Passionate About Pulp: A Conan Double-Feature (Is What Is Best in Life)

THE SUBGENRE: Sword and sorcery adventure. THE HERO: Conan the Barbarian, aka Conan the Cimmerian THE VILLAIN: Thulsa Doom, leader of a snake cult (Conan the Barbarian); Queen Taramis, who plans to sacrifice her niece to raise a death god. THE SETTING: The mystical “Hyborian Age,” after the fall of Atlantis but before known ancient…