Our Flag Means Death sails on!
David Jenkins continues telling the story of the late, lamented, canceled Queer pirate story Our Flag Means Death on Bluesky and you can read it here. (Thanks, Bolo Boffin!)
“The Metaphor Years: Writing Lessons from The Twilight Zone”
At RogerEbert.Com, Matt Zoller Seitz has a fantastic piece on Rod Serling and how he used genre to write about political, social and moral concerns. “‘The writer’s role is to be a menacer of the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must […]
The Pity and Terror of Folk Horror Comedy, Get Away (UK, 2024)!
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some initial thoughts on the new Steffen Haars and Nick Frost horror comedy, Get Away. “In the vacation horror comedy Get Away, an everyday British (and Irish) family goes on holiday on a remote Swedish island, Svälta, an island definitely full of […]
“A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World”
At Lit Hub, Jesse Sheidlower considers the world “Fuck.” “In all of English there are few words rich enough in their history and variety of use to warrant a dedicated dictionary that runs to hundreds of pages and multiple editions. That fuck is at the same time one […]
BBC Archive: “1976: Lost HEXHAM HEADS Werewolf Report REDISCOVERED”
“The footage in this notorious report about werewolves conjured up by two mysterious Celtic stone heads, first broadcast on the BBC in 1976, has been described as a paranormal holy grail. Thought lost for almost 50 years, Luke Casey’s unsettling investigation into the case of the ‘Hexham Heads’ […]
“31 Days of Horror: Johannes Grenzfurthner’s Solvent tumbles you down the rabbit hole”
At BiffBamPop.com, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watches Johannes Grenzfurthner’s Solvent (Austria, 2024). “One of the reasons I love horror is its unique ability to distill complex political ideas and emotions into what is, on the surface, a simple scary story. In much the same way that comedies […]
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