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 […]
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 […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on F. Javier Gutierrez’s latest film screening this week at Fantastic Fest 2023! The Wait / La Espera is a well-crafted Neo-Western/ folk horror-ish film that does not quite make it for me. In early 1970s Spain, Eladio (Victor Clavijo) […]
Tanya Krzywinska has made her hard to find classic, A Skin For Dancing In: Possession, Witchcraft, and Voodoo in Film (2001) available for free on her website. You can read it here.
With a carnival accordion wheeze, woodcut interstitials, and titles in Wicker Man font, Ric Rawlins’ Rewilding announces itself as exactly what it is–a feast of folk horrors rooted deep in green modern pagan dreams of green pre-Christian pagan rites and the conflict when the modern world scuffs up […]
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century talks about Doctor Who‘s “Stones of Blood” and Folk Horror at The Huntress Podcast! “Sara Century & A.J. talk about the third Key to Time story, Stones of Blood. Join the conversation as they discuss Romana, Folk Horror, K-9, Justice Machines and […]
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