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‘birth/rebirth’ Sundance Review – Two Outstanding Lead Performances Elevate “Frankenstein” Update

January 21, 2023 Trace Thurman Birth/Rebirth, Breeda Wool, Judy Reyes, Marin Ireland, Reviews, Shudder, Sundance 2023

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (or, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus for purists) has been retold countless times in the 100+ years since its original publication, with many creators sticking to the tried and true formula and a select few opting instead to give the story a new spin. That’s just what screenwriters Laura Moss and Brendan J. O’Brien […]

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The Bleak Outlook of a World With AIDS in Todd Haynes’ ‘Safe’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

January 16, 2023 Trace Thurman Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Julianne Moore, Podcasts, Safe, Todd Haynes

Moore Milk, Please. After wrapping up 2022 with a discussion of Carter Smith’s Into the Dark entry “Midnight Kiss“, we kicked off 2023 with a re-do of one of our earliest episodes on Richard Shepard’s The Perfection. Now, we’re talking about what Wes Craven dubbed “the scariest film of 1995” in Todd Haynes‘ AIDS allegory Safe, which boasts […]

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‘Friday the 13th’ Fan Film Finale ‘Here Comes the Night: Part 3’ Available Now! [Video]

January 13, 2023 Trace Thurman fan film, Friday the 13th, Here Comes the Night, Here Comes the Night: Part 2, Here Comes the Night: Part 3, Videos

The trailer for Here Comes the Night: Part 3, the sequel to the Friday the 13th fan films Here Comes the Night and Here Comes the Night: Part 2, was released earlier this month. Now, the full 25-minute-long short film is available on YouTube today! Produced by Jason Kays and directed by Tim McCormack, Here Comes […]

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Is “Midnight Kiss” The Queerest Slasher Film Ever Made? [Horror Queers Podcast]

December 31, 2022 Trace Thurman Adam Faison, Augustus Prew, Ayden Mayeri, Carter Smith, Chester Lockhart, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Into the dark, Lukas Gage, Midnight Kiss, Podcasts, Scott Evans, slasher

New Queer’s Eve. It’s been a pretty wild December, with us covering off-kilter films like the much-maligned Batman & Robin, the not-as-bad-as-you-think Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings and the Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins-penned murder mystery The Last of Sheila. Now we’re wrapping up the year with a discussion of Carter Smith‘s (The Ruins, Jamie Marks […]

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Queer Bitchery Fuels the 1973 Whodunnit ‘The Last of Sheila’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

December 26, 2022 Trace Thurman Anthony Perkins, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Stephen Sondheim, The Last of Sheila

Bitchy, Bickering Bitches. It’s been a pretty wild December, with us covering off-kilter films like the much-maligned Batman & Robin and the not-as-bad-as-you-think Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings. Now for a special holiday treat, we’re covering Herbert Ross‘ 1973 mystery The Last of Sheila, which not only inspired Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (review) and Glass Onion […]

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Worshipping at the Altar of Uma Thurman in ‘Batman & Robin’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

December 12, 2022 Trace Thurman Alicia Silverstone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, Batman & Robin, Chris O'Donnell, George Clooney, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joel Schumacher, Podcasts, Uma Thurman

Holy Ice Puns, Batman! After ending November with the better-than-the-original sequel Addams Family Values and Jacques Tourneur’s queer-coded Cat People, we’re kicking off December with an annual discussion of a Batman film…only this time it’s queer filmmaker Joel Schumacher‘s much-maligned sequel: 1997’s Batman & Robin! The film sees Batman (George Clooney) and his partner, Robin (Chris O’Donnell), attempting […]

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The High Camp and Overt Queerness of ‘Addams Family Values’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

November 28, 2022 Trace Thurman Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Anjelica Huston, Barry Sonnenfeld, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joan Cusack, Podcasts, Raul Julia, The Addams Family, Wednesday

MA-LI-BU BAR-BIE! It’s already the end of November, but we had a wild ride this month discussing the dream-like pastel world of Jennifer Reeder’s women-centric Knives and Skin and the 25th-anniversary fascist machismo world of Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. Then last week we made our second foray into animated fare (after ParaNorman) with Satoshi Kon‘s stunning first […]

