“The 44th Chamber of Shaolin!”

Enter The 44th Chamber of Shaolin–a new short kung fu comedy by Hundreds of Beaver action choreographer and friend of the Gutter Jon Truei! “A mischievous, prank loving kung fu master creates fake training for a gullible teenager who still believes fantastical myths about martial arts. THE 44TH […]

Fantasia 2026: Attack On Paradise!

The Gutter’s own Carol shares some initial thoughts on the new action movie, Attack On Paradise (Netherlands / Belgium, 2026), that screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival this week! “Attack on Paradise is a thoroughly satisfying action movie. It embraces the conceits of 1990s and early 2000s […]

From the Archives: Reality Isn’t What It Used To Be

In the Mouth of Madness (1994) is the final film in what director John Carpenter calls his Apocalypse Trilogy, also including 1982’s The Thing and 1987’s Prince of Darkness, although the films aren’t joined by any conventional narrative or continuity. In casual use, apocalypse has come to mean nuclear annihilation or the end of civilization, but it literally means unveiling, and that’s what really unifies the trilogy: the revelation of an inhuman universe.