The Cultural Gutter is attending Fantastic Fest again this year! This time the Gutter’s own Carol Borden will be attending strapped into the chairs of the CG Viewatorium (and Sachin Hingoo might be if he survives TIFF 2026). We’ll be sharing first impressions and reviews here at the […]
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch Bhooth Bangla! “We watched Priyadarshan and Akki’s latest venture–Bhooth Bangla (2026) and had several thoughts about bhoots, haunted havelis, bad wigs, demons, bats and horror comedies as a genre.” Listen/watch here.
At Biff Bam Pop, friend of the Gutter Jeffery X Martin and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo have some suggestions for the upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival! “As far as we’re concerned around these parts, though we might cover a few film festivals over the course of the […]
PBS’ Storied looks at a haunting in early 19th Century Tennessee. “Between 1817 and 1821, the Bell family of rural Tennessee became the center of one of the most chilling and best-documented hauntings in American history.” Watch here.
It’s Fantastic Fest time again and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and I were lucky enough to receive press accreditation again. We are cub reporters no more.We hang out in the virtual lounge and tip our fedoras at passing fancy people. We write at late hours and at […]
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.
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