Baby Catfish April is firmly in the rearview, though Trace and I are still basking in the great conversations we had about Mexican sci-fi film The Untamed, 80s live-action/animation technical marvel Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and our pair of vampire films: Swedish teen coming of age ‘Let The Right One In and Western/Horror hybrid Near Dark. Now […]
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In the previous installment of my ongoing Sex Crimes column, I explored a failed effort to revitalize the erotic thriller sub-genre in anticipation of Deep Water, the latest film from legendary director Adrian Lyne. The new film, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, received mixed reviews following its debut on Hulu in April. This […]
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Kill Your Bullies We’ve been bouncing around the decades ever since we wrapped up our ‘Underseen or Underrated’ theme, with stops in 1960 London for Peeping Tom, 2010’s boobies and blood Piranha 3D and 1987’s Near Dark last week. Our unofficial vampire double bill continues this week with Swedish adaptation Let the Right One In, which brings us back […]
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Not Your Grindr’s Voyeurism We spent the better part of 2.5 months exploring an “underseen or underrated?” theme, including Gaspar Noé’s Climax and Kurtis David Harder‘s Spiral before wrapping up with Michael J. Ahern, Brandon Perras and Christopher Dalpe‘s independent film Death Drop Gorgeous last week. Now that we’re free of the 2010s, Trace and I are jumping back to 1960 […]
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With the long awaited arrival of Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water last week, and the attention devoted to Ti West’s exploration of pornography, exploitation and horror films, “sexy” is back in fashion. There’s no better time to reevaluate the legacy of erotic thrillers, a subgenre of horror that exploded in popularity in the 80s and 90s […]
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Dick in 5 Minutes. We’ve reached the end of the road on our “underseen or underrated?” theme. For the last three months we’ve been discussing films of the 2010s using that barometer and after a month that included Darren Aronofsky‘s mother!, Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation, Gaspar Noé’s Climax and Kurtis David Harder‘s Spiral, we’re finally up […]
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Trace and I are closing in on the end of our “underrated or underseen” theme. After spending February looking at films from 2016 – 2018, including Aussie coming-of-age film Boys in the Trees, Darren Aronofsky’s allegory-heavy mother! and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson’s controversial Assassination Nation, we’re now up to 2019. And we’ve <gulp> decided to […]
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Aronofsky Autobiography? After a few weeks of back to back quiet, moody films for our “underrated or underseen” theme, including Oz Perkin’s The Blackcoat’s Daughter for 2015 and Nicholas Verso‘s 2016 tearjerker Boys in the Trees, Trace and I are ready to get bombastic! For 2017, we – along with guests Gabe and Kat from Ghouls Next Door […]
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A24 Would Never For Horror Queers first quarter, we’re exploring “underrated or underseen” films of the 2010s! After spending our January working through 2011-2014 with Scream 4, American Mary, The Lords of Salem and Housebound, we’re kicking off February with…well, February! At least that’s what Oz Perkins‘ directorial debut was originally known as before it was changed […]
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Satanism and Old Naked Ladies We’re nearly done with our first month of “Underseen or Underrated” on Horror Queers and it’s been a blast going year by year through the 2010s, beginning with Scream 4 (2011) and American Mary (2012). For 2013, we’re joined by Boom Howdy and Horrorversary’s Adrian Torres for a dip into Rob Zombie […]
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F*ck with the Original / Hayden Panettiere Is Always Right. It just wouldn’t be a new year without Scream, right? After celebrating the OG Scream on its 25th anniversary back in December (along with seasonal treats like Batman Returns, Fear No Evil, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Witchboard‘s 35th anniversary), Trace and I are FINALLY discussing one […]
Tits and Tongues &The Screw-Up Showcase We’re nearly ready to wrap up December – and 2021! It’s been another silly month on the podcast, including episodes on the bizarre queer antichrist/oatmeal zombie film Fear No Evil (1981), David Fincher’s feel bad holiday film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) and the queerest superhero film of all […]
Black Chiffon So long November! After a month of beach vampires in The Lost Boys, singing demons in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, gay panic voyeurs in Creep, and lesbian Satanists in The Seventh Victim, we are *more* than ready to celebrate the holigays. What better way to kick off December than Frank LaLoggia‘s Passion Play-infused, […]
Two 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. The response that we received was out of this world and we immediately […]
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. It’s been a long, weird road to the season finale of Chucky and we’ve had plenty of great conversations about various queer facets of the show. […]