John Carpenter – New Pulp Tales

The Pulpy Prehistory of the The Thing IV – The Thing

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt 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

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

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt 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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The Pulpy Prehistory of The Thing II – Who Goes There?

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, John W Campbell, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing, Who Goes There?

In his long journey home, Odysseus was forced to pass between the fearsome monster, Scylla, and the vast, ship-swallowing whirlpool, Charybdis. A similar danger confronts anyone tasked with describing the origins of John W. Campbell’s

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

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022Featured, Pulp SpotlightAt the Mountains of Madness, David Henry, H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter, Lovecraftian, pulp spotlight, Shoggoth, The Thing

While magazines made of literal pulp are long gone, the spirit of the pulps is like a good movie monster–it just refuses to die. H. P. Lovecraft in particular has had a long undeath, spawning

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