A blood-soaked, beautifully designed celebration of vintage terror — drawn straight from the personal archives of Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, one of the world’s most passionate horror collectors.
The book showcases Hammett’s staggering collection of rare movie posters from the golden age of horror and sci-fi — think Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and more. Each piece is reproduced in vivid color, from eerie lithographs of the 1930s to the atomic-age pulp of the 1950s.
But it’s more than just visuals — Hammett’s commentary threads through the pages, mixing fanboy enthusiasm with personal reflection. He talks about how monsters fueled his creativity, shaped his love for music, and gave him an escape from fear.
Curated with museum-level care, It’s Alive! is both a collector’s dream and a love letter to the strange, gothic imagination that powered classic horror. It’s part art book, part haunted autobiography — proof that the monsters never really die, they just move into your record collection.
