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Category Archives: Johnny You ARE Queer – Gay Thoughts
A chat with gay horror author Joshua Skye
In author Joshua Skye’s new novella Cradle, Radley, a grieving gay man, comes to a small town to live in the house left to him by his deceased partner. But The Habersham House has a dark history; young children have … Continue reading
The homo and horror of Cruising
Cruising. It’s the infamous movie that infuriated gays in 1980. I was just eleven, not a sign of gayness in my life as I danced around my room, singing the Xanadu soundtrack…. Even when I finally saw Cruising years later … Continue reading
The Slashening – girls, guys, bears, and pizza boys beware
Add Brandon Bassham, writer and director of The Slashening, to the list of filmmakers who really did their homework before attempting a throwback slasher. Actually, The Slashening is much more than that. Essentially, it’s a retro raunchy sex comedy dropped … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, horror comedies, slashers, The Slashening
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There’s something out there…and it’s kind of gay
Leave it to low-budget indie horror to throw some weird gay stuff—and a couple of porn stars—into the mix. I take a look at Bigfoot at Holler Creek Canyon and Slaughter Party. SLAUGHTER PARTY (2006) What to even say about … Continue reading
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Demonstrate your horror knowledge and you could win 3 of my novels!
It’s October 2015, my new gay Halloween horror novel Wet Screams has been released, and I’m feeling generous. So you just might get a treat…here’s the trick. If you have picked up a copy of my gay Halloween horror novel … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, In My Write Mind: News About My Writings, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts
Tagged demons, gay horror, slashers, werewolves
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The Editor – the Astron-6 guys take on Euro horror and giallos
Astron-6, the kings of indie retro horror, have done the whacked grindhouse and exploitation thing. Now, they bring us a film that’s not only a throwback to giallos and Euro horror, but also pokes fun at them. Astron-6 hairy man … Continue reading
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Early 70s horror trash
While solid films like The Exorcist, Jaws, and The Omen brought a polished, big box office look and feel to 70s horror, there was some acid trip insanity created as well. Here are four fucked up alternatives to iconic 1970s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead of Night, Deathdream, gay horror, horror comedies, Horror Hospital, slashers, Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things, Tower of Evil, vampires
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Sometimes a film needs half as much title and half the subplots
Along with basically needing to settle on one title, House of Horrors: The Gates of Hell has a great basic premise that is marred by too many irrelevant side stories that water down some pretty damn good scares. Basic story: … Continue reading
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The gay horror novels of John Inman
Looking for some thrills, chills, and a splash of queer camp in your gay horror fiction? Here are four novels from author John Inman that you should definitely check out. HOBBLED Hobbled is pure page-turning fun. It’s also plays out … Continue reading
2 quirky horror indies that may have passed you by in 2006
It took me almost ten years to find out that the films Joshua and Delivery even existed. I’d say they are sadly overlooked. Perhaps it’s because they’re low budget, maybe because they don’t play by the most obvious rules of … Continue reading