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Stephen Gammell was the illustrator for my childhood nightmares. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Wordcraftian@lemmy.world to c/spooky_memes@lemmy.world

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His artwork is like a splinter in my mind... a splinter I truly and greatly cherish.

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[–] girl@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I will never forget the one where a spider laid an egg sac in a girls cheek

[–] Wordcraftian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

So gross! 😝

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This pic always fucked me up as a kid (only pic I could find)

[–] DM_Gold@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which book is this?

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

First book, "The Haunted House"

[–] Retrokhan@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

One of the first jumpscares I ever experienced was flipping to a random page in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and seeing this face. https://www.scaryforkids.com/pics/stories-to-tell.jpg I literally threw the book away from me.

[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I remember the stories themselves being so tame compared the illustrations. I can barely remember the stories but the pictures are forever burned into my mind

[–] Wordcraftian@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They're iconic! Can you believe they tried to republish the series with different artwork a while back!?

[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I saw those, it was made me realize that the pictures carried the book.

[–] Oka@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Scary Stories?

[–] Wordcraftian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aye, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. My first step on a long journey of horror reading 📚

[–] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Holy crap, did you know they made a movie about this a few years ago? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark_(film)

Thanks for the memory haha, I remember reading these in school as a kid. Gonna have to find the whole series!

[–] Wordcraftian@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The movie was okay. Thought they nailed the aesthetic but didn't quite catch the vibe.

[–] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I just watched it. As a fan of the books when I was a kid it was definitely creepy at times, but I kinda feel the same. Maybe it would have been a lot better if it was an anthology of dedicated stories being told around a campfire, or something like that.

Man, those books really did a number on me as a kid.

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 1 points 11 months ago

Fuck you for bringing this back to me. 😟