Cyclops (1987) Japan made a good number of direct-to-video horror shorts in the ’80s, and Cyclops is one of the better ones, even though the story is almost incomprehensible. Takamori (Kazuhiro Sano) is obsessed with birth defects, specifically “cyclopia,” where the two eyes fuse together in the womb […]
Hey, it’s the trailer for Coyote Teeth, the new lo fi existential horror short from friend of the Gutter Robert A. Mitchell! “Jake Wallace is a rare bookseller who travels to South Texas to find a lost manuscript. He will be forever changed.” Watch it here.
One afternoon, I was out listening to music on a walk. A guy stopped me on the sidewalk in front of a church to inform me that walking around outside with both earbuds in isn’t safe. He thought I didn’t realize it’s important to be able to hear […]
The BBC has uploaded a collection of Nigel Kneale’s radio works and adaptations of them at The Internet Archive. It includes: “The Pond”; “The Road”; “The Quatermass Memoirs”; and, “The Stone Tape” (adapted by Peter Strickland and Matthew Graham). There’s also a discussion of Kneale and his work. […]
At The Movie Sleuth, the Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner has some initial thoughts on Jane Schoenbrun’s new film, Teenage Sex & Death At Camp Miasma (2026). “Jane Schoenbrun’s work has the uncanny ability to tap into the ephemeral emotional core of what makes art compelling and memorable. The […]
The Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner reviews Buffet Infinity at The Movie Sleuth! “Instead of interrupting the narrative with advertisements, Buffet Infinity (2025) uses ads to tell the story of a small-town community invaded by an insidious, malevolent force. Westridge County is a typical microcosm of America, filled with used […]
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