Deja View: “Why Robocop fought Hopping Vampires!”
Friend of the Gutter Ed Glaser has some things to say about Tomas Tang’s Robo Vampire (1988) and its production history on Deja View! Watch here.
Swissploitation?!
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watches the Swissploitation classic, Mad Heidi (Switzerland, 2022). “In a world where lactose-intolerance is a crime, one woman stands against the dictator of Switzerland, Our Most Swiss Leader Meili (Casper van Dien) and his authoritarian cheese-based regime. Set in a dystopian, alternate reality […]
Filmi Ladies: “The Namesake”
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch, The Namesake! “It will not surprise you to learn that we ADORE The Namesake, both book and film. Topics of discussion include: the Gangulys’ relationship, the universal American-ness of the story, Golgol’s imperfections, and Ashima’s […]
Movies are Gay!
Hey, Slashfilm has an excellent series, “Movies are Gay,” about films that are gay, explicitly or not! It starts with Point Break (1991) and continues from there with movies like: The Perfection; Hard-Boiled; Young Soul Rebels; Batman &Robin; Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and more. Start here […]
“The Hole in the Fence”
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the Mexican/Polish psychological thriller, The Hole in the Fence / El hoyo en la cerca (2021). “With its presentation of the sons of privilege brutalizing each other in the woods, The Hole In The Fence will likely remind people […]
Commentary Gone Wrong in Johannes Grenzfurthner’s ‘Razzennest’ (2022) and Manus Oosthuizen’s Razzennest
Confession time: I’ve never been a big consumer of the live meta-commentary subset of horror, or live commentary on movies in general*. I very rarely turn on the director’s commentary on DVDs, and I can count on one hand the number of Mystery Science Theatre or Joe Bob […]
The Cultural Gutter 