Actually, It’s Mister Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is a terrible father, a tech bro, and not a doctor.
Space 1999: Aliens Are Jerks
Space: 1999 taught me two valuable lessons. The first is that space is depressing and best represented by the color taupe. The second is that, with few exceptions, aliens are jerks. At least in the first season, Space: 1999 (UK, 1975-77) captures malaise, chronic low-grade depression and inertia […]
“The Metaphor Years: Writing Lessons from The Twilight Zone”
At RogerEbert.Com, Matt Zoller Seitz has a fantastic piece on Rod Serling and how he used genre to write about political, social and moral concerns. “‘The writer’s role is to be a menacer of the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must […]
The Week in Horror: Fantasia 2023 Edition!
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and Jeffrey X. Martin share their picks from this year’s Fantasia Film Festival! “Looking through the lineup for this year’s Fantasia is like looking through the work of my favourite artists and unearthing new treasures. New works from the Adams Family (not that […]
The Cultural Gutter 