Category Archives: Johnny You ARE Queer – Gay Thoughts

Get a taste of Mark Allan Gunnells’ Tales from the Midnight Shift

Gay horror author Mark Allan Gunnells has quite a few titles under his belt, including Asylum, Sequel, and The Quarry. He is also a contributor to the movie guide Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks. … Continue reading

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Gay horror with a lot less camp and a lot more terror!

Forget vampires who spit out bitchy quips faster than they suck blood. Or slashers that are more about flashers than killings. You Belong to Me and Into the Lion’s Den are two gay horror thrillers that take themselves seriously, to … Continue reading

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The heyday of Linnea Quigley z-grade horror!

Naturally, Linnea Quigley’s most well -known flix are Silent Night, Deadly Night, Return of the Living Dead, and Night of the Demons. Let’s face it. She gets jammed onto antlers while shirtless, dances naked on a grave, and sticks lipstick … Continue reading

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Charlie Harper goes on a murderous road trip with the guy from Grease 2

Before the 90s brought us movies like True Romance, Natural Born Killers, and SFW, the 1985 film The Boys Next Door featured a couple on a journey of chaos and murder. Only this couple was two guys! Riddled with homophobia … Continue reading

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Direct-to-DVD: the low-budget horrors of Joe Castro

Joe Castro has been doing special effects makeup as far back as the 90s, on horror films such as Uncle Sam and Night of the Demons III. It didn’t take him long to start directing his own low-budget films. Aside … Continue reading

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Revenge of the gay bashed ghost…

Back in the 80s, there was a film called The Boys Next Door starring Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen as two hot young men who go on a murderous rampage for no apparent reason. But more to come on that … Continue reading

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No One Lives when there’s a Maniac on the loose

It’s rare for a “unique” take on the slasher formula to win me over. What can I say? I like familiarity. But 2012 produced two films that really did it for me! NO ONE LIVES No One Lives is similar … Continue reading

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The most obscene blaxploitation flicks I’ve ever seen

For reasons I’ll never understand, I felt I simply had to have the “Black Devil Doll” movies in my horror collection. Someday when they’re out of print, you’ll all envy me. Just wait and see. The original Black Devil Doll … Continue reading

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Attack of the burly, beary gay vampires!

Watch out Anne Rice. Director Creep Creepersin has made the ultimate sexy vampire fantasy. Don’t be fooled by the title or the pretty boys on the cover of the DVD; Brides of Sodom is all about gay vampire husbands, and … Continue reading

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One of my favorite gay humor authors gives it a Hitchcockian twist!

Author Robert Rodi has been publishing novels since I worked in Barnes & Noble back in the 90s. I loved his comic, campy books like Closet Case, Fag Hag, and Kept Boy. So I was psyched when I found out … Continue reading

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