The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History
Hardcover
Edited by Stephen Jones
Foreword by Neil Gaiman
Applause Books
Release Date: September 1, 2015

Applause Books, a division of Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group, has created the ultimate coffee table book for horror geeks and fans of classic cinema: The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History, edited by Stephen Jones. The book is 11 square inches chock full of 256 beautiful pages, complete with classic movie posters, original art work, and contributions from some of the legendary minds in all field of horror fiction. The contributors guide in the back reads like a who’s who of horror history: author, painter, and director Clive Barker; acclaimed sci-fi artist H.R. Giger (who inspired the Alien franchise); comic legend, writer, and poet Neil Gaiman (who also pens an introduction for the book) are just some of the names. A book of this sort is not meant to be read straight through, but rather gazed at over and over piece by piece, like the films and tales it details.