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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

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 )

Monsters & Mullets: Labyrinth

By Guttersnipe on April 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Burning Train

By Beth Watkins on April 16, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“I Would Save and I Would Be Saved”: Folk Horror, Masculinity, and a Sensible Heroine in Eye Of The Devil

By Carol on April 9, 2026 • ( 4 Comments )

Fish Out of (Pasta) Water in Gabriele Mainetti’s ‘The Forbidden City’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on April 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Edogawa Rampo’s “The Precipice”

By Guttersnipe on September 15, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

” Is it not strange that after all this time we have not spoken about those incidents that haunt our memories?”  Noir Nation is reprinting Edogawa Rampo’s story,  “The Precipice” in excerpts.

The Plague of the White Knight

By Guttersnipe on September 13, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Carol is editing the Midnight Madness and Vanguard Programme Blogs for the Toronto International Film Festival. She will be back next month. This week, Guest Star Clarice Meadows writes about games. (Note: There are mild spoilers for the mid-point of the game Max Payne 3 and the end […]

What Did You Want To Do In 1994?

By Guttersnipe on September 9, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

At Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, Sarah shares answers to her question, “What did you want to do in 1994?”

The Wire in 16 Bits

By Guttersnipe on September 9, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

The television show, The Wire, as a videogame.

Interview with Don Coscarelli

By Guttersnipe on September 8, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

At the Midnight Madness blog, the Gutter’s own Carol Borden interviews Don Coscarelli about adaptation, Godzilla and John Dies At The End.

Vampires, War, and Some Good Old 24-Style Torturing

By jamesschellenberg on September 6, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was a gruesome historical tragedy; or, a colossal act of hubris that cost the lives of 400 000 soldiers. Sounds like the perfect milieu for a vampire feeding frenzy! Jasper Kent’s Twelve is an odd mix of historical novel, horror, and, of all things, […]

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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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