Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has fascinating thoughts on Bryn Chainey’s new folk horror film, Rabbit Trap (UK / USA, 2025) including an excellent introduction to the fairy and cultural aspects. “It hits a lot of my favourite things: fairy lore, folk horror, sound exploration and design—theremin! […]
Fox Spirit Books has a ghost story for Christmas by friend of the Gutter Kate Laity available for free right now! “It’s time for another Fox Spirit Books ghost story for Christmas. For some, 2020 may have been all the horror needed. But a little chill in the […]
Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity gives a lecture on Leonora Carrington at the 2025 Occulture Conference! “How can ritual and hybridity become tools for transformation and resistance? In this lecture from Occulture Conference 2025, K. A. Laity explores Leonora Carrington’s play Judith as a dramatic ritual of […]
At The Witching Hour Is Nigh, Peg Aloi and and friend of the Gutter Kate Laity discuss Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024)! “My special guest and friend Kate Laity, who was featured on my first podcast episode, and I went to see The Substance late last fall and […]
This week Guest Star Kate Laity writes about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife (1943) and two lesser known adaptations. ~~~ I’m currently writing about Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife and the 1962 film based on it, Night of the Eagle, AKA, Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962). It’s a pity there are […]
Now on YouTube–Surreal Noir by friend of the Gutter Kate Laity! In this episode she extensively discusses Otto Preminger’s Laura (1944) and Vera Caspary’s 1943 novel. “Episode Two: Surreal portraiture—-Muse or artist? Can you fall in love with a picture? Can you fall in love with someone from […]
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