Hello members of the esteemed Dead-Donkey forum.
For the last few weeks I have been a lurker & secret appreciator of your site. Because I have never been one to actively participate in internet forums, I have never contributed to your colorful discussions concerning the world of horror.
However, when I noticed that y'all take an interest in horror-themed games ("Guess The Horror Movie," "Do you know which horror movie this is?," &c.), I decided to share with y'all a little project I've been working on for the past few days.
I'm currently working in Germany, and some Germans take pleasure in reading a serial pulp novella by the name of John Sinclair: Ghost Hunter. The other day, as I was thumbing through some past issues in a comics shop, I began to notice that many of the covers looked strangely familiar. As this feeling of familiarity quickly increased, it suddenly struck me that a certain portion of the covers had been ripped from famous horror movie posters. See examples below.
I've been scanning through some internet cover archives to see if I could find any other "matches." It has proven to be quite fun, and although I've only been able to match about 10, I'm sure that there are many more matches to be found.
I hereby invite y'all to do the same. There's quite a thrill that comes with discovering the source of a ripped-off cover. It's comparable to catching a plagiarizer or recognizing a sample in a hip-hop song. It's also a great way to make use of a brain filled with otherwise dormant knowledge of horror imagery.
So here's how you "play": browse through this archive of John Sinclair covers
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/john-sinclair/
and see if you recognize any cover rip-offs. If you find any, post them here. (Note: The later issues seem to have more rip-offs.) I also invite any jokesters to make worthwhile humorous juxtapositions, such as the ones I've presented here:
Have fun!
Redguts
PS: complete collection here: http://www.redguts.com/sinclair_despair/
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