Storyline

Michael King is a seedy writer of sleazy pulp genre novels under a half-dozen sensational pseudonyms whose ambition is to dictate ten thousand words per minute to stenographers a la Earle Stanley Gardner. He's recruited by the agent of Preston Gilbert, a quirky ex-Hollywood star currently living reclusively in exile in Malta, to help him write his biography. Despite being pursued by an enigmatic hitman, Gilbert has a large entourage of eccentrics and remains an inveterate practical joker. After Gilbert is eventually murdered by an apparent Priest, King tries to stay alive while interacting with a variety of idiosyncratic characters including an ersatz Princess, a henpecked clairvoyant, and a cross-dressing hitman.—G. Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)

Plot Keywords

independent film, hotel, hunting, loss of son, mother son relationship, murder, neo noir, one armed man, party, police lineup, prank, prayer, ruins, scandal, hitman, hit by a car, actor, author, beach, billiards

Short Review

Pulp is an underrated comedic masterpiece.

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