Artistic Aurae in H. P. Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s Model” and the “Pickman’s Model” Segment of Night Gallery; a Short Review

January 25, 2024 by Matthew Pungitore

Distrust of technological and scientific progress, of Modernism, of Realism, et cetera: that sort of pessimism inhabits H. P. Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s Model,” the storyline of which expresses the wickedness engineered in the nightmare that it envisions, a world haunted by atrocities and fanaticism.

Thoughts on Night Gallery’s “The Return of the Sorcerer”; a Review and Contemplation

October 20, 2023 by Matthew Pungitore

“In this article, I will be not only contemplating the current state of entertainment but also briefly reviewing “The Return of the Sorcerer” of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, because it is, I feel, one of the best episodes in that series, it is good fun for a Samhain night, and said episode was inspired by the short story “The Return of the Sorcerer” by Clark Ashton Smith.”