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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Blood Pact: Exploring SOV Director Glenn Andreiev’s Infatuation with the Vampire Mythos

By Michelle on February 26, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

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 Michelle 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 )

MAURICE SENDAK! I’M WITH YOU IN ROCKLAND

By Guttersnipe on October 21, 2009 • ( 3 Comments )

Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is not, thank god, a film about growing up.

The Details that Make Life Real and Beautiful

By Carol on October 21, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

“My inspiration comes from the details that make life real and beautiful to me.” Illustrator, printmaker and zinester, Aijung Kim is interviewed by Pikaland. Check out the lovely art they include.

“Carnage? Perhaps, But A Wonderful Triumph For Love.”

By Carol on October 20, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

This gore-soaked wedding proposal is enough to re-animate even my dead, zombie-fatigued heart. (via Boing-Boing and thanks, VoodooRabbit!)

“That Cthulhu That You Do…”

By Carol on October 19, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

October is HP Lovecraft month at Teleport City. Read reviews of mindless, gibbering movies that destroy all ability to reason (some in a good way)!

Gory, Gory Indonesian Horror

By Carol on October 19, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

Rumah Dara (aka, Macabre) is some cinematographically exquisite gory, gory Indonesian horror. Here’s the trailer, but watch out: gore.

Gothtober 2009

By Carol on October 18, 2009 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s Gothtober Time, check out the screenings at this year’s Gothtober Drive-In!

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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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