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For this ScreamQueenz Summer Bonus Episode, this Patreon-exclusive episode of IT CAME FROM THE 70's has been made public for your enjoyment.
Welcome aboard Polyester Time Traveling Airlines non-stop flight to October 10, 1973; the night DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week.
This is one of the Big Ones!
A Classic!
If people remember ONE 1970's made-for-tv horror movie, it's usually this one!
An entire generation of TV-watching children was scarred for LIFE by this chilling tale of a lonely housewife terrorized by tiny whispering creatures dwelling in her fireplace.
To handle a journey this fraught with peril, I needed a copilot with nerves of steel.
But he was busy.
So I got TOPPIE SMELLIE from THE SMELLCAST.
Expect turbulence, unhappy endings and truly unfortunate wigs.
DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK is currently available to stream for free on Dailymotion.
Directed by John Newland. Written by Nigel McKeand. Starring Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, Barbara Anderson and William Demarest.
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In THEY WAIT IN THE DARK, Amy and her son Adrian seek refuge in an old abandoned farmhouse to escape her dangerous ex-partner, but instead awaken a supernatural force determined to take the boy away from her forever.
I am delighted to have special guests AGNI HOGABOOM (Beauty, The Beast and the B's) and Notorious Canadian TARA GARNER join me to help unlock all the secrets of this surprisingly queer ghost story gem.
Listen to Agni on BEAUTY, THE BEAST AND THE B'S.
Read Tara's interview with CINEMA CRAZED.
THEY WAIT IN THE DARK was written and directed by PATRICK REA and stars SARAH MCGUIRE, PAIGE MARIA, PATRICK MCGEE, LAURIE CATHERINE WINKEL and TOBI OMODEHINDE. It is currently available to stream on TUBI and CRACKLE or wherever you buy and rent videos.
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ScreamQueenz is still on hiatus for health reasons, so enjoy this peek behind the Patreon paywall at an episode of DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS: The FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES Retrospective Podcast.
In this episode, we're discussing "Master of Disguise" from Season Two in which a cursed makeup kit wreaks deadly havoc on a movie set.
Here's why this episode ROCKS:
It's directed by Tom McLoughlin (Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, One Dark Night)It has the ONLY gay character in the entire franchise!It stars soap opera hunk & forgotten gay icon John Bulger (General Hospital, Parting Glances).It has some of gnarliest kills we've seen.Micki wears CLAMDIGGERS!!!If you haven't seen the episode, you can watch it here on YouTube, and then come play with Maya Murphy, Trae Dean and I at the Very Curious Curio Shop.
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ScreamQueenz is still on hiatus, so please enjoy this Flashback to April 1, 2016 - Episode #147 on MUTE WITNESS with special guests CHRYSTEN PEDDIE and DAN COHEN from KILLING YOUR DARLINGS.
While working on a low-budget horror film shooting in Moscow, a mute American special effects artist gets locked inside the dilapidated movie studio after hours. While trapped inside she stumbles across a snuff film being shot and witnesses a real murder. Can she escape the dark, deserted studio without alerting the killers? And if she does, will anyone believe her?
MUTE WITNESS is a masterclass in nail-biting suspense, so trust nothing.
Trust no one.
And most of all...don't believe your eyes!
MUTE WITNESS will be available to stream on Shudder starting on April 1st!
Written & directed by ANTHONY WALLER.
Starring MARINA ZUDINA, FAY RIPLEY, EVAN RICHARDS and OLEG JANKOWSKI.
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What starts as an idyllic trip to the Canadian wilderness for two women celebrating their first wedding anniversary turns into a brutal battle for survival where no one is who they seem to be in WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE.
Is this movie a new queer horror classic?
Or is it homophobic?
Helping me sort through the twisted web of deceit and violence are my two very special guests: fashion designer & cohost of Beauty, the Beast & the B's ANGI HOGABOOM and Actual Canadian TARA GARNER.
**It would behoove you to watch this movie as cold as possible, and DO NOT WATCH THE SPOILER RIDDEN TRAILER.**
Currently streaming on TUBI and SHUDDER.
Check out Tara's interview on CINEMA CRAZED.
WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE was written and directed by COLIN MINIHAN and stars BRITTANY ALLEN, HANNAH EMILY ANDERSON, MARTHA MACISAAC and JOEY KLEIN.
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Once upon a time on a cold and lonely farm in the cold and lonely mountains lived a couple who were also cold and lonely and very very sad.
Then one day, they found a most unusual little girl named Ada.
They decided to raise Ada as their own.
It seemed all their prayers were answered!
But who...or what...is Ada?
Friend or fiend?
Angel or demon?
Miracle or monster?
The movie LAMB is many things.
