At the Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White interviews Brooke H. Cellars, writer/director/costume designer of the campy comedy, The Cramps: A Period Piece (USA, 2025)! “Filmmaker Brook H. Cellars sits down with Mike to discuss her audacious feature debut The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025). This […]
At Fantastic Fest this year, I was not only fortunate enough to receive accreditation so I could see movies and report back, but I was also lucky enough to see four very different films that I might not see otherwise. I am back now, my fedora with the […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden really enjoyed the campy, lo-fi body horror of The Cramps: A Period Piece at Fantastic Fest. Here are some quick thoughts. (There are more thoughts on it at Monstrous Industry): Brooke H. Cellars’ The Cramps: A Period Piece (USA, 2025) is a period […]
This week the Gutter celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) with this fine essay by the CG Editor Emeritus Keith Allison. ~~~ I was fifteen, pulling the ol’ “spending the night at a friend’s house” scam so I could sneak off and indulge […]
At The Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White discusses the classic, campy and Queer Western Johnny Guitar (1954). “Western Month continues with a look at Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar. Released in 1954 the film stars Sterling Hayden as the titular Mr. Guitar. However, he’s outshone in […]
At Vulture, Angelica Jade Bastién has some thoughts about camp and gender. “At times, camp can feel like a suffocating label. Its proponents often misconstrue the fact that recreating oneself as a character is not merely an aesthetic for women, but rather, for many, a matter of survival. […]
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