RuPaul: and a horrific & terrible welcome to our guest judge SHOGGOTH! Shoggoth: p̷̨̢̮̭̫̬̖̊͋͐͝h̶̛̤͓̳̠́͐'̷̡̙̯̲̻͖̠̹̩͗͊͛͌̑ņ̸̢̖͚̱̜̰̖͚͋̓̌̃͐̚̚̚g̴͚͉̭̦̲̭͇̦͝ḷ̸̨͈̝̙̳̳̣̀̑̓̔u̷̙͙̤̙͓̅̄̆̈́ĩ̷̢̟̞̬̞͉̝̒́̄͝ ̵̳̰̮̭̌͋̓́͆̈̾̍ḿ̴̢͇͉̲̗̄̃̚͘g̸͔̍̄̈́̈́l̷̀̆̓͜w̷̡̢̻̯̱͕͍͓͙̓̿ͅ'̴̖̭͑͐̚͜͜n̷̲͑̃̿̓̍͑̋̉̋a̴̢̤̣̝͖͍̹̻͕͝f̴͈̼͔͔̩̼̣̂́͗̑̇̔́̌̈͝h̸̛̰͓̆͒̏̾͠ Rupaul: *laughs* Cthulhu ryleh that ass girl! we’re terrified to have you here! Shoggoth: w̸̹̃̾̓̒̎̒́g̷̱̦̅̐ă̵̢̨̮͕͍̦̈́̀h̷͓̹͚͙̭̲̓'̸̯̗̤͎̱̬̗̠̀̈̓̆́͒̈́̈́n̵̳̞̾̓͂͑́̎̚͘̚á̶͕̣͖̩̎̇̕g̶̹̫̰̭͕̦͆̈̾̇͆́̄͘̕l̸̛̠͖̠͙̃̓̀̑̿͠ ̸̨̛̞̤̖̝̘̱̲͍̙̔̔f̷͈̺͍̜̊̉͊͆̀͗̓͠͠ḣ̴̲̭̯͊͌͂́͝t̵̢̖̪̺̥̣͇̔͋̅͑͜a̴̩͔̳̟̲͙̻̥̮̮̓͂̏̈̀̚g̸̠͎̟̳͍̤͊̅̃̆͊̊̾̕͘͠n̵̨͕̳͓͓͛̐̾̒͗͐

little demon, france, 15th century

And here we go: letterboxd.com/billsmiley/l...

Great to see DR Congo fan Michel Nkuka in attendance for their match vs Columbia! 🇨🇩

Saul Bass’ quietly fabulous poster for 1961’s Fifth San Francisco International Film Festival.

Watch all of @mysterywrestling.bsky.social 's Infinite Rumble and go MAD! culturalgutter.com/2026/06/24/t...

I suppose it is narratively appropriate that a reflecting pool is what finally ruins a narcissist.

"Yoshihiro Nishimura's breakout film was Tokyo Gore Police (2008)....Since then, he has directed several features and shorts and has a reputation for making gleefully violent splatter pieces, often on a low budget and with an obscenely high body count." culturalgutter.com/2026/06/18/b...

Apparently, Shout Factory fucked up the audio badly on the new 4K release of Romero’s “Day of the Dead” and are vehemently denying it. I can’t think of any instance where they owned up to a mistake and offered disc replacements since 4K releases became a thing.

I got my hands on a Shaolin Soccer bootleg eons ago and I recently stumbled across a notebook with my original review

For sapphics and queer folk who love swords and sapphics: Fire Heart (Snowy Wings): blackwolfsings.itch.io/fire-heart Cold Steel (Snowy Wings): blackwolfsings.itch.io/cold-steel #swords #booksky #keeptellingourstories

So many "writers" querying me about their masterpiece with cover letters that are clearly AI-generated. Sigh.

no disrespect to the STEM types but there used to be a joint in Beijing that would give you a free bowl of noodles if you could write 𰻞 by hand

Yup. Rooting for this game to bomb.

9.3 out of 10. multiple extended calls plus columbia columbia columbia

The Great Tolkien Reread leaves Rivendell with "The Ring Goes South". In which the fellowship is finally formed, some new characters get to struct their stuff, and we are reminded that nature in Middle Earth is sometimes a character in its own right.

“Let it be said of me that I was born appalled, lived disaffected, and died in the height of fashion.” ~ Tom Stoppard

I spoke with director Shu Lea Cheang about the new restoration and Criterion release of her anti-capitalist ecofeminist parable FRESH KILL. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/interview-...

I was quite upset about what happened to Gawker, and thought it was a real canary moment.

This is an amazing list! Some I hadn’t even heard of! This is the kind of exclamation-point-abusing joy I need right now! Please let Paul continue writing about crocsploitation as long as he wants!

Batdance! youtu.be/ulOLYnOthIw

I was super impressed by the tumble down the stairs--and then that damn kick happened and blew me even further away.

A choral version of the Mothra summoning song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjiF...

Here’s an important one

I love this movie

Katharine Hepburn in SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935)

@hollyeh13.bsky.social @1an0maly.bsky.social @theasabin.bsky.social @mimikramer.bsky.social I haven't listened, but I did just discover this adaptation of Picnic At Hanging Rock: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Vl... #CineJanes

Our friends at @projectionbooth.bsky.social look at Alex Proyas' Dark City (1998)! culturalgutter.com/2026/06/23/t...

The Gutter's own @michellekisner.bsky.social on the gory artistry of Yoshihiro Nishimura! culturalgutter.com/2026/06/18/b...

It's a good time to share Neptune Frost "Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s Neptune Frost is unified field theory of a film combining Afrofuturist cyberpunk science fiction, music, poetry [&] reflections on war, genocide, decolonization and resistance." soldierofcinema.blogspot.com/2021/09/tiff...

Barbara Stanwyck in a publicity still for LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (1933)

Libraries fuckin rule

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Go see THE FURIOUS if you haven't.

Wow I had no idea science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

Movies used to have Lalo Schifrin scores.

At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn't look right.

CineMonsters: 3 hrs 'til the start of #CineMon, where 2nite, yes, we're gonna play a little poker -- but, as for whatever else happens: Well, the Devil's in the details. Join @sonofkaras.bsky.social & me, Mon, 10 ET, as we up the ante with, "Dealer's Choice" -- a card game held in The Twilight Zone.

2016-2026

Bruce Campbell is 68.

J.D.'s Revenge (1976) – A law student is possessed by a 1940s gangster in this gritty, supernatural Blaxploitation thriller. Glynn Turman is phenomenal in a film that transcends its genre trappings to deliver a genuinely chilling experience. #Blaxploitation #SeventiesHorror

thou

Peaceful out here

Tues nite, #fullmoonfrights begins a summer series of celebrating bitchy witchery… 1st up for June, some 70s-era hexing: 8pmEST The Spell (1977) Prime, Tubi, YouTube 10pmEST Wes Craven’s Summer of Fear (1978) YouTube,Tubi Moody teenagers should never be left alone with a spellbook… #mutantfam

At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter's own @bethlovesbollywood.bsky.social on a film about making the first feature film in India! culturalgutter.com/2026/06/22/f...

@willmckinley.bsky.social please note

A wolf in sheep's clothing. A dog in cat's clothing. A tiger in a little black dress by Dior.

I was sad to hear when Yoshihiro Nishimura passed away recently, he was one of my favorite directors! Here’s a piece about his work I wrote from The Cultural Gutter!