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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 )

100 Master of Animated Shorts

By Guttersnipe on October 20, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Watch the work of 100 masters of animated short film in 9 minutes.

Horrible Imaginings Art Show and Film Festival, 2012

By Guttersnipe on October 19, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival Director Miguel Rodriguez discusses horror and the festival with KPBS’ Beth Accomando.  The Art Gallery opening is on Oct. 24 and the official screenings begin Nov. 11–participating filmmakers have been posting their trailers here. (Tickets are available here).  

Your Basic Alien Monster Movie

By Guttersnipe on October 19, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

“So there you go – your basic alien monster movie…. And you know what?  Somehow, it all holds together – you’re gripped despite yourself, swept along, enthralled.  It works (well, at least it did for me).” More from Richard Morgan here.

“Man’s Best Fiend”

By Guttersnipe on October 18, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Movie Morlocks‘ Kimberly Lindbergs has a diabolically delightful look at hell hounds, creepy canines and just plain bad dogs.

Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012!

By Guttersnipe on October 18, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

The schedule for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival–starting tonight, Oct. 18!  

A Warning to the faint of heart And eight year olds

By Critterlab on October 18, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

When I was in grade two, my school thought it’d be a great Halloween activity to have a movie screening of old horror films. They showed us the 1931 adaptations of Dracula and Frankenstein, the original 1932 The Mummy, and the 1954 3-D classic, The Creature from the […]

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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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