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: Amelia Kinkade, Cristi Harris, Darin Heames, Robert Jayne, Merle Kennedy, Rod McCary, Johnny Moran, Rick Peters, Jennifer Rhodes, Christine Taylor, Zoe Trilling, Ladd York, Mark Neely
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
1994
A hokey, low budget monster flick, but it is much better than the original (mostly because of better film quality) and better acting. Unfortunately, nothing gory starts happening till nearly halfway through the movie. Also, a lot of religious imagery which some gays might not enjoy; they use holy water and crucifixes throughout the movie to fight the demons.
Story: Halloween at a private Catholic school but the party gets interrupted with the return of the demonic Angela, whose sister now attends that school.
Gay Factors: No gay characters; very minor gayness. There's three girl/girl kisses - the demon can posess someone else through kissing. Little bit of eye candy for anyone, but primarily for a straight audience or lesbians. There's a few shots of guy's chests and guy's in underwear. There's a lot of female nudity, including a bit of full frontal.
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida, Juno Temple, Andy Fischer-Price, Nicole LaLiberte, Jason Olive, James Duval, Brennan Mejia, Kelly Lynch
Director: Gregg Araki
2010
This is a bizarre but fun, sexually charged thriller from Gregg Araki, mixing his typical style with bits of horror and drama. Not scary but mysterious and definitely worth a watch, especially if you enjoy Araki's other films. Despite all the sex, there is a real plot, so don't be thinking softcore horror porn, there's nothing overly explicit here. Full frontal nudity from Thomas Dekker but at an extreme distance that doesn't really show anything; full frontal nudity from Chris Zylka, but it's literally split second quick. Otherwise, a couple shots of Chris Zylka's ass, some girl's tits, guy's chests. Most of the sex isn't actually shown, but still very sexy!
Story: A group of college students on the verge of their sexual awakenings but amidst it all, Smith begins having haunting dreams, almost like premonitions, and finds himself being stalked by a weird cult that wears animal masks. His best friend calls it an acid trip, meanwhile she finds herself involved in a Fatal Attraction type love affair.
Gay Factors: It won the Queer Palm Award at the Cannes Films Festival for contributions to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered issues. Nearly everyone in this film is either bisexual or gay. There's bisexual males, bisexual females, lesbian, gay males, straight characters; a mix of everything.
The lead character, Smith, is an "undeclared" bisexual male. He jerks off to gay porn and jerks off to fantasies of his hunky, surfer roommate, Thor. He hooksup for casual sex with a guy,Hunter, twice (although the second time gets interupted), he hooksup for casual sex a couple times with a girl, London, then a threesome with London and Rex (Thor's best friend), and finally attempts dating a male classmate, Oliver.
Stella, Smith's best friend, hooksup with another girl, Lorelei, and they remained involved most of the film.
Even Thor, the "straight" roommate seems questionable. Smith walks in on Thor trying to suck his own dick and then Thor starts asking if Smith has ever tasted his own cum. Later, Smith walks in on Thor and Rex wrestling in their underwear while they playfully call each other fag (later, Rex is involed in the 3way with Smith and at a minimum kisses Smith, anything else is off camera).
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Brett Ratner
2002
The third installment of the Hannibal Lecter film series comes as a prequel to the films Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal, but the novel, Red Dragon, was actually published first among the three stories. Critic and audience response was better to this film than to Hannibal although this film only earned $200 Million - yes, successful, but less than Hannibal.
This one is similar to Silence Of The Lambs in that Hannibal is a minor player in the film, assisting an FBI agent in tracking another killer. I won't say "copycat" since this story was originally the first published amongst the Hannibal Lecter series but it does attempt the same goals, although Silence Of The Lambs is definitely the better among the two. In all, this is a very good film but better if you don't make the constant comparisons between films.
Story: After solving the notorious Hannibal Lecter killings, FBI agent, Will Graham, goes into early retirement. Will gets pulled back in when the FBI seeks his assistance in a new set of killings in which he must seek the assistance of the imprisoned Hannibal.
Gay Factors: The gay factor is extremely minimal and limited to one scene, so I wouldn't even be discussing this film on this blog except that it's the final in the original Hannibal Lecter trilogy, so i'm including it primarily to be complete for Hannibal fans.
The gay factor could be called homophobic - the police create a fake tabloid story in an attempt to draw out the killer, saying he's impotent to the opposite sex and molests his male victims before killing them.
If you've already seen the film Hannibal, the opening sequence can be seen through a gayer vibe. The film opens with Hannibal having somewhat of gay lifestyle and the group is discussing the disappearance of a floutist from the orchestra; this would be the same killing that Clarice discussed in the film, Hannibal, in which Paul (Ray Liotta) makes the comment about 'always thought he was queer.' Clarice had said he killed the man to make the orchestra sound better.
Also of interest, the film features brief nudity from Ralph Fiennes, but the full frontal is dark and even hard to see in slow motion, so I wouldn't name that as a reason to see the film.
In coincidence, the film's director, Brett Ratner, admits to a gay experience which he used as reference to the scene in Rush Hour 3. Brett says one of his first sexual experiences was a blowjob from a man dressed in drag, whom he 'didn't know was a man.'
