Music to Make Horror Movies By: Drinkin’stein

Published January 31, 2016 by biggayhorrorfan

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Mary Shelley might be rolling over in her grave…or maybe she’s lifting up her ghostly petticoats and doing a happy little hoedown.

One certainly can’t fault Dolly Parton’s sense of creativity by comparing the effects of drinking to the Frankenstein monster with her song Drinkin’stein. Of course, Sylvester Stallone’s delivery may be another story! As part of the plotline for the movie Rhinestone, in which Dolly’s Jake has made a bet to turn Stallone’s tough cabbie into a country singer, Stallone surely gives the fun tune a whirl…but the results, for some fans, might simply be monstrous!

You can decide here:

Parton, also, performed the song, in its entirety, in 1984, as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGF_-b9ZW4

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Music to Make Horror Movies By: Don’t Go in the House

Published January 24, 2016 by biggayhorrorfan

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Chick-en on a stick!!! One of the most notorious horror shockers of the 70s, the grim Don’t Go in the House is best remembered for director Joseph Ellison’s execution of the (very real to life) barbequing of one of the disturbed lead’s victims.

Thankfully for viewers, during the thick of the proceedings, Dan Grimaldi’s sensitively portrayed Donny took a break from his fiery missionary work to attend a nightclub. Of course, as the film’s eagle eyed followers ascertained, that visit didn’t turn out so well for yet another female companion…but it did provide some relieved patrons with this delicious slice of disco fever and the movie with its very appropriate, unofficial theme song!

Yes, lovers of terror and hoarders of fright, it’s time to go L’Ectrique and get Struck by Boogie Lightning!

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In Remembrance: Dan Haggerty

Published January 21, 2016 by biggayhorrorfan

Haggerty in Elves

Lovers of cheesy 80s and 90s horror suffered a huge blow this past week with the passing of television legend Dan Haggerty. Forever associated with his iconic portrayal of woodsy good guy Grizzly Adams (from the late 70s show of the same name), Haggerty spent the middle part of his career participating in a series of often bizarre terror flicks including Abducted (1986), Terror Night (1987), The Chilling (1989) and Abducted II: The Reunion (1995).

Two of the weirdest (and most enjoyable) of these features have to be Elves (1989) and The Channeler (1990). As department store Santa Mike McGavin in Elves, Haggerty is the reluctant protector of Kirsten (Julie Austin), a young woman whose burgeoning maturity has summoned a crew of Nazi fortified elves to her doorstep. With a mid-film scenario that is reminiscent of Chopping Mall, this bit of oddball scare chow is full of incantations, incest, pet drowning and death by bathtub electrocution. Of course, Haggerty fills the unlikely proceedings here with a bit of disbelieving yet world weary charm.

Haggerty in The Channeler

As mountain man parapsychologist Arnie in The Channeler, Haggerty supplies the same kind ruggedness. Encountering a group of college students on a field trip, Haggerty’s Viet Nam vet tries to assist with a student who has psychically linked himself with a group of bony fingered monsters who need a sacrifice to permanently open their mountainside portal to the world. Bursting with the expected camping tragedies (sprained ankles, wild horses, drunken escapades), ghostly possession, creature attacks, flirty blondes and a musically enhanced Scooby Doo style chase sequence this strange mish-mash is head scratchingly disjointed, but a must see for lovers of totally strange, utterly bad cinema.

These projects, nicely, prove that Haggerty’s appeal transcended the family fare that he is best known for, making his loss all the more poignant. R.I.P., big guy!

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Hate Baby 5

Published January 8, 2016 by biggayhorrorfan

HB5 It’s not quite a comic book. It’s not exactly a graphic novel. Why, it’s a…graphic adventure!

Indeed, artist Corinne Halbert’s series of Hate Baby books are graphic adventures! Full of images of stylized violence and sexual misadventure, all presented with a loony sense of joy, these DIY magazines are also representative of Halbert’s obvious love of the horror genre.

Nicely, with Hate Baby 5, this uncommonly fascinating creator truly indulges in her influences by drawing slasher style scenarios, 50s influenced bondage portraiture and a gallery spread of horror icons like Leatherface, Lucio Fulci and Stephen King!

Stephen King by Corinne Halbert

Topped off with a beautiful cover image that looks like it was clipped from the film stock of The Toolbox Murders, Hate Baby 5 is a true art publication that should displayed on every terror connoisseur’s coffee table with pride.

To purchase Hate Baby 5 (and other scintillating product) visit http://corinnehalbert.bigcartel.com/. To keep up with Halbert, on the daily, be sure to visit https://www.facebook.com/Hate-Baby-Comix-434862699932087, as well.

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Casey Robinson’s The Van

Published January 8, 2016 by biggayhorrorfan

Van A bike. A bike is good. A bike even helped Brad Pitt get away from some zombies in World War Z.

