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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Welcome to Potters Bluff: Death, Resurrection, and the Horror of Small-Town America

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Best of the Best Is Pretty Good!

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Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2026!

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Terms & Conditions (USA, 2026)

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Kung Fu Deadly

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Fantastic Fest 2026: Girl In The Night!

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Ghouls Live Here: Melancholie der Engel (2009)

By Michelle on September 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

This week Guest Star Michelle Kisner writes about the challenging and transgressive German horror movie, Melancholie der Engel (2009). Keep up with her and all her film writing via Instagram at @robotcookie! ~~~ The 2009 German exploitation film Melancholie der Engel (The Angels’ Melancholia in English) has quite […]

“In Defense of Bad Decisions in Horror”

By Guttersnipe on September 23, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Sara Century knows we’re all just trying our best. “Here’s the thing, though — we constantly make these decisions when we’re not under the stress of being chased down by a serial killer who’s already killed half off our friend group. A lot of […]

“8 Great Books about Women who Disappear”

By Guttersnipe on September 20, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

At Crime Reads, Wendy Walker recommends 8 thrillers in which women disappear. “Most missing person cases are the result of the person having walked away voluntarily. Some return on their own. Some choose to stay gone. And then there are those—the outliers—whose disappearance involves criminal activity. Below is […]

From the Archives: Cahiers du Cannon: Runaway Train

By Guttersnipe on September 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Angela Englert has been selected for a top secret mission, so secret we shouldn’t even mention it. This week, enjoy Guest Star Jessica Ritchey’s piece on Runaway Train (1985) from her series on Cannon Films. Previously on Cahiers du Cannon, Guest Star Jessica Ritchey wrote about Castaway (1986) […]

“Dame Diana Rigg taught me what sophistication is in The Great Muppet Caper”

By Guttersnipe on September 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

“Dame Diana Rigg‘s career was all about showing women off in all their fabulous glory. From her iconic turn as super spy Emma Peel in the original Avengers to her acid-tongued (and Joffrey-poisoning) Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones, every one of Rigg’s performances provided an example of […]

“What I learned from Emma Peel”

By Guttersnipe on September 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Feather Dusters at 400 Yards shares an in memoriam list of things they learned from The Avengers‘ Emma Peel.

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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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