December 6th was the 50th anniversary of the folk horror (and Beltane holiday) classic, The Wicker Man’s release. It seems positively disreputable to let the event pass completely unmarked. So this month we are presenting an essay Carol Borden originally wrote on The Wicker Man‘s origins for CG Editor […]
Tanya Krzywinska has made her hard to find classic, A Skin For Dancing In: Possession, Witchcraft, and Voodoo in Film (2001) available for free on her website. You can read it here.
At The Derelict Historian, Chad Denton writes about Doctor Who‘s Missy and the appeal of Queer villains. “I feel some confidence in saying it’s not just gay and trans people who at least occasionally find catharsis in stories about those who flaunt our ideas of everything that is […]
Watch the entire animated saga of a Bunny and Cat in love in a segregated society in these music videos created by SamBakZa for South Korean ska band, Witches! Watch here.
I know it’s a bit late for a list of things I liked in 2022, but here at the Gutter we do what we want. And like Angela Englert and Sachin Hingoo, I am taking care of some end of year business. Besides, what if you discover something […]
The Gutter’s own Carol writes about Charlotte Colbert’s She Will (2022), a film wherein Alice Krige gives a magnificent performance as a grand dame of cinema who channels the anger of accused witches. Read more here.
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