Artist Richard Pickman's (Crispin Glover) monstrous images of demons and blood rituals seem to draw people into the worlds of horror depicted in the paintings. The episode is pretty grisly, especially the ending and, typical of the series, the special effects are quite good, but the story is a bit predictable, especially when classic 'shock' tropes are overused (ie talking to the back of someone's head while the audience waits for the 'face reveal'). Glover manages a broody oddness as Pickman despite his oddly transcultural accent and the rest of the cast is OK for what they are asked to do. Always good to drop by the Miskatonic University campus but this story deviates substantially from the original, simple Lovecraft story and lacks the epic weirdness that make the macabre author's tales so disturbing.
Review of Pickman's Model
