Joe Lipsett – Page 12 – All Things Ick

Questioning The Lesbian Representation in ‘Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

December 18, 2022 Joe Lipsett Canadian, Declan O'Brien, hillbilly horrors, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Prequel, Wrong Turn 4, Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings

Identical White Boys After bouncing all over the place in November with episodes on Knives and Skin, Starship Troopers, Perfect Blue and Addams Family Values, we’re settling into a few weeks of themed ‘Winter Horror’ discussions. Last week was Joel Schumacher’s deliciously queer camp Batman & Robin and this week, we’re back in Rural Horror territory […]

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Erotic Thriller ‘Color of Night’ Lacks Both Skin and Scares [Sex Crimes]

December 13, 2022 Joe Lipsett Andrew Lowery, Billy Ray, Brad Dourif, Bruce Willis, Color of Night, Editorials, erotic thriller, Jane March, Kathleen Wilhoite, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lance Henriksen, Lesley Ann Warren, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Matthew Chapman, Movies, Ruben Blades, Scott Bakula

Spend enough time charting the corners of any subgenre and you’ll quickly discover that not all entries are created equal. Due to the sexually charged nature of Erotic Thrillers, a common mistake that Hollywood suits make is believing that so long as there’s an adequate amount of sex and skin, the mechanics of the plot […]

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BD’s ‘Horror Queers’ Celebrate the Best Horror of 2022 with Fourth Annual “Hereditaries” Awards; Vote Now!

December 12, 2022 Joe Lipsett Editorials, Hereditaries, Hereditaries 2022, Horror Queers, Podcasts, The Hereditaries

Three years ago, following the lack of recognition at the Oscars for horror films, Trace Thurman and I created “The Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), a series of horror awards to acknowledge all of the great work being done in the genre. We’re now up to the fourth annual Hereditaries (click here to vote), which celebrates […]

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The Amityville IP: 1983’s ‘Amityville 3D’ Has a Great Climax and a Bland Protagonist

December 6, 2022 Joe Lipsett Amityville, Amityville 3-D, Amityville 3D, Candy Clark, Editorials, John Harkins, Lori Loughlin, Meg Ryan, Movies, Richard Fleischer, Robert Joy, The Amityville IP, Tony Roberts

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. After the highs of Amityville 2: The Possession, it’s hard not to see Amityville 3-D as something of a letdown. The Richard Fleischer-directed film lacks the visual flare that Damiano Damiani brought […]

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Repressed Lesbianism and Otherness in Val Lewton’s ‘Cat People’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

December 5, 2022 Joe Lipsett Cat People, Editorials, film noir, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jacques Tourneur, Jane Randolph, Kent Smith, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Val Lewton

Get Fucked Oliver It was a busy November as Trace and I bounced from Jennifer Reeder’s female-centric text Knives and Skin to Paul Verhoeven’s anti-war satire Starship Troopers. Then we dipped over to Japan for Satoshi Kon’s gorgeously animated Perfect Blue before tackling Thanksgiving queerness in Addams Family Values, which proved, yet again, that straight […]

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Praising the Gold Standard of Femme Fatales in ‘Double Indemnity’ [Sex Crimes]

November 29, 2022 Joe Lipsett Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder, Editorials, erotic thriller, Fred MacMurray, Raymond Chandler

Back in June, when this series covered Wild Things, I introduced neo-noirs as a response in the 70s and 80s to the noirs of the 40s and 50s. Historical film buffs will know that the Hays Code, which censored Hollywood films based on moral grounds, dictated edits to plot and character until it was abolished […]

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“Chucky” Season 2 Post-Mortem with Don Mancini: “There Were Death Threats” [Interview]

November 24, 2022 Joe Lipsett Bella Higginbotham, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Chucky, Chucky Season 2, Devon Sawa, Don Mancini, Gina Gershon, Interviews, Jennifer Tilly, joe pantoliano, Lachlan Watson, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Meg Tilly, Sutton Stracke, Syfy

With Season 2 of Chucky wrapped up under the Christmas tree, Trace Thurman and I sat down with show runner Don Mancini to discuss bottle episode “Death in Denial,” why Nadine (Bella Higginbotham) had to die, and where the show could go in a potential Season 3. Let’s dive deep into all things “Chucky” with […]

