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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Fatal Kisses, Leather Daddies, and Evil Tofu: Queer Coding in Video Games

By Critterlab on May 14, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Some Thoughts on a Film that Disappeared: Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer

By Carol on May 7, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Monsters & Mullets: Labyrinth

By Guttersnipe on April 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Burning Train

By Beth Watkins on April 16, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“I Would Save and I Would Be Saved”: Folk Horror, Masculinity, and a Sensible Heroine in Eye Of The Devil

By Carol on April 9, 2026 • ( 4 Comments )

Fish Out of (Pasta) Water in Gabriele Mainetti’s ‘The Forbidden City’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on April 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

“Diary of an Abomination”

By Guttersnipe on February 12, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The New Yorker has some images of pages from Emil Ferris’ long-awaited My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics, 2024)! Behold them here.

Dracula In Istanbul–with better subtitles!

By Guttersnipe on February 9, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At Neon Harbor, friend of the Gutter Ed Glaser has posted a copy of Drakula Istanbul’da / Dracula In Istanbul (1953) with new high quality English subtitles! “With all-new English subtitles written by Ed Glaser. Turkey’s bloodthirsty, hereditary enemy invades Istanbul in this film adaptation of Ali Rıza […]

La Mujer Murcielago – Rene Cardona’s ‘Batwoman’ (1968)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on February 8, 2024 • ( 1 Comment )

Rene Cardona’s Batwoman (1968) has a wrestling boot planted firmly in the worlds of horror and lucha libre.

Filmi Ladies: Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth

By Guttersnipe on February 7, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins consider two films that encompass the deadly sin of Sloth as their Seven Deadly Sins series continues! “Oh the irony: it took us a lot of brainpower to come up with two films that have much to […]

Podcast on Fire: Johnny Wang–Angry Ranger!

By Guttersnipe on February 6, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At Podcast On Fire, Kenny B and Tom K-W discuss the Johnny Wang’s Angry Ranger (1991). ” Johnny Wang makes his 8th film and proceeds to hurt the Jackie Chan’s Stuntmen Association.” Listen here.

19 Years of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books!

By Guttersnipe on February 5, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Celebrate the 19th anniversary of the essential romance site, Smart Bitches Trashy Books here! Leave a comment! Have fun with the community! Check out some articles while you are there! More here.

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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, Beth Watkins, and Michelle Kisner 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, grapple with wrestling, 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, and Mastodon. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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