At The Hindu friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen and Alok Sharma write about Dracula’s roots in Indian literature and comics. “The vampire — that undead creature of the night, half-human, half-bat, thriving on blood — every culture has one in its lore. And this explains the universal […]
The Gutter’s own Carol shared some things she liked at Biff Bam Pop! Will there be werewolves and mermaids? It is extremely likely!
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century and many other Syfy Fangrrls share their picks for the most influential women in genre this year.
Dr. Nerdlove writes about The Punisher and Frank Castle’s broken masculinity. “Like the incredible Jessica Jones, Marvel’s The Punisher examines and elevates a character and a genre defined by tropes and clichés. Despite being one in a long series of knock-offs of the Lone Vigilante genre – codified in its modern […]
The Gutter’s own Angela and Carol are participating in 31 Days of Horror this year. Well, Angela is offering the 58-Day Horror Movie Challenge. And Carol’s 31 Days of Horror is a little eccentric. Click through to see!
At Hazlitt, Emma Healey writes about a particular scene in the fourth season of Louis CK’s Louie. “By the time Louie was in its fourth season, its protagonist had a lot of audience goodwill to burn, and C.K. seemed to want to do something legitimately complicated with it: […]
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