pulps
Selección Terror: Las Sádicas Doncellas
This Spanish-language pulp magazine issue features "Las sádicas doncellas" (The Sadistic Maidens) by Ralph Barby, illustrated by Alberto Pujolar. The story opens with a vampire-film production at Rome's Cinecittá studios, where director Peter Wallace and producer Burgallone are shooting a horror picture. An electrical fire halts production, prompting the cast and crew—including actresses Rita and Gina, French actor Lino, and Spanish assistant Marisa—to drive to the Tuscan countryside to surprise screenwriter Carlo Manfetty at his newly purchased medieval villa near Arezzo. Upon arrival, Manfetty appears disturbed and unstable, cryptically declaring he loves a dead woman and knows he will die violently at this very house. His ominous proclamation leaves the group bewildered as the narrative transitions into gothic thriller territory.