Podcast On Fire: R-Point (2004)
It’s a new episode of “What’s Korean Cinema?” on Podcast On Fire as Kenny B and Paul Quinn watch R-Point (2004). “The Korean war movie gets spooky, in 2004’s R-Point. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn.” Listen here.
From the Archives: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Angela Englert accidentally fed her mogwai after midnight, so she’s going to be afk this month. In the meantime, please enjoy this look back at MR James’s classic Christmas ghost stories, and with any luck, she’ll be back in the new year. Or something will. Imagine, if you […]
BBC Archives: The Enfield Poltergeist
BBC Archives has a report from 1977 on a poltergeist in Ponder’s End, Enfield. “‘Either 17 people have all been having hallucinations – including the police – or this is the best-documented ghost story of all time.’ Nationwide’s James Hogg reports from a seemingly ordinary, suburban house in […]
Such Devilish Acts in an Old Dark House: Mario Bava’s Lisa & The Devil (1973)
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 […]
“Peek-a-BOO! Eros: Marry My Dead Body (Cheng Wei-hao, 2023)”
At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about Cheng Wei-hao’s Marry My Dead Body (2023)! “For years lesbian feminist film scholarship entailed archeological detective work, most notably excavating the subtexts of Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock 1940) and The Haunting (Robert Wise 1963). In peculiar reversal, […]
“Why Are There So Many Female Ghosts?”
At Atlas Obscura, Nathaniel Scharping writes about San Antonio’s Donkey Lady and the multitudes of female ghosts haunting America. Includes cool interviews with scholars! “This quirkily-named phantom has for decades been said to haunt the San Antonio bridge. Visitors report the sound of hoofbeats and distant screams and […]
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