“During the past 20 years I know that my compulsion to understand death was much greater than just an obsession. My dreams have dictated my mission. But now it is time to witness the final moment, to discover the circle that forever repeats itself. The end of the […]
At The Movie Sleuth, the Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner writes about Kazuo Hara’s Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (Japan, 1974). “In his autobiography Camera Obtrusa, Kazuo Hara speaks candidly about his obsession with pulling out and filming the most intimate parts of a person. He is not […]
Listen to BBC Radio 4’s chilling 2002 adaptation of four classic tales, “Who Goes There?” (the basis of The Thing (1982) and The Thing From Another World (1951)); “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream”; “Delta Sly Honey”; and “Corona.” Listen here.
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the films of Bindu! “Bindu is the last and most wicked of our trio of vamps! If Helen is glamorous and amoral, and Aruna Irani is desi and moral, Bindu is scheming […]
CG Editor Emeritus Angela Englert has an essay in the inaugural issue of Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States. She writes on The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) and the film it is based on, Tom Tryon’s 1973 novel, Harvest Home. Plus, friend of the Gutter […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate filmi superstar Shashi Kapoor’s birthday! “No mere Merchant and Ivory for us: we’re going much further afield with Siddhartha (1972), based on the Herman Hesse novel and directed by American Conrad […]
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