Angry Witches, Angry Women
The Gutter’s own Carol writes about Charlotte Colbert’s She Will (2022), a film wherein Alice Krige gives a magnificent performance as a grand dame of cinema who channels the anger of accused witches. Read more here.
“Monstrous: The Dark Side of New Korean Cinema”
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has another spooky season program, this time dedicated to the “Dark Side of New Korean Cinema.” “This series, bookended by two works of Park Chan-wook (Oldboy and Thirst), highlights the first decade of the 21st century to examine the complexities of Korean […]
“Mexico Maleficarum: Resurrecting 20th Century Mexican Horror Cinema”
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures presents a program of Mexican horror films from the 20th Century. Hear these sisters and brothers of the night awake. Their existence honors the sheer bravado and passion of the actors and filmmakers who created them. We salute all the institutions, media […]
31 Days of Horror 2022: The Performances That Make Us Scream—Robert Mitchell, Frontier(s) (2007)
Friend of the Gutter Robert A. Mitchell shares a “performance that made him scream” at Biff Bam Pop! “Xavier Gens’ Frontier(s) captures the xenophobia, the restlessness of a young generation as well as age-old human atrocities. Xavier’s film is also prescient as the sources of evil in the […]
Ghoul (2018): Reveal Their Guilt
Ghoul (2018) is as bleak as might be expected for a series that starts with the line, “Strike a deal with your blood and out of the smokeless fire the ghul will come.” It’s a three episode miniseries that addresses fascism, state terror, and individual guilt in a […]
The Feminine Critique: “Orphan Pillow Monster Catch Up Spectacular”
“It’s another big ol’ catchup, where Christine and Emily wrangle their wild lists of what they’ve been watching (which is suitably 80% in the horror genre). We save the spoilery talk on Orphan: (Esther’s) First Kill, Nope, and Yellowjackets for the final fully warned segment. Before that, highlights […]
The Cultural Gutter 