I’m contemplating a Robert E. Howard month sometime in the future. However, I can discover only a few movies based on either the stories or the life of Howard, even with the help of the IMDb: both Conan movies, Kull the Conqueror (1997), Solomon Kane (2009), and The Whole Wide World (1996) — the latter a bio-pic, with Vincent D’Onofrio playing Two-Gun Bob. If I squint, I can include Red Sonja (1985), even though it’s more based on a spin-off character created for the comic, and the “Pigeons From Hell” episode of the Boris Karloff-hosted Thriller TV show.
So unless I want to end up reviewing episodes of the Conan TV show, what else is out there which may not be referenced in the IMDb based on Howard’s work?
With the publicity starting to be released for the Steven Spielberg-directed Tintin movie coming out later this year, I thought it would be interesting to review one of the past cinematic adaptations of Herge’s comic book creation. I chose to look at