Peter Gutiérrez
A member of the Online Film Critics Society, Peter writes for Twitch, the Financial Times, and Rue Morgue. A contributing editor at Metro magazine, and a columnist on blockbuster movies for Screen Education, he also blogs on pop culture at School Library Journal: http://blogs.slj.com/connect-the-pop/. Get too-frequent updates about comics, books, movies, and TV via Twitter: @Peter_Gutierrez
Articles by this Author
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...
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…
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 ...
“Horror Novel Wins Pulitzer, Becomes Oprah Pick”: Why This Headline Is True—But Unwritten
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/15/2007
- North American Films
- Unrated
Filmmakers have caught on to something that readers somehow missed—Cormac McCarthy is perhaps America’s greatest genre author…
Prepare Yourself for TV’s Cavalcade of Horrors
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/17/2007
- Horror Films and Thrillers
- Unrated
With Halloween’s approach, cable stations are starting to roll out their annual lineups of classic, and not-so-classic, fright flicks. Here are our picks...
Hammer and the Glorious, Full-Flowering of Horror
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/20/2007
- European Films
- Unrated
The Hammer Story by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes celebrates the famed British studio, known to a generation of cinephiles for its stylish horror films...
New York Horror Fans Brace For '07 Fest
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/20/2007
- Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
The New York City Horror Film Festival promises an intriguing mix of the up-and-coming and the tried-and-true...
30 Days of Night… And 2 Hours of Same-Old
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/22/2007
- North American Films
- Unrated
An original premise and an intriguing setting can't keep this hit from sliding toward the overly familiar mechanics of a siege movie ...
Roth Unveils the Original Ending of "Hostel" to Rabid Fans
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/26/2007
- Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
Last night director Eli Roth screened a previously unseen version of his controversial horror masterwork… (Spoilers beneath the cut)
H. G. Lewis to Fans: "You're Brain Damaged. Like Me."
- By Peter Gutiérrez
- Published 10/28/2007
- Festivals and Filmmakers
- Unrated
Herschell Gordon Lewis was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award last night at the New York City Horror Film Festival and wasted little time before commenting on the current state of the genre…