Author: Joe Lipsett

The Perils of Reviewing 1/3 of a Movie with ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Froy Gutierrez, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Letizia Fabbri, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Madelaine Petsch, Matúš Lajčák, Olivia Kreutzova, Podcasts, Renny Harlin, The Strangers, The Strangers: Chapter 1

1/3 of a Movie. After celebrating our 350th episode with From Dusk Till Dawn (listen), revisiting Katsuhiro Otomo’s iconic anime Akira (listen), and stopping over in Bodega Bay for Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Birds (listen), Trace and I have opened the Horror Queers Patreon vault to release our full-length episode on Renny Harlin‘s The Strangers: Chapter 1. […]

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Shoehorning A Legend Into The Conjuring Universe with ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Annabelle, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, La Llorona, Linda Cardellini, Marisol Ramirez, Michael Chaves, Murder Made Fiction, Patricia Velasquez, Podcasts, Raymond Cruz, Roman Christou, The Conjuring Universe, The Curse of La LLorona, Tony Amendola, true crime

Throughout September, Murder Made Fiction podcast has been discussing  La Llorona – first with a primer (listen here), then 1933 Mexican film The Crying Woman (listen here), as well as 1963 film ⁠The Curse of the Crying Woman⁠ (listen here). Now we’re into contemporary times with director Michael Chaves‘ Hollywood production, The Curse of La Llorona (2019). Starring Linda Cardellini […]

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In Its Finale, ‘Alien: Earth’ Creates A New World Order [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Adrian Edmondson, Alien franchise, Alien: Earth, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Lily Newmark, Migizi Pensoneau, Noah Hawley, Podcasts, samuel blenkin, Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant

Spoilers for Episode 8 (“The Real Monsters”) of Alien: Earth to follow. It’s finale time for Noah Hawley‘s Alien: Earth and all Trace and I can say about the ending is that this better only be the season one finale because we need another season ASAP. Written by Hawley & Migizi Pensoneau, “The Real Monsters” starts […]

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‘Curse of the Crying Woman’ – Bad La Llorona Adaptation, But a Great Time [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Joe Lipsett La Llorona, Mexican Gothic, Murder Made Fiction, Podcasts, Rafael Baledón, Rita Macedo, Rosita Arenas, true crime

Mexican Gothic. After kicking off September with a primer on La Llorona (listen here), Jenn and I began looking at texts with one of the earliest Mexican horror films made in sound: The Crying Woman from 1933 (listen here). This week, we jumped ahead 30 years, but stayed in Mexico for Rafael Baledón‘s ⁠The Curse […]

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Two Horror Icons Were Born in 1984’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Amanda Wyss, freddy krueger, Heather Langenkamp, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, nick corri, Podcasts, Robert Englund, Ronee Blakley

Go To The Fucking Boiler Room. After seven weeks of our Icons and Anniversaries theme, which included titles like Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (listen), Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons (listen), and Robert Zemeckis’ Death Becomes Her (listen), we’re ready to wrap things up with Wes Craven‘s iconic slasher entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In the […]

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Ti West Brings a Faux Documentary to Jonestown in ‘The Sacrament’ [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Joe Lipsett AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Cult, Gene Jones, Joe Swanberg, Kentucker Audler, Murder Made Fiction, Podcasts, the sacrament, Ti West, true crime

Faux Documentary. After spending the month of October discussing Ed Gein and the various cinematic adaptations of his crimes, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (listen here) and House of 1000 Corpses (listen here), Jenn and I are now deep into cult territory in November. After opening with […]

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‘The Last Amityville Movie’ Is a Surprisingly Good Dose of Meta Found Footage [The Amityville IP]

Joe Lipsett Christy Mele, Clay Christopher, Editorials, Jack Grisham, Josh Spiegel, Stella Spiegel, 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.” In an unforeseen turn of events, neither of Will Colazzo Jr’s two Amityville films – Shark House or Apocalypse -are available to screen (Shawn C. Phillips, star […]

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Investigating Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Cult, Jim Jones, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Murder Made Fiction, Podcasts, Ryan Murphy, the peoples temple, true crime

