Absolute Beginners first crossed my radar last week when a friend showed me a clip of David Bowie dancing on a typewriter. “Big deal,” scoffed I, a connoisseur of Indian cinema. “Merchant and Ivory did that with Hindi superstars ages ago.”* Discovering that David Bowie could tap dance […]
At Crime Reads Corinne writes about the Detection Club, ‘fair play’ in mysteries–especially in members’ mysteries. “The sacred oath required of prospective members of the Detection Club demanded, among other things, their adherence to that Golden Age holy of holies, the principle of ‘fair play’ (i.e., presentation of […]
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century shares her list of “10 Underrated Zombie Movies of the 20th Century (And Where to Watch Them)”: “There are plenty of zombie movies that deserve more credit beyond this list, and many that sadly can’t be found streaming (for instance, 1994’s Cemetery […]
Enjoy this free horror story, “In Hades, He Lifted Up His Eyes,” by author and friend of the Gutter James Bennett! You can also listen to it ready by Veronica DeGeneres–just got to the top of the sidebar here!
Summer is nearly upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere and it is, to say the least, an uncertain time. I don’t know what your plans are. Maybe a camping trip. Maybe the beach. Maybe you feel safe traveling for vacation. Maybe you’re just going to the park […]
One of my great loves in horror is when an inanimate object becomes sinister. Some of my favourites are the trucks and various electronics in Stephen King’s cocaine-fuelled opus, Maximum Overdrive (1986), the spooky mirror in Mike Flanagan’s Oculus (2013), and the diabolical tire and an insidious leather […]
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