How “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” is being ruined (via Buzzfeed)
NOOOOOO Hey media, stop pillaging my childhood.The new illustration is very pretty.
And that’s the problem. Growing up with these books, half the point was that the illustrations were more likely to give you nightmares than the stories themselves. Look at the example above: I’m sorry, but if kids aren’t getting an image of an open flesh wound with spiders crawling out of it, how are they going to survive in our modern world?
Stop that right now
i hate when they change shit that is classic and widely known just because they think it’s better when in reality it...
ugh yyy
NO
ew bro wtf is this bullshit
STAY AWAY FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
Stop that right now
The new illustration is very pretty. And that’s the problem. Growing up with these books, half the point was that the...
NOOOOOO Hey media, stop pillaging my childhood.
Oh, gods, somewhere boxed up I have the three-in-one Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark book. That shit used to scare the...
Frack!
Unacceptable
Yeah later for that nonsense. The illustrations clearly made those books.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT
That’s some bullshit. Good thing I still have my Scary Stories anthology.
Omg. Do not approve....illustrations MADE the books. Fucking duh.
YES! This picture terrified me as a child. But it was awesome. In the way that terrifying things that you still find...
This totally sucks. I remember being truly horrified by the illustrations. It was great.
Nooooo! That art—some of which...still seared in my mind—scared the ever-living CRAP out...
I remember these covers very clearly as...visuals that both repulsed and enticed me, which...
Why does everyone like to ruin my childhood? When I start producing media I’m going to either ruin everyone’s childhood...
in this book haunted me as a child which is actually one of the only reasons I remember the book at all. Even looking at...