User blog comment:NicktheDummy/Escape from Shudder Mansion cover art/@comment-4207976-20171018222524

Okay, when I first saw this, I had no idea what the heck I was looking at. All Dorman had to do was make the wall a different color than the ground. But no. The wall is the exact same color (and texture) as the ground, and it looks really bad and unfinished. Despite that, I surprisingly don't hate this cover. In fact, there's quite a lot to like here.

First of all, it's ominous, which is a style Dorman rarely goes for. You have this creature behind a locked up door(?), with a bright yellow light over it. You also have smokey candles next to the door, and what appears to be blood(??) leaking from underneath the door. It's kinda eerie. The monster itself looks... generic. It kind of reminds of the Classic GB Welcome to Camp Nightmare monster. But unlike that cover, the monster here is covered up. The detail on it also looks superb. 👌

This is the best cover in the series so far... but the color of the wall needs to be changed. Like with most recent book releases though, I'm sure we'll be seeing changes to the cover by the time book is released.