Here's some pics of Chris Zylka before the thriller, Kaboom. Also catch him in the horror films Shark Night and My Super Psycho Sweet 16 and next year as Flash Thompson in Amazing Spider-Man.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Sick Girl
Director: Eben McGarr
2007
This one is pretty bad, a seemingly pointless killing spree, till the end when we get a peak at what tipped Izzy over the edge. The best part of this film is the small role from Stephen Geoffreys, 17 years after his departure from film. Stephen Geoffreys is best remembered for his role in the original Fright Night and some may remember his brief stint with gay porn afterwards. Don't mix this one up with the Masters Of Horror episode Sick Girl, which also features 2 lesbians.
Story: A single girl, Izzy, is left alone to raise her younger brother, Kevin, while her older brother is off to service in the war in Iraq. Izzy suddenly snaps and goes on a massive killing spree.
Gay Factors: Izzy would appear to be a lesbian except that she also shows signs of being in love with her older brother. In one scene she torturously rapes and kills another girl using a strap-on made with a real severed penis and a spike. Plus, as I said above, the film features a small role by Stephen Geoffreys; Geoffreys played "Evil Ed", the "gay" kid in Fright Night and after leaving mainstream films, he went on to star in several gay porns.
Masters Of Horror: Sick Girl
Director: Lucky McKee
2006
From the Masters Of Horror TV series, season 1 episode 10, Sick Girl, focuses on the unusual budding relationship of two awkward lesbians. The only thing scary about this is Angela Bettis' acting which is as stiff and annoying as her character, Ida. On the other hand, Erin Brown (aka Misty Mundae) is enjoyable as Ida's girlfriend, Misty Falls. 90% of this story is about their relationship and nothing monstrous till the last 20 minutes when Misty begins eatting worms and bugs and then in the last 5 minutes is finally transformed into a bug creature. I'd avoid this one if you're looking for good horror, but if you're interested in a lesbian love affair with a sci-fi/mutant twist, check it out. There's also an indepedent horror film of the same name, so don't be confused.
Story: A shy and awkward entomologist is down on her luck with the ladies until she meets Misty, the artist working in her building. Someone sends Ida a package with an unclassified, parisitic bug that gets loose in her apartment, eventually biting and infecting Misty, altering her behavior and eventually turning both into half human/half bug creatures.
Gay Factor: 2 lesbians. Female/Female kissing. Female nudity.
Curse Of The Queerwolf
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.
Gay Factors: Crossdressers/transvestites, gay stereotypes, homophobia
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Gaspard Ulliel gay kiss
Gaspard Ulliel who portrays Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising, including a gay kiss from The Last Day.
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Hannibal Rising
Director: Peter Weber
2007
Discover the roots of Hannibal Lecter's rage in another prequel to Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal. The fourth film to feature the infamous character, Hannibal Lecter, but this time replacing the classic actor, Anthony Hopkins, with the youthful Gaspard Ulliel to retell Hannibal's teen/20's years.
This one received negative reviews from the critics and only earned $82 Million off a $50 Million budget. Far different from the original films, this one portrays Hannibal as a likeable and sympathetic hero, avenging his family's deaths.
Story: After his family is killed in the crossfires of war, a young Hannibal Lecter's life is changed forever. As he grows older, he's haunted by nightmares of those ill fated events, until he finally discovers the names of the war criminals who killed his sister. Hannibal sets out across Europe on a murderous streak of revenge.
Gay Factor: None, this is not a gay film. I'm only including it here to complete the Hannibal storyline which i've already reviewed below; the other films do have bits of a gay factor. In fact, this one would contradict the suggestion in Hannibal that Hannibal Lecter was gay. In this film, he is romantically involved with a girl, so if Hannibal was gay, it wasn't something he explored until later in life, or was bisexual, or even as suggested in the other post - that he only used at as an occassional tool to get close to certain victims.
The French actor, Gaspard Ulliel, who portrays Hannibal this time is quite the cutie and you can catch him playing gay in The Last Day and Paris Je T'Aime. He also played gay in a stage play, but probably isn't available on video.
Red Dragon
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.'
Ralph Fiennes
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