The truth is that all I really want to read is fantasy. Stories set in other worlds, other solar systems, other versions of reality that don’t entirely resemble this one. I used to read a much wider range of fiction and every so often I still pick up […]
Years ago, when we were both new to Indian cinema, Gutter contributor Keith Allison mentioned to me that he was hoping to find a Bollywood film that also featured ninjas. This is the kind of question I love: its answer could just as easily be “of course there’s […]
The past is very present in writer/director Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma (South Korea, 2024). There is familial and imperial history reaching back to World War II and even further. And if there are not precisely demons in the film, well, there are things that are close enough.
Sachin Hingoo saw a couple of pretty filthy movies at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and is better for it!
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 […]
Making something adorable terrifying generally has the potential to be either shocking or hilarious. Sometimes it’s intentionally hilarious, and sometimes it’s just funny in its failure to be shocking. And what is more synonymous with adorable than fuzzy bunnies? So, naturally, there are a whole raft of horror […]
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