Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
Director and Hammer horror icon Roy Ward Baker has died at the age of 93. Baker directed Quatermass and the Pit, The Vampire Lovers, which updated Sheridan LeFanu’s Carmilla for a more psychedelic and softcore age, and co-directed Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires with Shaw Bros. Chang […]
Video of the Hand Eye Society’s Arcadian Renaissance at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2010. And, look, it’s co-founding CG editor, Jim Munroe!
Slash Film has a deleted scene from Let Me In and video of director Matt Reeves explaining the cut.
“Knowing that I’m not going to be able to please everyone is actually very liberating. Because no matter what I do I’m going to fuck up for a large chunk of the people that [love Lovecraft].” Guillermo del Toro on At The Mountains of Madness.
The most important documentary of our time is Norwegian: The Troll Hunter. Teaser, trailer, a pretty neat clip and a review.
Gothtober 2010 has begun. Every day this month, there’s a new short put up. It’s the best advent calendar ever.
Find t-shirts, mugs, totes and more at our new Guttermart location at Teepublic!
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