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‘Kill Dolly Kill’ Fantastic Fest Review – A Mixed Bag of Campy Trash

While the theme of Fantastic Fest this year is occultism/Satanic panic, the “junior” theme of the fest could easily be The Wrath of Troma, given that the opening night film of the festival was the long-awaited remake of The Toxic Avenger (review) and the studio is also bringing us Heidi Moore‘s Kill Dolly Kill. It’s a micro-budget film […] The post ‘Kill Dolly Kill’ Fantastic Fest Review – A Mixed Bag of Campy Trash appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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The Bisexual Energy of Paul Feig’s Suburban Noir ‘A Simple Favor’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Brother Fucker After an amazing August filled with unusual titles like Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers, Shiva Baby, and Stoker, last week Trace and I kicked off our latest theme month on Erotic Thrillers. First up: DePalma’s Dressed to Kill. For week two, we’re headed into unorthodox territory with a contemporary example: Paul Feig‘s bisexual suburban noir, A Simple Favor. […] The post The Bisexual Energy of Paul Feig’s Suburban Noir ‘A Simple Favor’ [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Joe Lipsett
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A Reading of JC as the “Gay Best Friend” in ‘Night of the Creeps’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

This one bitch… After finishing April with back-to-back looks at stylish vampire films like The Hunger and Ganja & Hess, we’re kicking off May a film we’ve actually discussed before (in written form): Fred Dekker‘s 1986 classic Night of the Creeps! Night of the Creeps sees fraternity pledges Chris (Jason Lively) and JC (Steve Marshall) take […] The post A Reading of JC as the “Gay Best Friend” in ‘Night of the Creeps’ [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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Discussing Codependency and Lesbian Love Scenes in ‘The Hunger’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

You’re French, lady! After finishing off March with a look at the body horror aspects incorporated into Stephen Dunn’s Closet Monster, we kicked off April with a journey into the weird and wild world of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer. This week, we’re revisiting Tony Scott‘s iconic 1983 vampire film The Hunger. The Hunger […] The post Discussing Codependency and Lesbian Love Scenes in ‘The Hunger’ [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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The Queer Horror of “Chucky”: Episode 2.07 – ‘Goin’ to the Chapel’

Each week Joe Lipsett will highlight a key scene or interaction in S02 of Don Mancini’s Chucky series to consider how the show is engaging with and contributing to queer horror. The time has come to finally tackle queerness in the Church. When it was revealed that Chucky S02 would take place at a Catholic […] The post The Queer Horror of “Chucky”: Episode 2.07 – ‘Goin’ to the Chapel’ appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Joe Lipsett
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The Transgressive Brilliance of ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Dairy Queens Choking on Swan Gas. After heading to 1990s New York to discuss James Bond III’s Troma classic Def By Temptation and unlocking the Patreon vault to release our episode on Josh Boone’s cursed 2020 comic book adaptation The New Mutants, we’re kicking off a month-long celebration of camp by discussing the brilliance of […] The post The Transgressive Brilliance of ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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‘The New Mutants’ Delivered Queer Horror With a Comic Book Aesthetic [Horror Queers Podcast]

The Delayed Mutants. After visiting Spooky Island to solve the mystery of the zombified co-eds in Raja Gosnell’s 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo, we went to New York circa 1990 to discuss James Bond III’s Troma classic Def By Temptation. Now we’re unlicking the Patreon vault to release our episode on Josh Boone‘s cursed 2020 comic book […] The post ‘The New Mutants’ Delivered Queer Horror With a Comic Book Aesthetic [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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Adapting the AIDS Mary Urban Legend in ‘Def By Temptation’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Sinister Succubus. After three weeks of films with objectionable content (real-life kangaroo murder in Wake in Fright, an injured actress and problematic killer in Incident in a Ghostland and “consensual rape” in Perdita Durango), we did what might be our hardest pivot yet with last week’s episode on the 2002 live-action adaptation Scooby-Doo. Now it’s time […] The post Adapting the AIDS Mary Urban Legend in ‘Def By Temptation’ [Horror Queers Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Trace Thurman
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The Queer Horror of “Chucky”: Episode 7 – “Twice The Grieving, Double The Loss”

Each week Joe Lipsett will highlight a key scene or interaction in Don Mancini’s Chucky series to consider how the show is engaging with and contributing to queer horror. We’re into the homestretch now. This penultimate episode of Chucky’s first season* really kicks the plot into overdrive as everyone descends upon Hackensack and the show […]

Joe Lipsett
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[Fantastic Fest Review] ‘Alone With You’ Is a Mixed Bag of Queer Paranoia

Single-setting horror films almost always make for a fascinating watch. Films like Buried, Cube and Frozen force their directors to make the most of their sparse surroundings, usually with a limited budget. In these films, the locales are practically their own characters. Executed poorly, and these films risk putting the audience to sleep. More and more of these […]

Trace Thurman
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The Literal Battle of Gender Identity in ‘Der Samurai’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Draw Two. After getting fancy (and super duper queer) with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope, we entered the gooey world of David Cronenberg in his masterpiece The Fly and we unpacked the white privilege in Bernard Rose’s Candyman. Now, we’re wielding our katanas and visiting the small German village at the center of Till Kleinert’s psychosexual thriller Der Samurai. Set in […]

Trace Thurman
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The AIDS Allegory at the Center of David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

He’s a squirter. First we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real, then we got hot with the 1981 parody Student Bodies before getting fancy (and super duper queer) with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. Now, we’re getting weird, gooey and tragic with David Cronenberg‘s masterful remake of The Fly! In the film, […]

Trace Thurman
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Just How Queer Is Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’? Very Queer. [Horror Queers Podcast]

Rope-a-dope. After queering up the castle in James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein, we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real before getting hot in the 1981 parody Student Bodies. Now we’re going back in time again to check in with the sociopathic (and possibly definitely queer) duo in Alfred Hitchcock‘s […]

Trace Thurman