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Category Archives: Johnny You ARE Queer – Gay Thoughts
Travel back to the 90s with the slasher flick Detention
Having just blogged about Don’t Go to the Reunion and its noticeable nod to 90s slashers, I’m not surprised that 2011’s Detention does the same. A girl at the beginning of the film even warns us that the 90s are … Continue reading
Dear Abby. What a masculine voice you have…
The 1974 horror film Abby was known as a rip-off of The Exorcist when it was released. It also got labeled as a blaxploitation film. See, in the 1970s, if you made a movie with an all-black cast, it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby, demons, possession, The Black Exorcist
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Take a CHILL pill with scream queer Roger Conners and a good time indie slasher!
I was psyched to see self-proclaimed “scream queer” Roger Conners as a leading man in Chill—and to talk to him about being a gay actor working in the genre he loves. See our full conversation at the end of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Chill, gay horror, Roger Conners, slashers
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Horror Hunk Spotlight: Ross Kelly
Now that’s the kind of face you want to see dodging the swipe of a slasher’s knife, flashing vampiric fangs, or covered in the goop of a zombie he just blasted away. I could watch any horror movie Ross Kelly … Continue reading
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Tagged Army of the Dead, Klown Kamp Massacre, Pretty Dead Things, Rome and Juliet vs. The Living Dead, Ross Kelly, Stink of Flesh, Wedding Slashers
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Don’t Go to the Reunion: a retro throwback to retro throwbacks
With the 20-year anniversary of Scream coming up, It was inevitable that a generation of filmmakers would start making movies celebrating the late-90s slasher reboot era just like Kevin Williamson was celebrating the 80s generation of slashers when he wrote … Continue reading
The Last Horror Film; it’s like Maniac 2
Two years after creepy Joe Spinell played a psycho killer who targeted Caroline Munro in Maniac, he played a psycho killer who targeted Caroline Munro even more in The Last Horror Film (not to be confused with The Last Horror … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, slashers, The Last Horror Movie
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Grindhouse goes gay with Father’s Day
If you prefer something grittier than shirtless hotties and drag queens prettying up and camping up gay horror, you might want to check out the gruesome grindhouse flick Father’s Day from Troma. I was wary going into it because of … Continue reading
Hellbent: the Halloween slasher for gay dudes
In the 2004 film Hellbent, director Paul Etheredge put all his energy into creating a true slasher that just happened to have gay characters instead of going for farce or camp. This is simply the tale of four “dudes” who … Continue reading
Campy gay horror double feature from author Rob Rosen
When I ordered Rob Rosen’s books Queerwolf and Vamp, as much as I wanted to jump into reading them as soon as they landed in my mailbox, Vamp arrived first. It was also his newer title. I had a funny … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, horror comedy, vampires, werewolves
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A Little Bit Zombie is a little bit horror and a lot of comedy!
I really cannot get into deep, serious movies about the emotional, physical, and psychological trauma a single person suffers when becoming a zombie. It’s a fricking zombie! Shoot the fucker in the head! I don’t give a shit how he … Continue reading