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: Boy George (Narrator), James Layton, Lee Williams, Margaret Towner, Rita Davies, Kevin Moore
Director: Will Gould
1998
This is a British film, first released in Germany, giving a reverse spin on the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. It's a bit ludicrous that this is classified as "horror" except that it involves wolves and two old ladies plotting to kill the woman they nurse. Nothing scary here and the costuming is a bit ridiculous and beyond low budget: the wolves have long nails and wear fur coats. With that said, this was a delightful gay interest film if you watch it for a gay perspective instead of horror. Lee Williams was adorable as Seth.
Story: Two young wolves try to settle on the outskirts of a country village but end up framed for murder, embroiling a prejudiced and angry town mob to go on the hunt for the wolves.
Gay Factor: Gay wolves; The entire storyline uses wolves as a metaphor of gays, in general, and the prejudice society puts on them.
Cast: Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona, Rick Cramer, Meagan Good, Bijou Phillips, Method Man, Pawel Szajda
Director: Jim Gillespie
2005
This isn't a gay movie but I will include it here because it was produced by Kevin Williamson, the creator of the Scream series, among others. Critics called this cliche and "cookie cutter horror." True, it's not Williamson's best project, but the effects are good with good acting; it's better than many low budget horror flicks.
Story: A group of teens find themselves stalked through the swamps of Louisiana by a man who has become posessed with the souls of a dozen killers and rapists.
Gay Factor: No gay characters or even gay overtones. The producer, Kevin Williamson, is gay. There is a line in the film about 'being born that way' and is related to like "being gay."
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: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Paul DeAngelo, Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet
Director: Robert Hiltzig
1983
Sleepaway Camp is a cult classic from the heyday of slasher flicks, attempting to copycat the horrific atmosphere of camp life, a la Friday The 13th, but not attaining the true horror or mystery of the original Friday The 13th. Sleepaway Camp was mildly successful in theaters and is often cited as one of the most memorable twist endings in a horror film of the 80's. The film does offer a few unique styles of kill but much of the bloodshed doesn't come till the second half.
Story: Camp Arawak falls victim to several deaths, at first seeming accidental, but later realized that there is indeed a serial killer amongst the group.
Gay Factors: The gay factor is relatively small, yet risque considering the film comes from the conservative 80's and from a genre that even today hasn't fully embraced the use of gay characters in mainstream horror. Overall, there are 2 gay men and 1 crossdresser....
The film opens with two questionable men, out for a boating adventure with the two kids. The men's relationship is later confirmed with a scene of the two men in bed together....
*SPOILER ALERT* At the film's end, it is revealled that Angela is anatomically a boy, Peter. When the real Angela died, their mother raised Peter as Angela, "the girl she always wanted." Once this revelation is known, it does add a bit more gayness to the storyline in looking back....Angela did embrace (although shy and fearfully) exploring a relationship with Paul, holding hands and kissing. She only turns on him after catching him kissing another girl and hearing that he called her a prude.
Cast: Vincent Pastore, Michael Gibney, Paul DeAngelo, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Isaac Hayes, Christopher Shand, Erin Broderick
Director: Robert Hiltzig
2008
Writer/director/creator of the original Sleepaway Camp, Robert Hiltzig, returns to the healm of this direct to video sequel, ignoring the storylines of the more comedic sequels parts 2 and 3. Paul DeAngelo reprises his role as camp counselor, Ronnie; Felissa Rose returns as Angela and Jonathan Tiersten returns as the grown up Ricky; all three from the original cult classic. Also at the forefront of this film is Vincent Pastore, best remembered for his role on The Sopranos and Isaac Hayes plays the chef; Hayes is best remembered by the younger generation for providing the voice of the chef on the raunchy animated comedy, South Park.
The film does find a few new inventive ways of killing but unfortunately too much of the film revolves around the Alan character, who is beyond annoying....whiney, obnoxious and stupid! The film could have been a hundred times better had they cut back on Alan and thrown in a few more kills. It's low budget and campy but if you enjoyed the original, you may enjoy this one as well.
Story: 25 years after the killings at Camp Arawak, the camp is now called Camp Manabe. The kids torment each other as usual but when people start dying, suspicion falls to the bullied Alan, counselor Petey, and even nearby construction worker, Ricky, who was at Camp Arawak during it's massacre. Ronnie, also a survivor from Camp Arawak, can't shake a paranoia that the current murders are connected to the murders of the past.
Gay Factor: Very minimal gayness....*SPOILER ALERT* - Killer from the original film, Angela, returns. Remember Angela was anatomically a boy but raised as a girl. In this film Angela does appear as a boy for most of the story till the end when he rips off his mask revealling his femine Angela face.
