No one will be more surprised than I am that I enjoy Ramsay Brothers films. Since the 1970s, this family’s output has occupied a special place in Indian horror cinema. Working primarily in Hindi, the seven Ramsays made over 30 films (not quite all of them horror). For […]
Please enjoy this extra-large article in celebration of the spooky season here at the Gutter. It was originally written for a magazine that took longer entries, but things happen. Hopefully it’s like getting a full-sized candy bar from the house with the dad that uses a radio controlled […]
Generational trauma knows no particular race, ethnicity, or personal experience but there is a unique and uniquely bitter flavour when it sets itself on Black lives. In communities where violence can be routine but the lasting effects and the voids it creates are anything but, trauma is often […]
There is a conventional wisdom that says works of horror are at heart cautionary tales and that once you tear up their planks, all you will find beating beneath is a pulpy warning to the curious, a brutal morality tale leftover from darkest days and firelit nights. This […]
It’s October and as I lie nestled snug in my bed, visions of spooky things dance in my head! Fine, that’s all year round, but in the month of Spook-o-ween it’s legit, y’all. I’m more about the creepiness than the gore, but I’m willing to deal with some […]
Pull on your good lounging pants, hang that lanyard around your neck, and get yourself a latte, because I was lucky enough to go to this year’s Fantastic Fest with my (remote) press credentials and I am taking you with me. Well, I am taking you with me […]
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