Actually, It’s Mister Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is a terrible father, a tech bro, and not a doctor.
Daddy & Mummy Issues: How Pyar Ke Do Pal takes The Parent Trap and turns the volume up to 11
This week, Guest Star Allan Mott writes about a Hindi adaptation of The Parent Trap! ~~~ There are a lot of things to love about Bollywood cinema, but for me its chief appeal has always been the irony of how its impulse to be as commercial and audience-friendly […]
Filmi Ladies: Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam!
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins consider the Bengali and Hindi versions of the same film. “We travel to colonial Bengal and encounter the idle rich, a bejeweled beauty, a perennially bemused bumpkin, and a sparkly, sprightly lady–and of course a crumbling haveli […]
Tamiya Iemon is the Worst: Ghost Stories of Yotsuya
Tamiya Iemon is the absolute worst. I have seen multiple adaptations of Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, from Keisuke Kinoshita’s Shinshaku Yotsuya Kaidan / Yotsuya Kaidan Part 1 & Part II (1949) to Nobuo Nakagawa’s 1959 adaptation, Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan / The Ghost Story of Yotsuya (1959) to Takashi Miike’s […]
Things in 2024!
Hey, it’s some things Carol Borden did in 2024! See them here.
From the Archives: Campus Conjuring
This week Guest Star Kate Laity writes about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife (1943) and two lesser known adaptations. ~~~ I’m currently writing about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife and the 1962 film based on it, Night of the Eagle, AKA, Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962). It’s a pity there are […]
The Cultural Gutter 