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Dante dabbling in the fun side of horror
With faves like Gremlins, Piranha, and The Howling under his belt, Joe Dante found a way to channel his love of horror into more mainstream flix for a general audience while still appealing to his fan base. For me, Matinee … Continue reading
Dancing to Death: Rave Party Massacre vs. Zombie Spring Breakers
One’s a slasher, one’s a zombie flick, both titles sound like a total blast. So which party would I rather attend? RAVE PARTY MASSACRE (2017) Running only 77 minutes long and centering on kids stalked by a masked killer with … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, horror comedies, Ibiza Undead, living dead, Rave Party Massacre, slashers, undead, zombedy, Zombie Spring Breakers, zomcom
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Where there’s killer pussy there’s…gay dudes and drag queens?
Written and directed by its star, Nicholas Tana, campy indie Hell’s Kitty is a bit of a love letter to people with cunty kitties and an appreciation for “pussy” humor. More importantly, it is loaded with meta goodies for die-hard … Continue reading
Time to drag out the Oh My Ghost! franchise!
Thai director Poj Arnon has made a name for himself with two horror franchises: Make Me Shudder (I blog about the first film here) and Hor Taew Tak—known in English as Oh My Ghost! He also has a notable non-horror … Continue reading
Werewolf to Stepwitch: the 1980s comedies of Larry Cohen
In between directing some of the oddest, most memorable movies of the 1970s and 1980s (God Told Me To, the It’s Alive trilogy, Q; The Winged Serpent, The Stuff, A Return to Salem’s Lot, The Ambulance), Larry Cohen bookended the … Continue reading
Ghostland Boys vs. Tragedy Girls
It’s boys vs. girls with ghosts, a masked killer, zombies and…humor? Sort of. GHOSTLAND BOYS (2016) A majority of Ghostland Boys feels like it would have worked better edited into short segments of a “web series”…if the writing had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Ghostland Boys, ghosts, horror comedies, living dead, slashers, supernatural, Tragedy Girls, undead, Zombies, zomcom, zomedy
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Tyler Labine: The bear who sees ghosts and gays
It all started with an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? in 1994. But after playing a stoner on The X-Files way back in 1996, funny bear Tyler Labine cemented his shtick in the horror genre for life. … Continue reading
Will the homos in these 3 horrors live to see another gay?
I have to admit, even after spotting a gay character in the trailer for one of these films, I nearly skipped it because I am crashing and burning on some of the more agonizing stuff I sit through these days … Continue reading
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Tagged cannibals, Curse of Mesopotamia, demons, gay horror, horror comedies, slashers, supernatural, The Craving, Theater of Blood
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The Terror of the Blind Buy—were they as scary as I feared (or hoped)?
Blind buys are mostly a thing of my past…unless they come with some actual foresight. Perhaps the film is part of a franchise for which I have all the other installments, or is by one of my favorite directors, or … Continue reading
Direct to DVD, Blu-ray & Streaming: Ross Patterson brings the giggles, gore, guys, and gay
Ross Patterson spent years appearing in goofball comedies, and only once did he step into the world of horror…as “Fraternity Leader” in a goofball comedy scene in House of the Dead 2… So writing and directing goofball horror comedies of … Continue reading