HorrorHound Magazine Issue #70

Antiquarian & Collectible Horror Film & Television Studies Magazine & Periodicals Entertainment Collecting Pop Culture Reference Media History

HorrorHound Magazine Issue #70 (2018) is the last surviving copy of a year that many collectors already call “the golden middle” of modern horror journalism. Released at the height of the boutique-bluray boom, this 100-page perfect-bound paperback is packed with in-depth retrospectives on 1980s slasher staples, a blow-out guide to every variant cover of the original Halloween comic adaptation, and a 20-page oral history of the first-ever Texas Frightmare Weekend—interviews that never made it online. Because HorrorHound’s small print runs sell out within weeks, single issues routinely fetch three times cover price on the secondary market; owning the final copy of #70 means your shelf holds a piece of fandom ephemera that will not be re-printed.

Inside, readers will find gore-geous full-color photography of vintage VHS clamshells, lobby cards, and one-sheets shot in high resolution—perfect reference material for tattoo artists, prop masters, or any collector who needs pristine artwork for custom framing. A special “Video Store Memories” column maps out the 1987 rental charts for Blockbuster and Mom-and-Pop stores side-by-side, giving pop-culture historians hard data on how horror titles actually circulated before streaming. The magazine’s trademark blend of scholarly research and fanboy enthusiasm makes it accessible to young adults discovering the genre while still supplying the trivia depth that veteran horror hounds crave.

For investors, the 2018 run is already scarce: distributor Alliance closed its warehouse in 2019, pulping unsold stock and instantly limiting supply. Couple that with the surge in 1980s nostalgia streaming content and the value trajectory mirrors that of early Rue Morgue or Fangoria issues that now sell for $50–$100 each. Whether you want to relive the era of sticky-floor cinemas or you need the definitive source on the obscure Italian gore titles released by Shriek Show, HorrorHound #70 is the low-cost, high-yield grail your collection is missing.

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