Joe Lipsett – Page 12 – All Things Ick

‘The Amityville Asylum’ Has a Cult, Accents, and Poor Indigenous Representation [The Amityville IP]

March 28, 2023 Joe Lipsett Andrew Jones, Editorials, Eileen Daly, Ina Marie Smith, Jared Morgan, Kenton Hall, Lee Bane, Movies, Paul Kelleher, Sophia Del Pizzo, Victoria Rodway

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” After the misfire that was The Amityville Haunting, I was worried that the so-called unofficial sequels in “the franchise” would all be absolute dreck. Obviously we’re grading […]

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The Outstanding Creature FX of Low Budget Indie ‘Splinter’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

March 27, 2023 Joe Lipsett creature feature, jill wagner, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, paulo costanzo, Podcasts, Rachel Krebs, Shea Whigham, toby wilkins

Original Creature Feature We’ve been making our way through March with a wild range of films. We began with Robert Wise’s iconic queer film The Haunting, unlocked the Patreon vault to re-release our super-sized episode on Scream (2022), then hopped in the pool to discuss classic 90s Erotic Thriller Wild Things. Now we’re going the indie route […]

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The Class Critique at the Heart of ‘The Tutor’ Starring Noah Schnapp [Sex Crimes]

March 27, 2023 Joe Lipsett Editorials, Ekaterina Baker, erotic thriller, Exie Booker, Garrett Hedlund, Jonny Weston, Kabby Borders, Noah Schnapp, The Tutor, Victoria Justice

Judging from the marketing of The Tutor, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the film for a contemporary queer update of a film like The Crush (1993). While not exclusively the purview of the 90s, a film like The Crush – in which an underage “sexpot” with a malicious streak ensnares an older man in her […]

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‘Boston Strangler’ Review – Austere Period Drama Tackles Gender, Obsession and True Crime

March 16, 2023 Joe Lipsett Alessandro Nivola, Arjun Bhasin, Bill Camp, Boston Strangler, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, David Dastmalchian, John P. Goldsmith, Keira Knightley, Matt Ruskin, morgan spector, Reviews, Ryan Winkles, true crime

The latest film from writer-director Matt Ruskin begins in media res as an attentive neighbor overhears an attack on a female tenant in the unit next door. As he bangs on the door, the words “Inspired by a True Story” appear onscreen as the attacker turns up the radio to disguise the murder. There are […]

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‘The Amityville Haunting’ Takes the Franchise into the Found Footage Arena [The Amityville IP]

March 14, 2023 Joe Lipsett Editorials, Movies, The Amityville Haunting, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville IP

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” We’re into the thick of it now, aren’t we? Ten entries into the so-called Amityville franchise and it’s all cheap IP cash-grabs from here on out. I’m […]

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Rewriting the Rules and (Re)Inventing the Requel With ‘Scream’ 2022 [Horror Queers Podcast]

March 13, 2023 Joe Lipsett Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Dylan Minnette, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jenna Ortega, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Marley Shelton, Mason Gooding, Melissa Barrera, Neve Campbell, Podcasts, Scream, Scream 5

For Wes After spending our birthday month talking about ‘Weird Sex’ films like Videodrome, 1981’s Possession, Tusk and Wolf, last week Trace and I jumped back to the 60s to tackle an iconic UK spooky flick with The Haunting. With the release of Scream 6 this past week, it only made sense to open the Patreon vault […]

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The Explicit Lesbianism in Robert Wise’s ‘The Haunting’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

March 6, 2023 Joe Lipsett black and white, Claire Bloom, Horror Queers Podcast, Julie Harris, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Richard Johnson, robert wise, Russ Tamblyn, The Haunting

Rococo Hussy. After four weeks of nothing but “Weird Sex” films, including David Cronenberg’s “the medium is the message” Videodrome, Andrzej Żuławski’s tentacle divorce film Possession, Kevin Smith’s “creature feature” Tusk, and Mike Nichols’ genre mixing Wolf, Trace and I are venturing into more subdued territory with Robert Wise‘s 1963 black and white classic, The Haunting. […]

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‘The Amityville Horror’ Is a Mid-Tier Update from the 2000s Remake Boom [The Amityville IP]

