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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

You Are Sleeping, You Do Not Want to Believe: ‘Dreamscape’ (1984)

By Guttersnipe on January 15, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Sachin’s Best of 2025 (and maybe 2026!)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on January 8, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

From The Archives: In György Pálfi’s ‘Hen’, the Real Lady Bird is (in) the Eggs We Laid Along The Way

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

An Unusual Merry Christmas from Bombay

By Beth Watkins on December 25, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

10 Things I liked in 2025

By Carol on December 18, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Reflections of a Reflection in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Fantastic Fest 2023: Enter The Clones Of Bruce (USA, 2023)

By Guttersnipe on September 27, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched Enter The Clones Of Bruce and has some thoughts! “The heart of the documentary is in its interviews with some of the men who portrayed or imitated Bruce Lee: Ho Chung-Tao / Bruce Li; Moon Kyoung-seok / Dragon Lee; Huang Kin-Lung / […]

Fantastic Fest 2023: Sri Asih: The Warrior (Indonesia, 2023)

By Guttersnipe on September 26, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol watches Upi’s Sri Asih: The Warrior at Fantastic Fest and thought it was a fun time! “We are awash in superhero movies now. They make up most of the action movies in theaters and while the digital effects are state-of-the-art, the action is, well, […]

Fantastic Fest 2023: Kenichi Ugana’s Visitors (The Complete Edition) (Japan, 2023)!

By Guttersnipe on September 26, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watches Kenichi Ugana’s Visitors and has some thoughts! “here’s a ruthless efficiency to Visitors, not just because of its brief runtime. There’s no wasted time in setting up the premise, and if you’re in this thing for Troma-esque gore effects, you won’t have […]

Fantastic Fest 2023: Visitors (The Complete Edition) (Japan, 2023)

By Carol on September 25, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on Kenichi Ugana’s Visitors (The Complete Edition): “When you get right down to it, peering through those milky demonic eyes, passing through the fountains of viscous green vomit, enduring the eye violence, and then running straight into the embrace of chainsaw-bladed […]

Fantastic Fest 2023: Fishmonger (USA/Ireland, 2023)!

By Guttersnipe on September 25, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Fantastic Fest 2023: The Wait / La Espera (Spain, 2023)

By Guttersnipe on September 24, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on F. Javier Gutierrez’s latest film screening this week at Fantastic Fest 2023! The Wait / La Espera is a well-crafted Neo-Western/ folk horror-ish film that does not quite make it for me. In early 1970s Spain, Eladio (Victor Clavijo) […]

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The Cultural Gutter is a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. The site is updated every Thursday afternoon. Carol Borden, Sachin Hingoo, Alex MacFadyen, and Beth Watkins probe science fiction, draw out the best in comics, stare deeply into the screen, sink their fangs into horror, dally with romance, speedrun their brains on videogames and explore so much more. Our Guest Stars shine here. Thanks to Gutter aesthetic director Brian Kirby for all his swank art. Thanks to EJ Lee for providing the fantastic art we used in the Cultural Gutter book. The Cultural Gutter's signature nail polishes, "Disreputable," and, "Disreputable 2: Hellcat," were created by Andrea Evans of MPZ Cosmetics. MPZ Cosmetics also teamed up with Dill McKinley to recreate the classic fragrance, Cornichon by Dill McKinley for Gutterthon 2021. Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Mastodon, and Bluesky as @culturalgutter. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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