At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Angela Englert writes about the retro folk horror of Starve Acre! “With roiling atmosphere and vibes to spare, Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre (2023) hearkens to what many regard as a simpler, purer time–a time of cycles and seasons, of neighbors agreed […]
At The Ringer, Brooke Knisley looks at a very specific film history: “In the long history of exploitation and horror movies, the fairer sex tends to get a raw deal when it comes to preserving their privates. But, as audiences found out this week, that’s changing with anti-heroines […]
As part of Biff Bam Pop‘s annual 31 Days of Horror, the Gutter’s own Carol Borden writes about Cindy Sherman’s first and only film, the underappreciated genre-mixing, Office Killer (1997). “Though she’s not often thought of as a horror actor, let alone a scream queen, Carol Kane has […]
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 […]
Burnt Offerings (1976) opens, as so many of my favorite scary movies do, with our relatable heroes driving winding roads deep–into the country, into the woods, into the mountains. Into deep space, for that matter, if you want to extend the metaphor to its outermost limit. It doesn’t […]
The Gutter’s own Carol watches Michelle Garza Cervera’s Huesera and liked it! “Huesera: The Bone Woman (Mexico-Peru, 2022) was not what I expected. It’s Queerer and more Punk. From the trailers and stills I had expected it to be about pregnancy and the traps of domesticity. I had […]
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