“This Week in Horror”
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo looks at the week in horror at Biff Bam Pop! “Lots of new trailers, and a couple of adaptations of classic horror are on the menu today! Check it all out in The Week in Horror!” Read more here.
The Novelizers: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”
Listen along as The Novelizer Podcast retells the classic story of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan! “Classic movies, retold by TV comedy writers and narrated by comics & actors. Season 1: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. Featuring Wayne Brady, JK Simmons, Rachel Bloom, Ira […]
“Succession Ended Very Differently in my Sims Game””
What in the hell was Succession about? Was it a sitcom? Shakespearean tragedy? Treatise on abuse — or on America? Probably all of it, but Succession was also about dumb people making dumb choices over and over again. It was about Logan making everyone beg and cry and […]
“It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Knock at the Cabin Door–Reviewed”
Friend of the Gutter Michelle Kisner reviews M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin Door (2022). “We live in uncertain times right now. Pandemics, climate change, and an unstable economy. Humanity flirts with the apocalypse, dipping its toe into the murky darkness. What if we could somehow save […]
“HBO’s The Last Of Us Reclaims The Queerness Its World Forgot”
“In contrast to Bill and Frank’s lived experience of navigating society as gay men, knowledge of queer history feels completely absent for queer youth in The Last of Us, but that doesn’t feel like an oversight. Instead, it’s a meaningful piece of worldbuilding reflecting how culture can die […]
On Mischief, Don’t Bother To Knock, and Marilyn Monroe
I’ve been thinking about what “disreputable art” means in a time when nerds, fans, and geeks have won a kind of cultural hegemony. It was different when the Cultural Gutter was founded in 2003, before Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Force awakened, and the […]
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