Nothing seems to piss people off more than putting lists up of “the best ___” or whatever. And since we don’t mind ruffling some feathers, we’re going to start listing the most influential (to us) movies by decade. I say influential to us because these movies were an inspiration in one way or another to… Continue reading American Pulps Favorite Movies By Decade: 1930s
Tag: Old Hollywood
Dashiell Hammett: Pinkerton Detective Turned Hardboiled Writer
They don’t make ’em like Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961) anymore. A veteran of both world wars AND a Pinkerton Agent, Sam wrote what he knew. And what he knew was far more interesting than your average person. A product of the D.M.V. (D.C., Maryland, Virginia NOT the Dept. of Motor Vehicles), Hammett was… Continue reading Dashiell Hammett: Pinkerton Detective Turned Hardboiled Writer
What is Pulp Fiction?
Usually when we tell people we write pulp fiction the person we’re talking to will ask ‘What is Pulp Fiction?’ This happens so much we wrote an article about it on our old website when we used to go by the name of Shit Show Pulps. Ironically, that article was used against us when we… Continue reading What is Pulp Fiction?