Column – New Pulp Tales

Necessary Evils by Serena Jayne

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Featured, Pulp Spotlight #noir, Horror, Necessary Evils, pulp spotlight, Serena Jayne, Strange Case of Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde

Welcome to our first Pulp Spotlight of 2023. For first time readers, these articles consist of reviews of pulp fiction we enjoy. Today, we’re focusing our attention on Serena Jayne’s 2022 short story collection, Necessary

The Lovecraft Adaptations in Cabinet of Curiosities

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Column, Featured, Pulp Spotlight Arkham, Cabinet of Curiosities, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Masters of Horror, Miskatonic University, Night Gallery, Pickman's Model, Rod Serling, Stuart Gordon, The Dreams in the Witch House

My wife and I recently had a baby, so my television time is limited these days, but I made sure to check out the H.P. Lovecraft adaptations in Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.

The Dreams in the Witch House

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight David Henry, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, The Dreams in the Witch House, Weird Fiction, Weird Tales

The second Lovecraft adaptation in the Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology due to come out on Netflix later this month, has its roots in the world of genuine science. In late

Del Toro’s Model

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight David Henry, Guillermo Del Toro, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, Pickman's Model, Weird Fiction, Weird Tales

Spooky season is upon us, and with it a slew of new ghosts and goblins on the big and small screens. Among them is Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a horror anthology set to

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing IV – The Thing

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight At the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Shoggoth, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Nothing reveals an artist’s talent quite like telling a story which has been told before. Lovecraft began a theme of alien Antarctic horror, and Campbell spun those elements into a new narrative. The Thing from

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing III – The Thing from Another World

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Featured, Pulp Spotlight At the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, The Thing, The Thing from Another World, Who Goes There?

Where John Carpenter fans might find Who Goes There? familiar, like coming home after a long absence, its 1951 adaptation is more like viewing the story through a funhouse mirror: anything recognizable is distorted, and

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Necessary Evils by Serena Jayne

The Lovecraft Adaptations in Cabinet of Curiosities

The Dreams in the Witch House

Del Toro’s Model

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing IV – The Thing

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing III – The Thing from Another World

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing II – Who Goes There?

The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing I – At the Mountains of Madness

Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep

Darkhorse Comics App Reviewed