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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Spy Vibes: Keemat (1973)

By Beth Watkins on February 19, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

With Your Ears, The World Enters You: Rabbit Trap (UK/USA, 2025)

By Carol on February 12, 2026 • ( 4 Comments )

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 )

Fantastic Fest 2024: “Danny Villanueva Jr.’s Frightening and Tragic <i>What Happened To Dorothy Bell?</i>”

By Guttersnipe on September 27, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At Biff Bam Pop, The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts about What Happened To Dorothy Bell? “I’m not sure what it is about public libraries that make them a rich vein for horror. Whether it’s Ghostbusters or Stephen King’s IT, or if you’re somehow spooked by […]

The Gutter’s Own Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2024!

By Carol on September 26, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

My friends in film, Fantastic Fest 2024 is over. The awards have been handed out. The writers at more reputable outlets are sharing their thoughts. And here at the Gutter,  even though I attened remotely, my brain is tired from watching movies, thinking about movies and writing about […]

Fantastic Fest 2024: Quick thoughts on The Life & Deaths Of Christopher Lee (UK, 2024)

By Carol on September 25, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the delightful documentary, The Life & Deaths Of Christopher Lee! There is very little more unwieldy than a life, but somehow The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee handles his sprawling life story with a fluid grace. Writer / […]

Fantastic Fest 2024: Quick thoughts on The Severed Sun!

By Carol on September 24, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the new British folk horror film, The Severed Sun (2024): Writer/director Dean Puckett’s The Severed Sun‘s opening credits have the perfect blood red font on a black background. The story itself begins with an almost Vermeer tableau shot in […]

Fantastic Fest 2024: Quick thoughts on Ghost Killer!

By Carol on September 24, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched the the action-comedy Ghost Killer (Japan, 2024) and has some thoughts! In Kensuke Sonomura’s Ghost Killer a woman is haunted by the ghost of a murdered assassin trapped on Earth by his desire for revenge. Frequent Sonomura collaborator Akari Takaishi (Baby Assassin […]

Fantastic Fest 2024: Quick thoughts on AJ Goes To The Dog Park (USA, 2024)!

By Carol on September 23, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched the delightful AJ Goes To The Dog Park (Fargo, 2024) and has some thoughts! AJ Goes To The Dog Park is zany, absurd and cartoonish in the best way. AJ (AJ Thompson) has a pretty sweet life that he loves. It’s pleasant. […]

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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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