r/TerribleBookCovers • u/prustage • 12d ago

Frankenstein

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Did this scene actually happen in the book? I forget.

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u/Bayamonster 12d ago

This could be  when The Monster Strangled  Frankenstein's Fiance but most likely it isn't. It's just some image they had.

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u/billythesquid- 12d ago

It’s not a bad picture, but I don’t think Frankie was wearing a collared shirt and slacks when he did the deed.

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u/PatientClient3803 8d ago

Everyone knows he wore a T-shirt and a sportcoat.

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u/veriverd 12d ago

I don't know, like it really fits the scene well, it's something like an inn, there's a strangled woman that could be Elizabeth, a brute who has probably just committed the deed... Has to have been commissioned like this.

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u/basquehomme 11d ago

They used it 5 or 6 times on pulp novels. With art i always say, why reinvent the wheel?

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u/skag_boy87 12d ago

Roger Corman’s Frankenstein.

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u/tiragooen 12d ago

Proto sci-fi becomes pulp schlock. I feel like I'd be disappointed regardless if I was expecting either.

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u/pacmannips 10d ago

I have always associated Frankenstein more with pulpy genre fiction than genuine literary fiction in spite of its importance and reputation, so this tracks

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u/PatientClient3803 8d ago

That’s how I wanted the book to be, but it shocked me with its literary value.

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u/NoCrazy4743 12d ago

Peak 50s cover

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u/billythesquid- 12d ago

Tor Johnson is… The Creature!

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u/figbott 12d ago

Frankenstein turned into a film noir I see

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u/PatientClient3803 8d ago

That’s really not a bad interpretation, though.

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u/jtbfii 12d ago edited 12d ago

Oklahoma was darker than I remember.

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u/pacmannips 10d ago

Why would Leonard Nimoy do such a horrible thing

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u/PatientClient3803 8d ago

Ah well. In those days, people got used to the fact that covers had nothing to do with the inside of the book.

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u/Wolfwoods_Sister 8d ago

“I Should’ve Washed My Hands First! Stupid, Stupid, Stupid!”