifying-- definitely the nightmare stuff that fueled the imaginations of my generation.
man these are really great! of course i freaking love The Haunted Trailer!!!! when's the movie coming out?!?!?!?!
ReplyDeletei also really love The Upper Berth and Obstinate Uncle Otis.
man i'd love to read all these stories too!
I like every single one of these (especially the Lord Dunsany and the one with the creepy moose-man). I think I've said this before, but I really miss seeing a lot of pencil and charcoal work in illustration. These seem so vibrant and effortless.
ReplyDeleteThis art got used on The Sinisters 45 rpm cover....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.discogs.com/Sinisters-Four-Haunted-Hits/release/5088746
There's little to add here except another vote for how great this artwork is. That was always the highlight when I was in school -- the book fair. Anything with monsters (and, of course, this month's Dynamite) I'd get. Puzzle, stories, mazes, make-up, I loved them all.
ReplyDeleteGreat illustrations. I love those ghost story collections. There was an ABC Weekend Special of "The Haunted Trailer" starring Lauren "Loveboat Julie" Tewes. I wonder if it was the same story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345379/
ReplyDeleteThere was also a 2014 movie starring Ron "'Nuff Said" Jeremy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2224227/
I had completely forgotten about this book. I loved the stories and even more loved the illustrations. So inspiring. Thank you for posting this.
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