The Gutter’s own Carol Borden really wishes she liked the first Polish giallo, Dead By Dawn, more. “Dead By Dawn (Poland, 2026) is presented as the first Polish giallo and the film wears its influences with pride.” Read her piece here.
CG Editor Emeritus Angela Englert has an essay in the inaugural issue of Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States. She writes on The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) and the film it is based on, Tom Tryon’s 1973 novel, Harvest Home. Plus, friend of the Gutter […]
It’s BBC Four’s The Art of Gothic: Britain’s Midnight Hour (2014)! “Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain’s medieval past to create iconic works and buildings.” Watch here.
There’s a full documentary on horror in 1968 that you can enjoy on BBC Archive right now! It includes interviews with Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele, Terry Nation, Screaming Lord Sutch and Ray Harryhausen. “Many people enjoy being scared and will happily pay for the pleasure of being frightened […]
Mother Of Flies is not only a film about the transformation of a curse into a gift. It is not only a film about a harrowing ritual of healing. Mother of Flies is itself a ritual, a rite of healing.
For Women Writers Week 2026 at RogerEbert.com, Alisha Mughal writes about Larry Fessenden’s Habit (USA, 1995). “Fessenden displays an immeasurable awareness of masculinity in his crafting of Sam, and a graceful sense of self in his carriage. Sam is so incredibly charming and fallible; he is smart and […]
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