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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Blood Geysers and Biopunk: The Gory Films of Yoshihiro Nishimura

By Michelle on June 18, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Little Detective That Did: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

By Beth Watkins on June 11, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Summer Fun Time Reading ’26

By Carol on June 4, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Don’t Sleep on Simon Glassman’s ‘Buffet Infinity’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on May 28, 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

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 )

“Is it really possible to disappear?

By Guttersnipe on September 5, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Jared Shurin is are involved with a new podcast, Missing, hosted by author Tim Weaver and in association with the release of his latest novel. “Over the course of an entire season, the show investigates the world of missing people – who disappears, why […]

“Taiwan Noir: Feng Shen Bang”

By Guttersnipe on September 4, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Todd Stadtman returns to Podcast on Fire to discuss more Taiwan Noir. “The tale of a Chinese protection deity isn’t as dry as it may sound as the story has cinematic colours galore so we’re taking a look at one such literary adaptation from […]

Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?

By Keith on September 3, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

I was fifteen, pulling the ol’ “spending the night at a friend’s house” scam so I could sneak off and indulge in the sundry sins the big city offers to a country boy with a twinkle in his eye and about nine dollars in his pocket. I bummed […]

Beta Ray Bill, Fin Fang Foom and Frog Thor!

By Guttersnipe on September 2, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Thirteen Covers celebrates Walt Simonson’s birthday with… 13 covers, including Beta Ray Bill, Fin Fang Foom and Frog Thor!

The Black Cat at The Projection Booth

By Guttersnipe on September 1, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Rob and Mike watch Edgar Ulmer’s The Black Cat (1934) at The Projection Booth. “The first big American studio film — and last big American studio film – directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, The Black Cat is, uh, ‘inspired’ by Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and stars Bela […]

The Clothes Of Hercule Poirot (And Captain Hastings)

By Guttersnipe on August 30, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Gentleman’s Gazette has a piece on the sartorial splendor of Hercule Poirot and of Captain Hastings in the BBC television adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Poirot mysteries.

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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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