“Cover Snark: Baby Arsonist Strikes Again!”
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books has a whole new slew of romance covers to exam and discuss! Look on in wonder here.
“The Infinite Supply of BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas”
At Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart, Ray Newman has suggestions for when you’ve run out of official BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas eeriness. “The short films and television episodes listed below aren’t all ghost stories. And they weren’t all produced by the BBC. Some are lighter, some are darker. […]
Stocking Stuffers with The Feminine Critique: Christian Mingle (2014)!
Friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace discuss the Christmas romance, Christian Mingle (2014) for The Feminine Critique podcast’s annual Stocking Stuffers! “Whoa boy, this one is something! Original recipe cohost Christine returns to help Emily navigate the challenges of dating in 2014 with Christian Mingle […]
Ode to Joy
As long time Cultural Gutter readers will know, I love horror. Love it, live by it, curl up next to it to fall asleep. I still avoided Damien Leone’s Terrifier series for a long time. I avoided it for the same reason many people avoid horror altogether: ew. […]
The Pity and Terror of Folk Horror Comedy, Get Away (UK, 2024)!
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some initial thoughts on the new Steffen Haars and Nick Frost horror comedy, Get Away. “In the vacation horror comedy Get Away, an everyday British (and Irish) family goes on holiday on a remote Swedish island, Svälta, an island definitely full of […]
“A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World”
At Lit Hub, Jesse Sheidlower considers the world “Fuck.” “In all of English there are few words rich enough in their history and variety of use to warrant a dedicated dictionary that runs to hundreds of pages and multiple editions. That fuck is at the same time one […]
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