Halfway through my rewatch of Jadu Tona (Black Magic, 1977), I said to my cat, who was also most definitely watching it with me since it has a kitty on some of its promotional material and was not just curled up on the sofa for no other reason, […]
I have long wanted an ancestral portrait painted in a German Expressionist style hanging in my entry when I greet weary travelers seeking shelter from a ferocious storm. They would evince surprise at the unnerving resemblance between that sinister visage and my own features or perhaps those of […]
Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow” warns of the unstoppable, crushing force of time and the danger of the safe decision.
Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (1974), also known as La Grande Trouille (The Big Scare), might really only exist for two reasons: Peter Cushing and boobs. …I guess that’s three reasons. Sorry. But if that joke made you groan, you’re probably going to need more […]
Everything is real and everything is possible in Latitude Zero. It is both a secret utopia beneath the sea where scientists and artists work in peace, waiting for the day when humankind will be ready to embrace Latitude Zero’s wonders, and a Japanese/American science fiction spectacle directed by […]
I’ve decided to round off Switcheroo Month at the Gutter with ghosts. Are ghost stories reputable, you might ask? As a genre, not really, but as a literary device they’ve been used to explore some of the most serious themes imaginable, from personal tragedy and grief to unresolved […]
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