The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched Neil Ferron’s Fishmonger and has some thoughts:

“Neil Ferron’s Fishmonger (USA / Ireland, 2023) has fun with folk and fairy tales. And it demonstrates a tremendous love of the gross. The film revels in the crude and the vulgar in its practical effect pustules, leeches, organs and unusual appendages as well as in its gloriously crude language. I think both Rick Baker and Samuel Beckett would be proud. It’s a dark comedic fairy tale with cinematography and blocking reminiscent of 1930s and 1940s Universal horror. And it might be my favorite film of this year’s Fantastic Fest–even though I was often grossed out. There are lovely and adorable miniatures. The trailer lets you know what you are in for, but not all of what you are in for, because there is a certain unexpected sweetness in Fishmonger: a celebration of brokenness, vulnerability and even love.”

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