History Creator / RobertBloch

* GhostPirate: "Terror in Cut-Throat Cove"

* GroinAttack: This [[SarcasmMode "lovely"]] image from "The Night Before Christmas"

** "Pumpkin" features a HollywoodSatanist EvilSorcerer who comes back as this trope.

* HollywoodSatanist: The standard explanation for any EvilSorcerer.

* See-ThruSpecs: "The Cheaters" features glasses that let you read people's minds.

* It'sTheJourneyThatCounts: In "That Hell-Bound Train," protagonist Martin makes a Deal with the Devil that the Devil can have his soul if he, Martin, has the power to stop time when he reaches the moment of perfect happiness. Because Martin is always convinced that he could be happier, he never uses that power during his lifetime. [[spoiler:After his death, he acknowledges this trope and uses his power to stop time aboard the hell-bound train so he can enjoy an endless journey with "all the jolly crew" of the damned.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Tooth and Consequences".

* RoboticReveal: The twist of "Iron Mask" is that [[spoiler:the man in the iron mask is actually a Nazi operated robot!]] [[Main/NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer I'm not even making a word of that up]]

* UrbanFantasy
** "The Bat is My Brother"

* RoboticReveal: The twist of "Iron Mask" is that [[spoiler:the man in the iron mask is actually a Nazi operated robot!

Robert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific writer of horror/crime fiction (with some forays into science fiction), writing hundreds of short stories and over 20 novels. He also adapted several of his works into teleplays for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (most famously the JackTheRipper episode "Wolf In the Fold"), ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'', and ''Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (he also wrote for ''Series/ISpy''), as well as screenplays, many for Creator/AmicusProductions. His most well-known work is ''Literature/{{Psycho}}'' (which he did not personally adapt for the screen).

Robert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific writer of horror/crime fiction (with some forays into science fiction), writing hundreds of short stories and over 20 novels. He also adapted several of his works into teleplays for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (most famously the JackTheRipper episode "Wolf In the Fold"), ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'', and ''Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (he also wrote for ''Series/ISpy''), as well as screenplays, many for [[HammerHorror Hammer Studios]] rival Amicus Pictures. His most well-known work is ''Literature/{{Psycho}}'' (which he did not personally adapt for the screen).

Robert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific writer of horror/crime fiction (with some forays into science fiction), writing hundreds of short stories and over 20 novels. He also adapted several of his works into teleplays for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (most famously the JackTheRipper episode "Wolf In the Fold"), ''AlfredHitchcockPresents'', and ''Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (he also wrote for ''ISpy''), as well as screenplays, many for [[HammerHorror Hammer Studios]] rival Amicus Pictures. His most well-known work is ''Literature/{{Psycho}}'' (which he did not personally adapt for the screen).

* DealWithTheDevil: In "That Hell-Bound Train"

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The MarquisDeSade in "The Skull of the Marquis De Sade".
** AmbroseBierce in "I Like Blondes"

* {{Our Vampires are Different}}: "Tooth and Consequences"

!!Works by RobertBloch with their own trope pages include:

* CthulhuMythos: Much of his early fiction (see PromotedFanboy).

* PromotedFanboy: Bloch was one of the youngest members of the so-called "Lovecraft Circle", and Creator/HPLovecraft himself encouraged him to take up writing.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: "Tooth and Consequences"

* JackTheRipper: A favorite Bloch subject. Along with "Wolf In the Fold", there's his famous short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper", as well as "A Toy For Juliette" in ''Literature/DangerousVisions'' (which in turn inspired Creator/HarlanEllison's "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"). He also wrote the forward to the Franchise/{{Batman}} vs the Ripper {{Elseworld}} ''Gotham By Gaslight'', written as though by Jack himself.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Bloch wrote an affectionate TakeThat story about HP Lovecraft, and his short story "ETFF" (about an alien going to a science fiction convention) reads like a Who's Who of popular sf authors (and fans) of the 1970s.

* [[Literature/DangerousVisions "A Toy For Juliette"]]

* JackTheRipper: A favorite Bloch subject. Along with "Wolf In the Fold", there's his famous short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper", as well as "A Toy For Juliette" in ''Literature/DangerousVisions'' (which in turn inspired HarlanEllison's "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"). He also wrote the forward to the Franchise/{{Batman}} vs the Ripper {{Elseworld}} ''Gotham By Gaslight'', written as though by Jack himself.

* AuthorTract: He thought the Beat movement was full of lazy, selfish bastards, if not the occasional self-justifying psychopath; this is rammed home in the novel ''The Dead Beat'' and the short story "The Big Kick".

* JackTheRipper: A favorite Bloch subject. Along with "Wolf In the Fold", there's his famous short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper", as well as "A Toy For Juliette" in ''Literature/DangerousVisions'' (which in turn inspired HarlanEllison's "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"). He also wrote the forward to the {{Batman}} vs the Ripper {{Elseworld}} ''Gotham By Gaslight'', written as though by Jack himself.

* JackTheRipper: A favorite Bloch subject. Along with "Wolf In the Fold", there's his famous short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper", as well as "A Toy For Juliette" in ''DangerousVisions'' (which in turn inspired HarlanEllison's "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"). He also wrote the forward to the {{Batman}} vs the Ripper {{Elseworld}} ''Gotham By Gaslight'', written as though by Jack himself.

* [[DangerousVisions "A Toy For Juliette"]]

* SilentAgeOfHollywood: Bloch was a big fan of LonChaney, and it shows (especially in the novel ''The Star Stalker''). There are also stories set during the GoldenAgeOfHollywood and the FallOfTheStudioSystem, though often (especially in the latter era) they showed how disrespectfully the vintage stars were treated by the new blood.