Our Flag Means Death sails on!
David Jenkins continues telling the story of the late, lamented, canceled Queer pirate story Our Flag Means Death on Bluesky and you can read it here. (Thanks, Bolo Boffin!)
“Trailer Time: ’28 Years Later’ Reminds Us That Zombies Do Run”
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s Sachin Hingoo commemorates the 22nd anniversary of 28 Days Later (USA, 2007) and watches the trailer for 28 Years Later! “It seems appropriate to include ‘years’ in the title of the latest installment of the ’28 Days’ zombie franchise, as this year […]
Songs of a Lifetime
When my dad died earlier this year, we hadn’t spoken in months. We weren’t speaking because I wasn’t speaking to him, which was less a deliberate choice than a series of panicked, spur-of-the-moment reactions. After decades of arguments and sour distance between us, in the last months of […]
Hunting Ghosts with Gatiss and Coles!
On BBC 4, Mark Gatiss and Richard Coles go on a ghost hunt that is as much a discussion of M.R. James and English ghost story tradition as it is a tour of the most haunted town in England. “Mark Gatiss has spent his career writing about ghosts, […]
William Shatner: Horror Icon
One day, William Shatner will die, and every obituary will be for Captain Kirk. A paragraph or so down, they will mention his Emmys for Boston Legal, his numerous comebacks, T.J. Hooker and Rescue 911, and then go on to celebrate his diverse creative portfolio, his sprechgesang, his […]
Fantastic Fest 2024: Quick thoughts on Ghost Killer!
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched the the action-comedy Ghost Killer (Japan, 2024) and has some thoughts! In Kensuke Sonomura’s Ghost Killer a woman is haunted by the ghost of a murdered assassin trapped on Earth by his desire for revenge. Frequent Sonomura collaborator Akari Takaishi (Baby Assassin […]
The Cultural Gutter 