At UnHerd, Dorian Lynskey writes about villains, pop psychology, backstory and corporate storytelling. “What Lumet and Chayefsky were really getting at with their rubber-ducky quip was the pretence that explaining everything is akin to psychological veracity. We are all shaped by our experiences, good and bad, but rarely […]
Our friends at the Feminine Critique podcast discuss Laid To Rest (2009) and Murder, She Wrote, “Halloween Kills!” “Break out of that deadbox: you’ve got things to do! It’s time for a very special episode where Christine and Emily are joined by delightful Texans Angela & James to […]
Vox Fabuli, the people behind “Manos: The Hands of Felt,” present the “Sock Puppet Boss Fight from Aliens.”
This week Guest Star Michelle Kisner writes about the genre-bending sci fi creature feature, Zeiram. Keep up with her and all her film writing via Instagram at @robotcookie! ~~~ Zeiram (1991) is a fantastically creative sci-fi creature feature hybrid with exquisitely goopy monster designs coupled with great practical […]
Friend of the Gutter Emily Intravia talks about “kickass puppetry, terrifying emu attacks, William Malone’s Parasomnia, the cultural/continental divide between blue barber comb juice, and much more” on Re-Animates Podcast!
At BiffBamPop the Gutter’s own Carol writes about a scene that shook her in Edgar Ulmer’s Universal horror film, The Black Cat (1934). “[The Black Cat] is a film I never expected to leave me harrowed and shook, but it has. There is incest, rape, torture, a Black […]
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