Folktale. Fable. Parable. Warning.
But is it horror???
To get to the core of this most unusual film, I am delighted to be joined by OSO SCRUFFY and the Reverend BEN FITZGERALD-FYE.
LAMB was directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson and stars Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson.
At present, LAMB is available for streaming on AMAZON PRIME or wherever you buy or rent videos.
Pick up some OSO SCRUFFY BEARD & BODY PRODUCTS at ososcruffy.com.
For more info on SPIRITUAL COACHING, contact PASTOR BEN.
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You know how I love a movie full of rich obnoxious jerks who are all secretly trying to murder each other so they can inherit a mountain of money?
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES!
Except it's also SUPER GAY!
THE ESTATE is the wickedly hilarious brainchild of writer/star CHRIS BAKER and his IRL partner, director JAMES KAPNER.
It's the story of rich spoiled egotistical George and his rich spoiled gold-digging sex-hungry stepmom who seduce/hire a hot bisexual hitman to help them take down the cruel manipulative family patriarch, so they can inherit his massive estate.
The only thing is...murder is a lot like potato chips.
It's hard to stop at just one.
For a movie this twisted, I need a guest host who is even more twisted, and that could only be the fabulous TRAE DEAN.
My apologies to CHRIS BAKER whom my COVID Foggy brain insisted on calling "Chris Baxter" throughout the recording.
THE ESTATE is currently available on HULU or wherever you rent movies.
THE ESTATE stars CHRIS BAKER, ELIZA COUPE, GREG FINLEY, ERIC ROBERTS, HEATHER MATARAZZO, EZRA BUZZINGTON and ALEXANDRA BILLINGS.
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Please enjoy the first of my MEET THE FILMMAKERS series where I have one-on-one chats with the people who made the movies we've been talking about this season.
But who's our first victim?
You've heard him on Homos on Haunted Hill.
We discussed his conversion camp slasher film Children of Sin on Episode 1402.
My SuperScreamerz have been hogging him all to themselves all week.
But now...at last...he's all yours...
Come spend 30 minutes inside the fabulously twisted mind of CHRISTOPHER WESLEY MOORE (When the Trash Man Knocks, Blessed Are The Children, Triggered, A Stranger Among the Living)
LIMITED TIME OFFERLeave a tip of $3 or more to support ScreamQueenz and unlock the full uncut unedited 46-minute version of my session with Chris Moore.
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As proof that ScreamQueenz has not podfaded, please accept the Flashback to one of the most popular and beloved of our classic episodes: that time TRAE DEAN and DOUG SHAPIRO dropped by to discuss the gayest Agatha Christie murder mystery of all, EVIL UNDER THE SUN.
EVIL UNDER THE SUN is currently available for streaming on BRITBOX and for rental from all the usual sources.
Note: This episode was recorded 13 years ago. I was a lot coarser and less sensitive than I am now. I apologize for my offensive language and the dated views I shared.
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ATTACHMENT is an extraordinary film in which clashing Danish, British and Jewish Haredi cultures combine to tell a love story most queer:
A story of Mothers and Daughters,
of Daughters and Lovers,
and of the Ancient Evil that wants to consume them all.
To discuss this most unusual film I needed the most fabulous of guests, so I am delighted to be joined by ALYSSA SIMON (Moosehead Over the Mantel, They Will Outlive Us All) and CHRYSTEN PEDDIE (Killing Your Darlings).
ATTACHMENT is currently streaming exclusively on SHUDDER and is available to rent/buy through the usual channels.
Written and directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason and stars Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl and David Dencik.
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Think spending the holidays with your family is stressful?
Meet the Morgan family.
Their family get-togethers are killer.
All aboard Polyester Airlines flight to the night of November 27, 1972: the night the Christmas proto-slasher HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS premiered on ABC.
You can expect:
-A truly knockout cast of heavy-hitting women.
-Pulpy dialogue.
-Fraught melodrama.
-Perfectly timed thunderclaps.
-Pitchfork murders
-Worst. Christmas. EVER!
Your copilot on this very wet journey into Christmas carnage is author DANIEL W. KELLY from the BOYS BEARS & SCARES blog and the Comfort Cove horror-erotica series ("No Place for Little Ones", "Horny Devils", "Wet Screams").
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS was directed by JOHN LLEWLYN MOXEY, written by JOSEPH STEFANO and stars SALLY FIELD, JULIE HARRIS, JESSICA WALTER, ELEANOR PARKER, JILL HAWORTH and WALTER BRENNAN.
The movie is currently available on YouTube for free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9OqwXY7AII&t
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Hollywood.
A town where the streets are paved with broken dreams.
