Mr. Vampire Musical Salute!
It’s a music video celebrating the esteemed Mr. Vampire film series! Hopping Vampires! Lam Ching-Ying! Taoism! Shenanigans! (via Grady Hendrix)
Cozying Up with the Son of Satan
Horror satisfies many social and psychological needs. These are the stories we are compelled to tell because they’re fun, because they’re exciting, because it’s natural to crave the thrill and the sweet, sweet dopamine of survival. They allow us to talk about trauma and grief and existential fear, […]
The Projection Booth watches Ride The Pink Horse
The Gutter’s own Carol joins Mike White and Jedidiah Ayres to talk about Robert Montgomery’s film noir, Ride The Pink Horse (1947). Dorothy B. Hughes is discussed! And there’s an interview with Sarah Weinman!
Interview with R.A. Montgomery
Grady Hendrix interviewed Choose Your Own Adventure series co-creator, R. A. Montgomery in 2011 and shares it here! (Thanks, Matt!) “(Well, actually, I emailed questions and then he was interviewed by Chooseco’s publicist, Melissa Bounty, who took on the Herculean task of recording and then transcribing his interview, […]
Crossing Art, Politics, and Anthropomorphic Animals
I live part of my life in Animal Crossing. I realize this is not a unique statement to make at this point in time and arguably the Animal Crossing: New Horizons video game is popular enough that it doesn’t really sit in the cultural gutter, but that’s precisely […]
Gabriel Hardman’s Cinematic Graveyard
Artist Gabriel Hardman has created a Halloween graveyard occupied by his favorite characters from film–especially Val Lewton’s atmospheric horror movies. Gaze at photos of them… IF YOU DARE!
The Cultural Gutter 