February 28, 2023 Joe Lipsett Andrew Douglas, Chloe Grace Moretz, Editorials, isabel conner, Jesse James, jimmy bennett, Melissa George, Philip Baker Hall, Rachel Nichols, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Kosar, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville IP

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” Nearly a decade after the last DTV entry, The Amityville Horror finally returned to theaters. This was thanks, in large part, to the success of Platinum Dunes’ 2003 remake of […]

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The Weird Walrus Fetish in Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

February 20, 2023 Joe Lipsett Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, Horror Queers Podcast, Johnny Depp, Justin Long, Kevin Smith, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Michael Parks, Podcasts, Tusk

Wallace the Walrus February has truly been a ride as Trace and I venture through the wilds of Weird Sex Month. After spending the last few weeks of January buried in films of the 2000-2010s with remake House of Wax (2005) and Crimson Peak (2015), February has been dedicated to the early 1980s with Videodrome (1983) and Possession […]

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‘Amityville: Dollhouse’ – 1996 Sequel Offers an Odd Collection of Half-Baked Ideas [The Amityville IP]

February 15, 2023 Joe Lipsett Allen Cutler, Amityville, amityville 8, Amityville Horror, Clayton Murray, Editorials, Lisa Robin Kelly, Robin Thomas, Roy Knyrim, Starr Andreef, Steve White

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” The last direct-to-video entry before the big budget theatrical remake, Amityville: Dollhouse adopts the same format as the last few films without contributing much new to the […]

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Kicking Off Weird Sex Month with the 40th Anniversary of ‘Videodrome’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

February 6, 2023 Joe Lipsett body horror, Canadian Horror, David Cronenberg, debbie harry, James Woods, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Videodrome

Long Live The New Flesh, Bitch! And just like that, we’re into February. After starting the new year with a redo of our episode on The Perfection, followed by AIDS metaphor Safe, del Toro’s Gothic Romance Crimson Peak and slasher remake House of Wax, Trace and I are settling into our birthday month with four weeks of ‘Weird Sex’ […]

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‘Amityville: A New Generation’ Offers Exceptional Cinematography and Amusing Dialogue [The Amityville IP]

February 1, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville, amityville 7, Amityville Horror, Amityville: A New Generation, Antonio M. Toro, Christopher DeFaria, David Naughton, Editorials, Jack Orend, John Murlowski, Julia Nickson-Soul, Lin Shaye, Richard Roundtree, Robert Rusler, Ross Partridge, Terry O'Quinn, Wally Pfister, William Cuse

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” Last editorial, I pondered if the best films in the Amityville Horror franchise are the paired entries. As we cross off the seventh entry, that suspicion holds true. Amityville: A […]

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The Queer Undertones of Lucille in ‘Crimson Peak’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

January 23, 2023 Joe Lipsett Charlie Hunnam, Guillermo del Toro, Horror Queers Podcast, Jim Beaver, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Mia Wasikowska, Podcasts, Tom Hiddleston

Tabitha! It’s been another wild month on the podcast, ping-ponging between genres and time periods. After kicking off the year with Richard Shepard’s twisty The Perfection, Trace and I ventured back to the mid-90s for an AIDS-era dissection of Todd Haynes’ Safe (which played well with our Patreon episode on Kevin Williamson and Katelyn Crabb’s […]

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Celebrating the Best Horror of 2022 with the Hereditary Awards Winners! [Horror Queers Podcast]

January 20, 2023 Joe Lipsett Best Horror of 2022, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts

Sore Winners and Losers 2. Back in December, Trace and I opened up voting in the fourth annual “Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), our version of the horror Oscars. Our supporters on Patreon helped us narrow down the shortlist in 18 categories and then the public at large, including folks on this site, voted on the […]

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‘Amityville 1992: It’s About Time’ Is a Top-Tier Franchise Entry [The Amityville IP]

January 17, 2023 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Amityville 1992, Amityville 1992: It's About Time, Christopher DeFaria, Damon Martin, Dean Cochran, Dick Miller, Editorials, Jonathan Penner, Megan Ward, Movies, Nita Talbot, shawn weatherly, Stephen Macht, The Amityville IP, Tony Randel

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” Despite featuring the most awkward title yet, it’s my pleasure to report that Amityville 1992: It’s About Time is a top-tier entry in the Amityville Horror series. Thanks primarily to […]

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