Peter Gutiérrez
Peter writes on pop culture and media for outlets such as Screen Education, The New York Times, Rue Morgue, The Financial Times, and School Library Journal. Twitter = @Peter_Gutierrez
Articles by this Author
The Self-Possessed Killer: Class Shame in Halloween (part 1)
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/10/2007
- North American Films
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Why does Michael Myers walk so slowly and stand so still? Could he be mimicking the gentlemanly airs of the fox hunt and a Midwesterner's vigilance at the deer stand?
The Self-Possessed Killer: Class Shame in Halloween (part 2)
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/13/2007
- North American Films
- Unrated
The only sure way to hurt Michael Myers: remind him of where he comes from...
DVD Review: Snake Woman’s Curse (1968)
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/18/2007
- Reviews , Asian Films
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Vengeful ghosts—apparently the only hope of the peasantry in feudal Japan...
New Writers for “Friday the 13th” Remake
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/19/2007
- North American Films
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“Freddy vs. Jason” scribes may join Michael Bay’s team…
Review: Triad Election
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/22/2007
- Reviews , Asian Films
- Unrated
This state-of-the-art gangster movie is more horrifying than most horror movies…
Does The Year’s Best Horror Movie Date From 1969?
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/27/2007
- Asian Films
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New to DVD, Teruo Ishii’s “Horrors of Malformed Men” is a true cornucopia of the grotesque and the nightmarish…
When Horror Hits Too Close to Home: How A Movie’s Effectiveness Can Work Against It
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 09/30/2007
- North American Films
- Unrated
Freidkin’s and Letts’s masterful Bug (2007) is a harrowing psychodrama—but unfortunately perhaps too “psycho” for mainstream moviegoers and too “dramatic” for horror fans…
Review -- Feast
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/4/2007
- Horror Films and Thrillers
- Unrated
You want to root for Feast right from the title sequence. That’s when a small frame of Super 8 footage floats in the center of the black screen ...
The Self-Possessed Killer: Class Shame in Halloween (part 3)
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/12/2007
- North American Films
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If we look closely enough, there is a meaningful randomness to Michael Myers’s victims…
U.S. Theaters and Fans Celebrate Horror's High Season
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/14/2007
- Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
For fans of the macabre, an "Octoberfest" has nothing to do with drinking beer ...