Sometimes you encounter a movie late at night. A movie you didn’t even know existed before. And you discover that the movie had basically disappeared for 30 years. Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer was supposed to be the first in a series of low budget art house horror movies. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program in 1997. It was picked up by Miramax, released in a limited run of art house theaters and then it just disappeared.
The journey from unfair to unjust is a twisted maze, one littered with false starts and dead ends; it’s also, significantly, the journey undertaken in Labyrinth, from childhood to adulthood, powerlessness to power.
Chelsea Rialto Studios’ Ray Faiola has released the short curtain call epilogue from the original pre-code release of Tod Browning’s Dracula starring Béla Lugosi. “This is the actual footage of the Edward Van Sloan curtain speech from the end of Dracula. The picture came from a 16mm SILENT […]
At the Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White talks to actor/director/writer Grace Glowicki about her work and Dead Lover (Canada, 2025). “Mike talks with multi-hyphenate Grace Glowicki about her new film, Dead Lover (2025). It’s a stinky look at a gravedigger (Glowicki) who searches for a […]
“During the past 20 years I know that my compulsion to understand death was much greater than just an obsession. My dreams have dictated my mission. But now it is time to witness the final moment, to discover the circle that forever repeats itself. The end of the […]
At the Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace “cordially invite you to the most awkward double wedding in cinematic history. On this obvious episode, the ladies tackle 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein and 1985’s The Bride. It’s a scream!” Listen here.
The Cultural Gutter 