Puppets + Halloween should equal something right up my alley, but oddly in scary movies it frequently does not. I do love Henry Selick’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, which achieves the exact combination of creepy, cute, and quirky that I’m looking for, but it’s not puppets. Some of […]
At Biff Bam Pop, friend of the Gutter Robert A. Mitchell takes a look at the devil in the machine in John Carpenter’s Christine! “In John Carpenter’s Christine (1983) based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King and working off an adapted screenplay by Bill Philips, the devil […]
Celebrate Diwali with Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins with a special filmi Q&A! “If you get together with cinematically-minded loved ones in the festive season, whatever your festivities are, these questions can make for great conversation!” Listen here.
On BBC 4, Mark Gatiss and Richard Coles go on a ghost hunt that is as much a discussion of M.R. James and English ghost story tradition as it is a tour of the most haunted town in England. “Mark Gatiss has spent his career writing about ghosts, […]
Are you ready to face the horror of England’s deadliest chair? “In the last six years, five people have sat in the murderer’s chair… and every single one has met sudden death.” Click here, if you dare!
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts on Chappell Roan’s score for Posies. “2022’s horror short film Posies, written and directed by ‘non-denominational exorcist’ and prolific writer Rachel (R.H.) Stavis, is a body horror exploration of the transformation of humanity into monsters, at […]
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