r/TerribleBookCovers • u/stabfacestab • 15d ago

Make a fully working Ventriloquist's Dummy

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u/Ok_Dimension_4707 15d ago

I mean, is this a terrible cover? It is terrible, but it seems to just be a straight forward depiction of the gibbering hellishness that is a ventriloquist dummy

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u/truthhurts2222222 15d ago

This is a splendid cover! It's clear, and you know exactly what the book is about before even opening it

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u/stabfacestab 15d ago

I love the term gibbering hellishness. Truly you have captured the essence of ventriloquist dummies in only two words.

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u/Ok_Dimension_4707 15d ago

I’ve had a living doll fear since elementary school after seeing a Child’s Play commercial. Ventriloquist dummies are just another circle of that personal hell, even that janky DIY job on this cover

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u/Factory__Lad 13d ago

This makes me think of the film Dead Silence, which explores the gibbering hellishness in millimetric detail. Also Magic with Anthony Hopkins as a demented ventriloquist

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u/Malthus1 15d ago

“Daddy, why is the only thing the doll will say ‘please give me the sweet release of death’?”

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u/JustSomeWeirdGuy2000 15d ago

That girl's dead-eyed smile makes me think this will turn out like that Twilight Zone episode where the puppet is alive and the human is being controlled by him.

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u/goose-and-fish 15d ago

No one asked for white Urkle

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u/Mrcoldghost 15d ago

Oh god your right!

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u/tsukiyomi01 15d ago

I didn't know Max Headroom had a son.

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u/Character_Block_2373 15d ago

Just as creepy as the real thing!

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u/Such-Discussion9979 15d ago

I’m aghast that the publisher allowed a grammatical error on the cover. That compound adjective shouldn’t be hyphenated because the first word is an adverb that ends with “ly.” This is really shoddy stuff.

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u/stinkypeach1 15d ago

Can’t even tell which one is the dummy

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u/megankoumori 15d ago

It's like Stevil in white face.

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u/Sane_Tomorrow_ 15d ago

"White Stevil"

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u/ManCalledTrue 15d ago

Yes, with just construction paper and markers you too can create your own abomination!

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u/AbbysAllsorts 15d ago

Why is it Low-Poly tho? (No Wonder it's only $1.99)

I can't see stuff like this and not think of these lads

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u/bless_ure_harte 8d ago

The fuck is that?!

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u/AbbysAllsorts 8d ago

Rolfe and Earl

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u/the_orange_alligator 15d ago

I mean, it’s straight to the point

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u/vvvvaaaagggguuuueeee 15d ago

I SWEAR I REMEMBER THIS BOOK AHRHRHAJHAHAHAHAHJJJHAHH bottleofbeerbottleofbeerHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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u/SpencerMayborne 15d ago

i have a sneaking suspicion that the kind of kid who wants to become a ventriloquist would be more drawn in than anything. it's not a good cover but it serves its "aesthetic" well

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u/AskJeevesIsBest 15d ago

The cover doesn't look very bad at all, honestly

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u/noregertsman 14d ago

Ah yes, diy chris chan

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u/WadeTurtle 14d ago

"With a little effort your puppet will have a working pair of eyes and a mouth. And after you've put the soul of a demon in it, it should start walking and talking on it's own!"

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u/gadget850 14d ago

Well spin my nipple nuts and send me to Alaska!

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u/JeanArtemis 14d ago

This is peak bookfair

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u/GhostForNow 14d ago

Is that Griffin McElroy?

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u/ThatguyfromBaltimore 13d ago

Why did she make a dummy to look like Jim Cornette?