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Scared stiff: give it the old fist pump if horror makes you hot….
A second revised post about my life in gay horror that originally appeared on my former publisher’s website, which I am reposting on Boys, Bears & Scares so it will have a permanent home. This time I’m scared stiff and … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel W. Kelly, gay horror
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Calling all gay horror whores
To celebrate horror pride, I’ve revised several of my posts about my life in gay horror, which originally appeared on my former publisher’s website, and I am reposting them on Boys, Bears & Scares so they’ll have a permanent home. … Continue reading
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30 years of Stepford wives, children, and husbands
I’m a big fan of Ira Levin’s novels, and most have been adapted into films, including Rosemary’s Baby, The Boys from Brazil, Sliver, A Kiss Before Dying, and of course, The Stepford Wives. I was young when the 1975 film … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, Revenge of the Stepford Wives, The Stepford Children, The Stepford Husbands, The Stepford Wives
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Gay horror Stephen King approves and gay horror he wrote
It was completely unintentional that I read two books in a row featuring gay couples—I just randomly picked the shortest books off the massive pile I still need to read to shrink it a bit faster. But this happy accident … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, home invasion, Knock at the Cabin, Stephen King, supernatural
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LGBTQ…Z?
There’s nothing like cracking open a collection of LGBTQ zombie stories and discovering a good chunk of them are by authors I know! Editor Bill Tucker’s gay zombie horror anthology gathers together 28 tales with plenty of variety in both … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, living dead, undead
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1970s horror: my formative years
With a shrinking number of movies left in my collection to blog about, I figured it was time to finish off the 1970s stuff. So, here goes. Eight of them. And since it’s the 70s, dare I say eight is … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Blacula, creature features, Don’t Go In The House, Food of the Gods, gay horror, Murders in the Rue Morgue, occult, Orca, Race With the Devil, Scream Blacula Scream, slashers, The Car, vampires
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A Halloween horror anthology for October bedtime reading
A while back, I blogged about two books by author Alexander S. Brown and also did a Q&A with him. I had a third book of his in my “to read” pile, but I wanted to wait until the right … Continue reading
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Tagged Halloween horror
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3 doses of wicked women from the 1980s
I’m close to being tapped of any 1980s horror in my collection that I haven’t yet blogged about, and I cross three more off the list with this nostalgic triple feature. GHOST STORY (1981) I read Peter Straub’s novel in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Dream Lover, Ghost Story, supernatural, The Devonsville Terror
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Jekyll and Hyde get goofy, gay, and gender-bending
It’s back to the 80s and 90s for this double feature of raunchy giggles at the expense of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel. JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (1982) Aah…one that aired regularly the year I got a job delivering … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, gay horror, horror comedies, Jekyll & Hyde…Together Again
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Two 90s anthologies that needed more than two stories each
3 master horror writers, 3 major horror directors, yet both of these movies draw out forgettable tales that would have worked better had they been shorter…which would have allowed each movie to squeeze in a third story! TWO EVIL EYES … Continue reading
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Tagged horror anthologies, Quicksilver Highway, Two Evil Eyes
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