“Haunted Gaycation!”
The Gutter’s own Carol watches the gay bachelor party horror comedy, Summoning Sylvia (USA, 2023), and shares some quick thoughts here.
The Gutter’s Own Carol Borden watches Huesera: The Bone Woman (Mexico-Peru, 2022)
The Gutter’s own Carol watches Michelle Garza Cervera’s Huesera and liked it! “Huesera: The Bone Woman (Mexico-Peru, 2022) was not what I expected. It’s Queerer and more Punk. From the trailers and stills I had expected it to be about pregnancy and the traps of domesticity. I had […]
“Reassembled Bones: Michelle Garza Cervera on the punk heart beating behind Huesera: The Bone Woman“
At Letterboxd, Annie Lyons intereviews director Michelle Garza Cervera about film folk horror film with Queer punk underpinnings, Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). “Two maternal horror staples also simmered on the backburner of her mind during Huesera. ‘I love The Babadook. I think it’s a radical film in […]
“Tales From the Sapphire Bay Hotel #1: Flashlight”
Gather round as Demona (Sara Century) hosts terrifying “Tales from the Sapphire Bay Hotel!” Episode one is available for your petrifying pleasure here.
“Best Sex Toys, 2022!”
At Oh Joy Sex Toy, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan team up with Chicago’s Early To Bed to share their favorite sex toys of 2022–and all in comic form! Read it here.
On Mischief, Don’t Bother To Knock, and Marilyn Monroe
I’ve been thinking about what “disreputable art” means in a time when nerds, fans, and geeks have won a kind of cultural hegemony. It was different when the Cultural Gutter was founded in 2003, before Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Force awakened, and the […]
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