Any other form of transportation, though, can be suspicious – especially when viewed in the appropriate circumstances. Delightfully, here author Casey Robinson highlights just how creepy a vehicle in an alley can be with her short story The Van.

Now – run!!! But before you do, be sure to check out more of Don’t Turn Around’s conceptually brilliant short story horror videos at www.dontturnaround.com.

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Music to Make Horror Movies By: Jennifer Lopez

Published December 20, 2015 by biggayhorrorfan

Jennifer Lopez may be best known as a celebrity or one half of various famous couplings or even as the star of such vehicles as Selena and The Wedding Planner. But this luscious lass, also, has a bit of a terror pedigree with roles in flicks such as Anaconda, The Cell and (most recently) The Boy Next Door.

While Lopez’s heroines eventually reigned over her nasty adversaries in those films, she need have only looked to her recording career to have gotten the one-up on them immediately. Like the first single on her 2005 release Rebirth, Lopez only would have had to tell those opponents to Get Right and she might have saved herself a world of trouble.

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Review: Doctor Spine

Published December 19, 2015 by biggayhorrorfan

doctor spine I know a couple of masochists who actually enjoy going to the chiropractor. For those who find bone cracking to be a bit more disturbing, though, writer-director John Wesley Norton has created the fun horror-comedy Doctor Spine.

Styled after the old EC comics, this lurid adventure follows Joe Spine, a mild mannered chiropractor, whose personality is split between his dead, truly demented father and Patch Castle, the villain from a series of childhood books, after a therapy session goes bad. Soon his father is controlling the day and there isn’t a slightly crooked psychologist or sexy dame in sight who is safe from Joe’s fatal fingers. It is only the love of Spine’s most devoted patient, Mindy, that could possibly restore the normally soft spoken healer to his former virtuousness.

Nicely, Norton frames and colors the action as if it were part of the fantastic cartoons that inspired him. The standout of the production, though, is its fantastic genre cast, who all turn in top notch performances. As expected, scream queen Tiffany Shepis, who provides the film’s penultimate shock piece, and The Addams Family’s Lisa Loring apply energetic sass as various seductresses in the doctor’s life. Comedian Judy Tenuta, Seinfeld ’s Larry Thomas, 60s TV favorite Kathy Garver and up and coming character actress Colleen Elizabeth Miller, also, supply moments of frothy fun. But it is Phantasm’s Reggie Bannister and indie exploitation king Joe Estevez, as Castle and Spine Sr., who bring the most to the table. Estevez, in particular, provides a smoothly wicked, truly accomplished turn here.

Most importantly, while some of the exposition scenes could have benefited from the zany goriness that dominates the film’s final third, actor Michael Wexler’s take on the title character is always engaging. He takes viewers through the various scenarios with skilled underhandedness, adding both tender heart and subtle mania to Norton’s admirable creation.

Unfortunately, on December 12^th, 2015, mere days after his 52^nd birthday, Wexler was hit by car and killed. Thus, this film stands not only as a testament to his talent, but as an accomplished memoriam as well.

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Cinematic Memories with Linnea Quigley!

Published December 18, 2015 by biggayhorrorfan

Linnea and James Best in Death Mask

Creepy Eddie, the hoarse 75 year old werewolf enthusiast… Demanding Darlene, the manager with prescient skills for discovering untoward violations of protocol. Those have been some of my co-workers.

Darling queen of scream Linnea Quigley, however, can count the legendary Gunnar Hansen (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Dukes of Hazzard‘s James Best among her favored co-stars.

Here, the always congenial Quigley chats about Hansen and Best, who both passed away this year, and how her own powerful portrayals have influenced women over the years.

…and be sure to keep it bloody, on the regular, with Linnea at http://www.linnea-quigley.com, as well.

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Music to Make Horror Movies By: Andrea Marcovicci

Published December 13, 2015 by biggayhorrorfan

A lot of crazy things came flying at divine chanteuse Andrea Marcovicci in films such as The Stuff, The Hand, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone and A Vacation in Hell.

Thankfully, since assuming the mantle of America’s premiere cabaret artist, gentler things have been surrounding Marcovicci like…Glitter in the Air.

Here, listening to one of our most respected artistes cover flamboyant pop icon Pink, one might think the things surrounding Marcovicci now are, also, amazingly gay and totally grand! Lucky lady! Lucky us!

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What Do You Fear for Christmas!

Published December 12, 2015 by biggayhorrorfan

what do you fear There’s nothing that we can do about the holidays. They exist whether we want to celebrate them or not. We can choose, however, the way in which we celebrate them. So, to make sure that your Christmas is a bit more macabre than merry, take a look at some of the products offered by artist Jeffrey Flaster.

He’s got everything from key chains to pillows to shirts – all featuring rebellious queers with a dash of pride…and more than a hint of horror!

Have fun exploring…

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