But for the fortunate few, it is a place where dreams come true.
All it takes is luck...
Ambition...
And Sacrifice.
STARRY EYES is a haunting, disturbing that looks into the darkest regions of human nature and asks the question:
How much would you give up to get everything you've ever wanted?
My very special guests for this episode are MAYA MURPHY (Damn You Uncle Lewis, Rosewater) and MATT KNIFE (baronvonsoap).
STARRY EYES is currently available on Peacock, Tubi, Roku, Plex and PlutoTV.
Written and directed by KEVIN KOLSCH and DENNIS WIDMEYER.
Starring ALEXANDRA ESSOE, NOAH SEGAN, PAT HEALY, FABIANNE THERESE,
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Happy Halloween, my Beautiful Screamerz!
To celebrate, we're taking a break from psychological analysis and sociological impacts to get absolutely bonkers with the outrageous zombie comedy out of Belgium called YUMMY (currently streaming on SHUDDER and AMC+).
A young woman travels to a shady Eastern European hospital for a discount breast reduction and instead must survive a zombie uprising when it turns out her surgeon's experimental surgery techniques have deadly side effects. Can anyone survive this orgy of blood, boobs and Belgian waffles???
When a movie is this off-the-wall bananapants, there are only two people I want sitting next to me: The Queens of T!tties and Chaos - CINDY KINNARD-DIAMOND and STACY PARKER from CREEPY KITCH.
Secret Agent Boots and I say Thank You to Sophia in this Facebook Video!
Get tickets to TERRORVISION: Live the Nightmare in Times Square at facetheterror.com .
Find out more about the queer Off-Broadway musical DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS at DraculaComedy.com or at DRACULA PODCASTULA.
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Get ready for a far-out flight to the grooviest decade ever when IT CAME FROM THE 70's takes over ScreamQueenz Studios to talk about everyone's favorite shameless CARRIE ripoff: the 1978 made-for-tv exercise in coded lesbianism and petty revenge known as THE INITIATION OF SARAH.
There's something about this movie.
It's a not-particularly scary carbon copy of the "Awkard Girl With Secret Powers Get Revenge" trope.
By all rights, it should have been forgotten a long time ago.
But it wasn't.
And it's not just "remembered fondly".
This movie is beloved.
Join Patrick K. Walsh and his guest co-pilots TARA GARNER and KASEY LOMAN (Evil Goods Graphic Designs) as they explore the powerful hold SARAH has had on our hearts since we first met her 45 years ago.
THE INITIATION OF SARAH is currently available to watch for free on YOUTUBE.
This episode of IT CAME FROM THE 70s originally aired on July 23, 2023. IT CAME FROM THE 70s is available exclusively to our PATREON subscribers. Become a Patron here.
Pick up some of Kasey Loman's fabulous FEMMES OF FRIGHT: Women in Horror collection at her Teepublic store.
Directed by ROBERT DAY. Written by DON INGALLS, CAROL SERACENO, and KENETTE GFLELLER. Starring KAY LENZ,
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Last time, you escaped from Camp Whistler.
But no one ever leaves Abraham House.
Our exploration into the horrific world of conversion therapy and queer conversion camps continues with a discussion of CHILDREN OF SIN written and directed by CHRISTOPHER WESLEY MOORE from HOMOS ON HAUNTED HILL.
When Emma's abusive new stepfather finds out she's pregnant and that her brother Jackson is gay, he ships them off to Abraham House where religious zealot Mary Esther promises to bring these sinners home to Jesus...one way or another.
CHILDREN OF SIN may be microbudget.
CHILDREN OF SIN may be rough around the edges.
Yet CHILDREN OF SIN delivers everything THEY/THEM promised to and failed:
Scares, gore, tension, queer characters that feel real and a gleefully charismatic villain you'll love to hate.
But more importantly, CHILDREN OF SIN has the audacity and courage to point the finger of blame at those responsible for the real-life horrors on which this film was based.
I am once again joined by my very special guests the Reverend BEN FITZGERALD-FYE @pastorfabulous and TARA GARNER @tara_rahboomdeay.
CHILDREN OF SIN is currently streaming on TUBI and stars JO-ANN ROBINSON, MEREDITH MOHLER, LEWIS HINES, JEFF BUCHWALD, KENI BOUNDS and CHRISTOPHER WESLEY MOORE.
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"I'd understand it a lot more if there were a lot more queer bashing and bible-thumping..."
On the surface, the movie Blumhouse's THEY/THEM had everything going for it:
A slasher film with a novel queer conversion camp setting.Three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan at the helm.Kevin Bacon's return to his horror roots.Queer characters actually played by queer actors.With a built-in audience, undeniable talent, and seemingly the best intentions, THEY/THEM seem poised to take Queer Horror Cinema to the next level while exposing the real-life horrors of conversion therapy.
