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Three modern indies—demons, a cannibal killer, and the occult

Here goes: three more indie films that have nothing in common. One is an oddball backwoods creature feature, another a throwback slasher. And the third is a short film of magic, love, and death—and possibly a gay crush…. NIGHT OF … Continue reading

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Girls vs. Boys in a new millennium slasher showdown

Girls take on a vengeful Mexican spirit and boys take on a vengeful cricket player! These two films make a great hokey horror double feature. And yet…they’d both make great double features with other movies…. THE CURSE OF EL CHARRO … Continue reading

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Another Troma 80s horror trash trio

Who can explain why studios like Troma and Full Moon have been able to turn out crap for decades? Not me. I also can’t explain why I continue to watch their films. Although, people with the same dilemma as me … Continue reading

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Jamie Marks is Dead and looking for gay love

Jamie Marks is Dead comes from the director of The Ruins…but I didn’t let that stop me from watching it. This is not so much a horror film as it is a supernatural drama bordering on tragedy. The movie opens … Continue reading

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The gays vs. the undead

In “Zombied Out,” the novella included as a bonus with my gay horror novel Snakehead, the gays in a small town discover they’ve all been outed because every straight person has been infected and turned into a flesh eater. While … Continue reading

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Comedy horror madness

Seriously, these four films are not your everyday fun horror comedies. They are most definitely…imbalanced. DECAMPITATED (1998) Decampitated is a low-budget indie slasher comedy that Troma got its hands on, so not surprisingly, it’s a mess. A spoof of backwoods … Continue reading

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How well do you know your scenes of studs, soap, and scares?

Hey, gay horror fans. Try to identify these shower shockers…shocking because there are actually naked men instead of women! Answers at the…um…bottom. Some are easy, some are hard. Just the way we like it. What are some of your favorite … Continue reading

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New millennium horrorthon

Fiction and video game adaptations, slashers, witches, zombies…here’s a mish-mosh of crap from the first decade of the 2000s. RIDING THE BULLET (2004) Based on a Stephen King novella, Riding the Bullet will really only work for you if you … Continue reading

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Creep – the gay horror Craigslist stalker found footage film that stays in the closet

Aaron answers an ad for a job to film the last days of a dying man named Josef. From the very first second of filming, anyone with any kind of gaydar would realize that Aaron has fallen into the trap … Continue reading

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Lessons in horror from the new millennium

I’m a big fan of cutie Justin Urich—Robert Urich’s nephew and the obnoxious character in one of my favorite horror movies: Monster Man, which I blog about here. So when I went looking for his “101” teen slasher in my … Continue reading

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