The follow-up to this is Witch Hunt, which I enjoyed immensely and watched prior to seeing Cast a Deadly Spell. It’s not terribly important, but instead of Dennis Hopper in the role, Fred Ward appears; he's likely familiar as either "the actor from The Right Stuff" or "Remo Williams." My upbringing was steeped in cheap paperbacks—Westerns, mysteries, those dime-store novels that most people wouldn’t showcase on…

The setting: 1948. Magic is commonplace, considered a sign of advancement. Philip Lovecraft, a private investigator, takes on cases for hire, but his latest assignment—locating a missing book titled “The Necronomicon”—leads him into dangerous situations filled with dark magic and frightening creatures seeking to harm him. Tasked with protecting an innocent woman, recovering the magical text, and solving a murder myst…