Composer Bear McCreary has some thoughts on writing the music for Deathstalker (2025) and working with Slash, Chuck Cirino and Brendan McCreary! It includes a glorious music video. “Vivid memories of countless nights spent watching bad cult movies with my childhood friends flooded my mind, accompanied by the […]
Our friends at The Projection Booth Podcast discuss V. I. Warshawski (1991)! “Noirvember 2025 keeps rolling as Mike teams up with author Dahlia Schweitzer and artist Rahne Alexander to crack open V.I. Warshawski (1991), Jeff Kanew’s glossy take on Sara Paretsky’s groundbreaking detective. Kathleen Turner commands the screen […]
At the Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Initravia and Christine Makepeace discuss slasher movies! “It’s the episode where Emily and Christine discuss everything they know about slashers and even more things they don’t! We go over the rules, our favorites, our controversies, and much more.” […]
Hitchcock gets a lot of credit for his mystery and suspense films, rightfully so, but sometimes that credit goes as far as erasing the writers who came up with the mysteries, twists, dark jokes, thrills and stories Hitchcock built his films on. Hitchcock himself gave credit where it was due. He put writers’ names on screen for everyone to see. But if film history has taught us anything, it’s that credits, dedications and acknowledgments are not enough to keep women both trans and cis, genderqueer and nonbinary people from disappearing from memory and history.
It’s a new episode of Monster Factory from Justin and Griffin McElroy! “Pam is back and facing her greatest challenge yet: finding an actual completable quest on the critical path.” Watch here.
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo writes about Keeper (USA, 2025). “So there’s a bunch of articles out there that say something along the lines of, “Osgood Perkins’ Keeper is not what you’re expecting.” At this point, given Oz’s output over the last 18 months–The […]
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