Come explore the world of gay horror films, sometimes delving into TV and literature. From thrilling and suspenseful chillers to slashers to hystarical campy farces. We'll be listing it all for discussion. This is a discussion board, not a download site, but enjoy the pics & hopefully learn about a few new movies.
Cast: Michael Palazzolo, Kent Butler, Taylor Whitney, Cynthia Brownell
Director: Mark Pirro
1988
This is a pretty awful, low budget and campy horror spoof that still manages a few laughs. There is no werewolf but the lead character does have a knack for accidentally killing his pets, while his bestfriend has a knack for accidentally and humorously killing his patients. On the downside, the film quality is extremely poor and looks more like something out of the early 70's than 1988. This one knows its outrageously campy and tries too hard to be that.
Story: Bringing home a late night hookup, Larry discovers that she is really a he and she is being stalked by an agry torch bearing "mob" (of 4 guys) wanting to kill her for having the curse of the queerwolf. However, during their makeout session, she did give Larry a bite, now inflicting him with the curse. Now, nights of the full moon transforms this macho man into a flaming cross dresser, who now becomes the target of the angry mob.
Cast: Udo Samel, Peter Lohmeyer, Marc Richter, Leonard Lansink, Iris Berben, Henning Schluter, Ron Williams
Director: Martin Walz
1996
Every man's worst nightmare, losing his penis! More dramatic than scary but this horror comedy is somewhat of a cult classic from Germany. The story takes place in New York City but filmed in German language with English subtitles available.
Story: When a college professor blackmails a student for sex, then loses his penis, the police believe she bit it off. Detective Mackaroni employs the assistance of a male gigolo to investigate the crime scene where they discover a mutant killer condom with teeth, on the prowl for its next penis.
Cast: Edward Furlong, Jaime Pessley, Andrew Keegan, Laura Ramsey, Daniel Franzese, Joel Michaely, Nate Parker, Sanoe Lake, Susan Ward, Brian Geraghty, Sam Page
Director: Kelsey T. Howard
2005
I'd call this one average/below average hetero horror (with a gay character) although it at least does take a premise that wasn't overdone at the time. Several semi recognizeable cast members is the highlight of the film.
Story: A reality show reject takes his revenge by staging his own torturous reality show but when contestants are "sent home" they won't be alive.
Gay Factor: 1 gay character, Jack (Joel Michaely). Not exactly the most flattering gay representative - he's a whiney, two faced drama queen.
On a side note, Sam Page, from the first Brotherhood film, has a small role.
Cast: Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jami Gertz, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Edward Herrmann, Bernard Hughes, Dianne Wiest
Director: Joel Schumacher
1987
An 80's star packed classic, mixing horror and comedy, and being at the forefront of launching the teen vampire craze.
Story: Two brothers move with their recently divorced mother to a California town plagued with gang violence and mysterious disappearances. The brothers soon conclude that the town is infested with vampires.
Gay Factors: I'm reserved to include this film as being gay, but other sites have listed it, so I will too. At the very least, its director, Joel Schumacher is gay. The film is sited as having unintentional gay overtones - the attractive young man being stalked by the older male vampire; the gang of bad guys only has one female member, whom the guys don't show avert sexual interest in; David tricks Michael into swallowing some of his bodily fluids; Michael comes home sporting a single ear ring (back in the 80's some still considered it gay for a guy to wear a single ear ring - there was the whole debate about which ear was considered gay, but some consider either gay and effiminate) but the ear ring was the sign of the vampire clan. And at last, the gayest moment of all: Sam opens his closet where he has a sexy poster of Rob Lowe hanging on his door.
Overall, don't expect a huge gay pride parade of revelation in this film, the gayness is extremely subtle amongst a "straight" cast and film, but it is an enjoyable film.
Cast: Jon Abrahams, Carmen Elektra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Ferris, Shawn Wayons, Marlon Wayons, Regina Hall, Lochlin Munro, Cheri Oteri
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
2000
Don't be scared of Scary Movie, it's a comedic parody of the biggest horror films of the 90's, in the ridiculous style of Airplane. It's the first and best of a franchise that totalled four films with a rumored 5th due in 2012. It was hugely successful, earning $278 Million worldwide off a $19 Million budget. The central storyline is a combined parody of the horror hits Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Smaller parodies come from Scream 2, Blair Witch Project, The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, tv's Dawson's Creek and more.
Story: A year after accidentally killing a man and disposing of his body, a group of teens find themselves stalked by a serial killer who knows their secret. Their school becomes a magnet of media attention as one by one more kids get killed.
Gay Factors: This is a straight movie with tons of gay references, primarily centered around Ray (Shawn Wayons), but not limited to his character. By the end we've had 2 closeted gay male characters (one of whom comes out near the end), a transgendered character and a reference to girl on girl play between two of the lead females. Definitely the gayest in the Scary Movie franchise, all of which have some small element of gayness.
Shawn Wayons plays Ray, the jock dating Brenda, but the entire movie he comes off as a closeted gay male. He tucks his tanktop queer style and asks if he looks gay; he reminisces about Drew Decker's brother noting his sexy lips and hot ass; in the locker room he's smacking all the guy's asses and tells one "nice ass." As the group is looting a dead guy's body he takes claim on the guy's underwear; when Cindy tells Ray to tell Bobby she loves him, he says "ok, I'll tell Bobby I love him"; when Greg starts a fight, Ray suggests naked wrestling; he gets stabbed in the head through a gloryhole by a giant penis in a parody of the theater bathroom scene in Scream 2. Most famously, anyone who's seen the movie will remember the scene in which he has his girlfriend dress up in a football uniform then starts humping her butt while moaning "take it Brandon." Near the end of the film, a secret relationship between Ray and Bobby is revealled. When a new killer runs in stabbing Ray, he falls over Bobby doggy style.
Jon Abrahams plays Bobby who seems heterosexual and Cindy's boyfriend most of the film with only a few subtle hints of gayness until the end. His first hint of gayness comes when he says he spent the night in jail, then suddenly a muscled skinhead from jail shows up cuddling on him. When Bobby and Cindy are finally going to have sex, Bobby has to give her instructions on giving oral sex in which he explains "It's just like sucking on a tootsie roll pop...a cherry one" then seductively licks his lips fantasizing as if he has experience. Finally, near the film's end, he tells Cindy that he's gay and so is Ray and starts reminiscing about going to a club with Ray and their trip to San Francisco and making love together. Ray, the film's flamer, denies being gay because it was Bobby who sucked him. The Ray/Bobby relationship is a spinoff of Billy and Stu from the original Scream film, adding further speculation to an offscreen romance between those two characters who have come into question in other debate.
Aside from Ray and Bobby, the film has a gym teacher, Miss Man, who appears to either be a man in drag or a butch lesbian, but revealled to be a transgendered character when her ballsac is exposed under her skirt. Also, there's a small reference to bisexual or lesbian experimentation in one scene when Buffy (Shannon Elizabeth) makes a comment to Cindy (Anna Ferris) referring to when they were drunk and went down on each other.