Peoples Without The Apostrophe After spending the month of October discussing Ed Gein and the various cinematic adaptations of his crimes, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (listen here) and House of 1000 Corpses (listen here), Jenn and I are broadening our perspectives for November. On the Main […]

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The Double Divas at the Heart of ‘Night of the Demons’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett amelia kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Kevin Tenney, lance fenton, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Linnea Quigley, Night of the Demons, Podcasts

Weirdo Angela Our run of Gay Icons and Anniversaries continues. After kicking off October with discussions of David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen), Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), and Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas (listen), we’re celebrating Halloween early with Kevin S. Tenney‘s Night of the Demons (1988). In the film, Judy (Cathy Podewell) is […]

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‘A Nurse’s Revenge’ Is a Classic Lifetime Thriller [Review]

Joe Lipsett Carissa Murray, Daniel West, David Benullo, Joe Sterry, Kristina Clifford, lifetime, Movies, Noémi VanSlyke, Reviews, Shea Pritchard, Tammy-Anne Fortuin

With a title like A Nurse’s Revenge, there’s no pretense about who the “villain” of the piece is. Thankfully this is never an issue for screenwriter Daniel West, who delivers a classic Lifetime film that never disguises the fact that it’s a thriller, not a mystery. The opening of the film is particularly efficient in […]

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‘The Line’ Is a Scathing Indictment of Frat Culture [Review]

Joe Lipsett Alex Russek, Alex Wolff, Austin Abrams, bo mitchell, cheri oteri, Denise Richards, Ethan Berger, John Malkovich, Lewis Pullman, Reviews

There’s a micro and a macro narrative at work in writer/director Ethan Berger’s fraternity thriller The Line. On one hand, it’s a small-scale drama about Tom Backster (Alex Wolff), a promising young man who begins to question his involvement in a fraternity at prestigious Sumter College. On the grand scale, it’s a scathing indictment of […]

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Tubi’s ‘The Amityville Curse’ Is the Franchise’s 2nd Remake [The Amityville IP]

Joe Lipsett Amityville, Brendan Fehr, Dennis Heaton, Dillon Casey, Editorials, Ennis Esmer, Éric Tessier, Jenny Raven., Mercedes Morris, Michael Xavier, The Amityville IP, Tommie-Amber Price, Tubi, Vanessa Smythe

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. Asked to name an Amityville remake, the natural response is the “all abs, all the time” Ryan Reynolds 2005 remake. What folks may not know is that […]

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‘House of 1000 Corpses’ is Rob Zombie’s Ode to ‘TCM’ ’74 [Murder Made Fiction]

Joe Lipsett Bill Moseley, Chris Hardwick, Ed Gein, House of 1000 Corpses, Murder Made Fiction, Podcasts, Rainn Wilson, Rob ZOmbie, Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, The Texas Chain Saw Massace, true crime

It’s a bit of whiplash to go from covering Psycho (listen), Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal 1960 classic, to Rob Zombie’s Southern-fried feature debut, House of 1000 Corpses, but that’s what Jenn and I are doing as we continue our month-long exploration of Ed Gein. If you haven’t listened to the primer (here), that’s the best place […]

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The Screaming and Cannibalism of 1974’s ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Leatherface, Marilyn Burns, Podcasts, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Texas Chain Saw Massace, Tobe Hooper

Slaughterhouse Rules. Back in mid-September, we began a themed collection of episodes featuring Gay Icons and Anniversaries. Trace and I kicked off the series with a revisit of  Jennifer’s Body (listen) before delving into Jonathan Glazer’s controversial Birth (listen), and David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen) for its 10th anniversary. Now it’s time to tackle the […]

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‘Sweetpea’ Offers a Familiar But Entertaining ‘Meek to Murder’ Plot [Review]

Joe Lipsett Alexandra Dowling, Calam Lynch, Dustin Demri-Burns, Ella Jones, Ella Purnell, Jeremy Swift, Jon Pointing, Nicôle Lecky, Reviews, Starz, TV

At the start of Sweetpea, the new Starz/Sky Atlantic series adaptation of CJ Skuse’s novel of the same name, Rhiannon Lewis (Ella Purnell) is having a bad life. In voice-over, she catalogues the people she’d like to kill in a list that ranges from the man spreader on the bus and the cashier at the […]

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