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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

The Hang(ed) Man

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on February 5, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Emotional Suppression and the Machinery of Control in “Equilibrium” (USA, 2002)

By michelle8e45d54816 on January 29, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

A Slippery Slope from Cute to Evil in Cult of the Lamb

By Critterlab on January 22, 2026 • ( 5 Comments )

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 )

“Egyptian Rocky Horror”

By Guttersnipe on October 26, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Our friends at Neon Harbor talk about about an Egyptian remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Anyab / Fangs (1981) on the latest episode of Deja View.

“Tiny Hamster is a Zombie!

By Guttersnipe on October 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Steel your heart for the impossible cuteness of Tiny Hamster’s zombie apocalypse!

“The Van Helsing Mysteries”

By Guttersnipe on October 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Ed Glaser (Neon Harbor) has created an intro sequence for his fictional series, “The Van Helsing Mysteries,” starring Peter Cushing as Abraham van Helsing. Update: Watch on YouTube. And Coming Soon has the video and a little interview with Ed Glaser.

“Totally 80s Tarot Deck”

By Guttersnipe on October 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Siouxsie Sioux is rightfully the High Priestess and Klaus Nomi drives the Chariot in the New Wave Tarot Deck by Amanda Lee Stilwell of Last Craft Designs.

“Six Degrees of Joan Crawford”

By Guttersnipe on October 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

At You Must Remember This, Karina Longworth looks at the life and career of Joan Crawford. The episodes on “Bette Davis and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?“ and “Mommie Dearest” might make excellent Halloween listening.

Halloween: The Curse of Dr. Sam Loomis

By Angela Englert on October 20, 2016 • ( 8 Comments )

Consider the problems of Dr. Sam Loomis.  You are a resident psychiatrist at Smith’s Grove sanitarium. You have a patient, Michael Myers, who was institutionalized after he knifed his teenage sister to death on Halloween night as a mere 6-year-old boy. At the time, you were told he […]

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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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