Fear-filled Phantasms: Emanuele Taglietti

Halloween is just around corner, and here's another collection of paintings from Emanuele Taglietti to help you get in the mood!

Fear-filled Phantasms: Emanuele Taglietti

During the 1970s and 1980s, adult-oriented horror comics were big business in Itality. Emanuele Taglietti was one of the most prolific painter of covers for these titles, sometimes creating as many as ten in a single month. Every Friday this month, I'm presented a small gallery of his work in celebration of the 31 Nights of Halloween.

When the market for comics full of sex and violence and monsters and gore began to shrank, Taglietti  left the commercial art field to work as a fine artist and art instructor. He retired in 2000, but he continues to do work in the field of mural restoration.

Fear-filled Phantasms: Emanuele Taglietti

Here's another gallery of chilling paintings from Italian artist Emanuele Taglietti, selected to encourage some Halloween spirit as the Big Night draws ever closer!

Fear-filled Phantasms: Emanuele Taglietti

This year's featured artist during the 31 Nights of Halloween is Italian painter and illustrator Emanuele Taglietti. He was most active as a commercial artist during the 1970s and 1980s, and he specialized in covers for horror comics that featured lots of sex and graphic violence.

We're starting on the mild end of Taglietti's range, but it will get more graphic as the monsters awaken from their slumber and Halloween draws near.

Starting Tomorrow: 31 Nights of Halloween!

Tomorrow ushers in another 31 Nights of Halloween here at Terror Titans!

If this is your first time here, this is an annual tradition where I kinda-sorta resurrect what was once my horror movie review blog by posting horror short films (15 minutes or less) with commentary and ratings. Mondays are reserved for music videos and Saturdays may or may not feature a profile of a horror movie actress, reviving the Saturday Scream Queen feature that was once so popular in these parts. Fridays will also feature a bonus post (the Fear-Filled Phantasms series) spotlighting the work of an artist whom excels at Halloweenish horror fun.

I hope you'll swing by each and every day to bolster your Halloween spirit and get ready for the big night!

A piece by this year's Fear-Filled Phantasms artist Emanuele Taglietti