Feb
01

flavorpill: How “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” is being ruined (via Buzzfeed)  Oh this… is terrible news. I’ve mentioned this terrifying, childhood-ruining book on the blog before, pointing out how the artwork for how it guaranteed that I never slept as a kid. Well, it’s getting updated, and it just isn’t the same. Click through to see more examples of how previously awesome artwork will be losing its edge. This is wrong. Very, very wrong. Why, when I was a kid, I read this book at night, basically wetting myself every 5 minutes, and staring at the illustrations until I was convinced that it moved and that a monster was going to gut me that night while I slept. Now that’s a real childhood. You have it way too easy, today’s youth of America. Enjoy your pleasant, innocent dreams while I go and replace the bulbs on all my nightlights.

flavorpill:

How “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” is being ruined (via Buzzfeed) 

Oh this… is terrible news. I’ve mentioned this terrifying, childhood-ruining book on the blog before, pointing out how the artwork for how it guaranteed that I never slept as a kid. Well, it’s getting updated, and it just isn’t the same. Click through to see more examples of how previously awesome artwork will be losing its edge.

This is wrong. Very, very wrong. Why, when I was a kid, I read this book at night, basically wetting myself every 5 minutes, and staring at the illustrations until I was convinced that it moved and that a monster was going to gut me that night while I slept. Now that’s a real childhood.

You have it way too easy, today’s youth of America. Enjoy your pleasant, innocent dreams while I go and replace the bulbs on all my nightlights.

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  1. youreverlastinglighttt reblogged this from mgnstdm
  2. mgnstdm reblogged this from flowerbeast and added:
    i hate when they change shit that is classic and widely known just because they think it’s better when in reality it...
  3. bar-queen reblogged this from shrimp
  4. hannahrae87 reblogged this from thelifeguardlibrarian
  5. shrimp reblogged this from bigbitchmarii
  6. bigbitchmarii reblogged this from flowerbeast and added:
    ew bro wtf is this bullshit
  7. flowerbeast reblogged this from newageamazon and added:
    STAY AWAY FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
  8. nessalh reblogged this from newageamazon and added:
    Stop that right now
  9. newageamazon reblogged this from kristinross and added:
    The new illustration is very pretty. And that’s the problem. Growing up with these books, half the point was that the...
  10. kristinross reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    NOOOOOO Hey media, stop pillaging my childhood.
  11. unconspicuous reblogged this from flavorpill
  12. ellieandrews reblogged this from thelifeguardlibrarian
  13. sandetiger reblogged this from morerobots and added:
    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...
  14. threedaysofkaf reblogged this from thelifeguardlibrarian
  15. imjustamonster reblogged this from erintobase
  16. toshiroge reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    omg the spider story ;; AND NOOO THESE NEW ONES ARE TERRIBLE it’s like those new covers for AAR’s books q_q
  17. hantumfuckinsweet reblogged this from flavorpill
  18. shattered-lesle reblogged this from flavorpill
  19. eveneveryprisonhasanopendoor reblogged this from emmmaahh
  20. pleezwatchthatchild reblogged this from dirtydeedsdyan and added:
    Yeah later for that nonsense. The illustrations clearly made those books.
  21. jenespillane reblogged this from thelifeguardlibrarian
  22. jessicaswhat reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT
  23. off-keymelodies reblogged this from flavorpill
  24. dirtydeedsdyan reblogged this from noeatinginthelibrary and added:
    That’s some bullshit. Good thing I still have my Scary Stories anthology.
  25. pinkbookdragon reblogged this from thelifeguardlibrarian
  26. jessicabrokaw reblogged this from flavorpill
  27. newfoundkeighty reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    Omg. Do not approve....illustrations MADE the books. Fucking duh.
  28. marleymagaziner reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    YES! This picture terrified me as a child. But it was awesome....the way that terrifying...
  29. emmmaahh reblogged this from flavorpill
  30. noeatinginthelibrary reblogged this from thelifeguardlibrarian and added:
    This totally sucks. I remember being truly horrified by the illustrations. It was great.
  31. deoxysugar reblogged this from flavorpill
  32. hollywynne reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    Nooooo! That art—some of which...still seared in my mind—scared the ever-living CRAP out...
  33. peculiarcomics reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    I remember these covers very clearly as...visuals that both repulsed and enticed me, which...
  34. constable-connor reblogged this from flavorpill and added:
    Why does everyone like to ruin my childhood? When I start producing media I’m going to either ruin everyone’s childhood...
  35. temptingfate reblogged this from unabridgedbookstore and added:
    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...