Instead, it failed on almost every level.
Join my special guests TARA GARNER and REVERAND BEN FITZGERALD-FYE as we take a good long look at what went wrong at Camp Whistler
THEY/THEM is currently available on Peacock.
Written & directed by JOHN LOGAN. Starring KEVIN BACON, ANNA CHLUMSKY, THEO GERMAINE, MONIQUE KIM, QUEI TANN and DARWIN DEL FABRO
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Come along with me and my special guest, Pastor Ben Fitzgerald-Fye, as we venture into the eerie, mystical and very queer world of the 2016 Australian film, Boys in the Trees. This unique coming-of-age tale set on Halloween Night is far from your typical horror movie, blending genres to create a uniquely captivating, enchanting, and chilling atmosphere.
As we journey into the deep dark woods with the characters of Boys in the Trees, we'll not only encounter ghosts, monsters and werewolves. We'll uncover themes of the treacherous complexity of male psychology, the danger of expressing male affection & the normalization of homophobic violence. But we'll also discover unconditional love, second chances and the power of friendship.
This episode is not only a celebration of a remarkable film, but also a reminder of the power of redemption, transformation, and the bonds that tie us all together.
BOYS IN THE TREES was written & directed by NICHOLAS VERSO and stars TOBY WALLACE, GULLIVER MCGRATH, MITZI RUHLMANN and JUSTIN HOLBOROW.
BOYS IN THE TREES is available to buy or rent from all the usual outlets, and at publication time, it's also streaming for free here on YouTube.
Check out writer/director Nicolas Verso's short film companion piece to Boys in the Trees called THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD here on YouTube.
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What happens when you combine the comedic genius of Don Knotts, a haunted house, and a cast of hilarious character actors? You get the 1966 comedy classic, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken! For this special birthday episode of ScreamQueenz, we're joined by the fabulous TRAE DEAN from "DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS!" and STEPHEN WANGNER, founder of the Don Knotts Appreciation Society, to discuss the sheer brilliance of this movie and its enduring legacy.
We'll dive into the wacky world of Don Knotts' comedy, explore the relationships between the film's unique characters, and celebrate the iconic lines that have withstood the test of time. From the charming Alma Cramer to the sly humor of Gaylord Patty, this film is jam-packed with laughs and memorable moments. Plus, believe it or not, there is actually some genuine queer representation in this film!
So grab a slice of birthday cake and join us for a most inappropriate birthday party as we honor the legacy of Don Knotts and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken on this special episode of ScreamQueenz.
THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN was directed by ALAN RAFKIN, written by JAMES FRITZELL, EVERETT GREENBAUM and ANDY GRIFFITH and stars DON KNOTTS, JOAN STALEY, DICK SARGENT, JESSALYN FAX and NYDIA WESSMAN
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After years of being out of print, Maurice Devereaux's 2007 masterpiece END OF THE LINE has been given a glorious limited edition blu-ray release by terror-vision.com.
To celebrate this glorious film's return, please enjoy this episode of ScreamQueenz from 2018 in which I discussed the film with Matty & Andrew from FRIGAY THE 13th.
Get your copy of END OF THE LINE at https://www.terror-vision.com/store/end-of-the-line-blu-ray-with-slip
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This PATREON TAKEOVER Episode was made possible by the Sheer Fabulousness of SuperScreamer SuperStarz:
THOMAS HARRIS
The military has developed a new viral bioweapon that will turn ordinary civilians into Super Soldiers: fearless, relentless, unstoppable killing machines that Death itself cannot defeat.
Except the virus never made it to the soldiers.
It found itself a different kind of Warrior.
Tonight, They Rise!
But first, They dance.
ALL HAIL THE ZOMBIE STRIPPERS!
ZOMBIE STRIPPERS (2008) is not the kind of movie one might hear usually being discussed on ScreamQueenz. Therefore, I needed two guests who normally wouldn't be caught dead around...Unless I've asked them on to discuss something completely depraved:
JOHN HERNANDEZ, Editor-in-chief of BEAR WORLD MAGAZINE and hairy hunky horny homo horror movie host STAN THE MECHANIC
DEREK HAUGEN is an actor and writer best known for his work on GOOD COPS TV and I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME AT HOUSE HARKER
ZOMBIE STRIPPERS! was written & directed by JAY LEE and stars JENNA JAMESON, ROBERT ENGLUND, ROXY SAINT, JENNIFER HOLLAND, SHAMRON MOORE, JEANETTE SOUSA, CARMIT LEVITEE and JOEY MEDINA.
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