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The Queer Horror of “Chucky”: Episode 2.08 – “Chucky Actually”

November 24, 2022 Joe Lipsett Alyvia Alyn Lind, Barbara Alyn Woods, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Chucky, Chucky Season 2, Don Mancini, Editorials, Jennifer Tilly, season finale, Zackary Arthur

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. Happy holigays, Chucky viewers! Leave it to show runner Don Mancini to wrap the second season with a full-blown Christmas horror episode, complete with […]

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The Amityville IP: 1981’s ‘Amityville II: The Possession’ Takes The Franchise in a Wild Direction

November 22, 2022 Joe Lipsett Amityville 2: The Possession, Amityville II, burt young, Damiano Damiani, Diane Franklin, Editorials, Franco Di Giacomo, Jack Magner, james olson, Rutanya Alda, The Amityville IP, Tommy Lee Wallace

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. While it’s easy to appreciate the grounded, almost stoic nature of the original, it’s hard not to enjoy the outright campiness of Amityville 2: The Possession. The sequel, which never explicitly mentions […]

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Doppelgängers, Disorientation and Double Binds in Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

November 21, 2022 Joe Lipsett Animated Feature, doppelganger, Horror Queers Podcast, japanese animation, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, perfect blue, Podcasts, Satoshi Kon, slasher

Otaku and Kawaii It feels like November has barely begun, and yet here we are three weeks in. Like most months on Horror Queers, we’ve been all over the place, including 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. Now we’re pivoting […]

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

November 17, 2022 Joe Lipsett Alyvia Alyn Lind, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Chucky, Chucky Season 2, Devon Sawa, Don Mancini, Editorials, LGBT Horror, Queer Horror, Zackary Arthur

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 […]

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“1899” Review – Netflix Series Offers Mystery Aboard a Ghost Ship

November 16, 2022 Joe Lipsett 1899, Andreas Pietschmann, Baran Bo Odar, Emily Beechum, Isabella Wei, Jantje Friese, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Maciej Musial, Mathilde Ollivier, Miguel Bernardeau, Reviews, TIFF, TIFF 2022, TV, Yann Gael

Hailing from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, 1899 is a suitably creepy and mysterious period thriller about a missing (possibly haunted) ship. The eight-episode Netflix series is a combination of the first season of The Terror and Ghost Ship with a splash of Downton Abbey. The series opens with a nightmare as Maura Franklin (Emily […]

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The Queer Horror of “Chucky”: Episode 2.06 – “He Is Risen Indeed”

November 11, 2022 Joe Lipsett Alyvia Alyn Lind, Bella Higginbotham, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Brad Dourif, Chucky, Don Mancini, Editorials, Lachlan Watson, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Zackary Arthur

Each week Joe Lipsett will highlight a key scene or interaction in Season 2 of Don Mancini’s Chucky series to consider how the show is engaging with and contributing to queer horror. RIP Nadine (Bella Higginbotham). I’ve spent a lot of time reminiscing on the character this week and thinking about what a fascinating contribution […]

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“Chucky” Costume Designer Catherine Ashton on Dressing the Show’s Characters [Interview]

November 10, 2022 Joe Lipsett Catherine Ashton, Costume, Don Mancini, Editorials, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, joe pantoliano, Lachlan Watson, Meg Tilly, TV

While drafting the editorial on Glen and Glenda’s (Lachlan Watson) pronouns a few weeks ago, I realized that not only does each twin have a distinct identity, but that their visual coding specifically challenges traditional gender norms. Take something as simple as hair: Glenda’s short hair vs Glen’s long hair forces viewers to confront their […]

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Giving Space for Female Stories in “Knives and Skin” [Horror Queers Podcast]

November 7, 2022 Joe Lipsett film noir, Horror Queers Podcast, Ireon Roach, J.G. Smith, Jennifer Reeder, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Marika Engelhardt, musical, Podcasts

WAPP WAPP WAPP With October firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s bizarre to reflect on what a wild month it turned out to be. Not only did Trace and I celebrate our 200th Main Feed episode with Karyn Kusama’s perfect film, The Invitation (2015), we revisited David Gordon Green’s divisive Halloween Kills, and even managed to get […]

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