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‘Starship Troopers’ and the Case of the Secret Satire [Horror Queers Podcast]

November 14, 2022 Trace Thurman Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jake Busey, Michael Ironside, Neil Patrick Harris, Paul Verhoeven, Podcasts, Starship Troopers

Would you like to know more? After hanging with two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon to praise the camp classic Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, we got a bit more abstract with the ethereal noir-ish antics of Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin. This week, we’re delving into Paul Verhoeven‘s not-so-secret satire Starship Troopers in celebration of its […]

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The Horror Queers Chat ‘Elvira: Mistress of the Dark’ With Special Guest Jinkx Monsoon! [Horror Queers Podcast]

October 31, 2022 Trace Thurman Cassandra Peterson, Edie McClurg, Elvira, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Elvira's Movie Macabre, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jinkx Monsoon, Podcasts

Déjà Vu! We’ve spent spooky season checking in with an infamous psychopathic bisexual, revisiting a horrendous slasher sequel and heaping all the praise on one of the best genre films of the 2010s. Now, we’re celebrating Halloween by heading to the quaint, puritanical town of Fallwell to hang with Elvira in James Signorelli‘s camp classic […]

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Living in a Fanbase Divided: An Analysis of ‘Halloween Kills’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

October 20, 2022 Trace Thurman Anthony Michael Hall, David Gordon Green, Halloween, Halloween Ends, Halloween Kills, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jamie Lee Curtis, michael myers, Podcasts, slasher

Halloween Stinks. After closing out September with a discussion on one of the best horror remakes and a candid chat with Chucky creator Don Mancini, we kicked off spooky season by checking in with an infamous psychopathic bisexual and reevaluating the controversy surrounding that film’s release. Now, just after Halloween Ends (review) divided fans, we’re […]

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“Chucky” Creator Don Mancini Joins the Horror Queers for a Chucky Extravaganza!

October 3, 2022 Trace Thurman Bride of Chucky, Child's Play, Chucky, Cult of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, Don Mancini, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifer Tilly, Podcasts, Seed of Chucky, Syfy, TV

Bitch, it’s Don Mancini! September has been a very busy month for us Horror Queers! First, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure before heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his infamous directorial debut, Hellraiser. Last week, we’re doing a […]

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Trailer Released for Cosmic Horror Web Series ‘The Unknowable’ from ‘The Den’ Director Zachary Donohue

September 28, 2022 Trace Thurman cosmic horror, Jackalope Studio, The Den, The Unknowable, TV, Videos, web series, Zachary Donohue

We here at Bloody Disgusting are huge fans of Zachary Donohue‘s The Den, which is undoubtedly one of the scariest movies to come out of the 2010s. So it brings us great pleasure to announce that the trailer for Donohue’s next project has been released and it’s for a horror web series called The Unknowable, […]

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Mothers, Daughters and German Autumns in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Remake [Horror Queers Podcast]

September 26, 2022 Trace Thurman Dakota Johnson, Dario Argento, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Luca Guadagnino, Mia Goth, Podcasts, Suspiria, Tilda Swinton

Eat my c**t. After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Ron Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure before heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his infamous directorial debut, […]

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The Hedonistic Pleasures of Clive Barker’s ‘Hellraiser’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

September 19, 2022 Trace Thurman Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Cenobites, Clare Higgins, Clive Barker, Doug Bradley, Hellraiser, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, pinhead, Podcasts, the hellbound heart

Frank, ya basic! After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Rob Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure. This week, we’re heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his […]

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Skeleton Keys and Sassy Gays in Michele Soavi’s ‘Stage Fright’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

August 22, 2022 Trace Thurman Aquarius, Barbara Cupisti, Dario Argento, David Brandon, Giallo, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podast, Lamberto Bava, Michele Soavi, Podcasts, slasher, Stage Fright

Hoot Hoot, Bitch. After discussing the positive queer representation in John Carpenter’s Someone’s Watching Me! and the queer safe space of Midian at the center of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed, we’re heading over to Italy to wax poetic over Michele Soavi‘s 1987 giallo-cum-slasher Stage Fright! In the film, a narcissistic director (David Brandon) locks a group of stage […]

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