There’s still some screenings today, but Fantastic Fest 2026 is over for me at least. I had a good festival this year. I didn’t get to watch all the films I hoped to, but it’s hard to be disappointed when I know I’ll see most of them eventually. […]
The Gutter’s own Carol shares some initial thoughts on the new action movie, Attack On Paradise (Netherlands / Belgium, 2026), that screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival this week! “Attack on Paradise is a thoroughly satisfying action movie. It embraces the conceits of 1990s and early 2000s […]
At Monstrous Industry, the Gutter’s own Carol Borden shares her first thoughts on Avalon Fast’s new film, Camp (Canada, 2025)! “Fast captures the feeling of certain spaces created by girls and women. And in Camp, they capture the feeling of spaces created by groups of “gorgeous weirdos” finding […]
August Underground (2001) is one of those films defined by word of mouth and rumors. When it came out, the internet wasn’t as all-encompassing as it is now; things were still spread manually, passed around in niche underground networks. The internet was still in its “wild west” phase, […]
Sometimes you encounter a movie late at night. A movie you didn’t even know existed before. And you discover that the movie had basically disappeared for 30 years. Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer was supposed to be the first in a series of low budget art house horror movies. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program in 1997. It was picked up by Miramax, released in a limited run of art house theaters and then it just disappeared.
Rabbit Trap is a film as folk tale.