Derek Joseph Quint’s Danse Macabre

Published October 29, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

The Catholic Church is always screwing something up! Why, do you remember that time that the Vatican tried to steal Dracula away from his three precious brides – on Halloween, nonetheless? Well, if you don’t, talented, out filmmaker Derek Joesph Quint does and he recounts this incident with humor and screwball energy with his divine short, Danse Macabre.

As, always, Quint proves he is a visual master, here, with inventive costuming and a brilliant use of late night Chicago streets as a backdrop for this cinematic adventure. Its, also, incredibly amusing to watch the reactions of unsuspecting passersby as the action unfolds.

Featuring a bevy of industrious females, you may need to watch this beauteous wonder a few times – just to determine your favorite bride. Mine is the Blue Bride. Because, just like her, I can’t fly, but I keep on ticking, baby!

Until the next time – SWEET love and pink GRUE, Big Gay Horror Fan’

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Wendi Freeman’s Double Page Spread

Published October 28, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

If there was a Wonder Woman among comic book enthusiasts, it would definitely be the amazing Wendi Freeman. She’s a dedicated, uber-friendly fan woman, a talented musician (with drumming gigs in a number of bands) and she’s the super skilled creator and host of the podcast Double Page Spread, which concentrates on comics and their creators and other pop culture goodies. Just what every cool mom would want her daughter to turn out to be, right?

Now, all thankful matriarchs can rejoice as Freeman has just unleashed the Halloween episode of Double Page Spread upon the world! Featuring interviews with the queen of screams, Linnea Quigley, and famed cult director Jim Wynorski, this offering is a spooky blast from start to finish!

Be sure to catch it and so much other coolness at http://doublepgspread.tumblr.com/ on the regular!

A Wendi, A Linnea and A Big Gay Horror Fan!

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Review: Anne Bobby’s Disposophobia

Published October 27, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

All of the world’s a stage. Or at least, you’ll hope it is after witnessing Anne Bobby’s multi-hyphenate take on Disposophobia: Fear of Being Disposed Of for the second season of the acclaimed web series In Fear Of. Best known to scare freaks for her compassionate portrayal of Lori in the Clive Barker’s seminal Nightbreed, Bobby is actually, at heart, a well traveled theater veteran. Having created, produced and performed in multiple Broadway and touring productions, Bobby brings her fine tuned, board treading sensibilities to her acting and writing here, resulting in a chilling entry in this relatively new horror exercise.

With compassionate, fine tuned directing by Jon Ecklund, Disposophobia centers around Pamela, a seemingly well-to-do woman, who is determined to exist on the fringes of society. A meeting in the park with her brash yet concerned mother (a leveled yet passionate Barbara Rosenblatt) reveals the duo’s alternative takes on their past history and offers glimpses into Pamela’s assumed psychosis. But, perhaps, nothing is as it seems as Bobby’s ever expanding script leads into a truly chilling, ultimately surprising denouement.

Throughout, Bobby’s performance is a natural marvel. Revealing, down to her unshaven legs, her Pamela is ultimately the perfect representation of society’s overwhelming uncertainties and the side effects of the unfortunate inability to reach a level of certain grace. Thus, with accomplished assets from Ecklund and Rosenbalt, Bobby’s first foray into scripted terror is a true example of emotional horror at its very finest.

More information on the In Fear of series is available at:
http://www.infearoftheseries.com/

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Music to Make Horror Movies By: Dead or Alive

Published October 26, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

If creepy (and I mean that in the best possible sense of the word) is as creepy does, then Pete Burns is definitely the voice of Halloween for me.

Even as a teen, when Dead or Alive’s You Spin Me Round was rampaging through the paper thin walls of MTV, I found something very macabre about Burns. This sinister essence compels, especially, in Burns haunting take on There’s Something in My House. Using horror imagery to detail the remaining emotions at the end of a love affair, Burns and the band definitely hit their spooky high mark!

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Hidden Horror at Harold Washington Library!

Published October 26, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

Who says horror isn’t distinguished? Not the contributors of Rondo Award winning book Hidden Horror!

We will be bringing the love of very sophisticated (and obscure) frights to the very high falutin’ Harold Washington Library in Chicago on Monday, October 27th at 6 pm.

All the details are here – https://www.facebook.com/events/358615197640725/ – And, yes, you can leave your Brooks Brothers finest at home – but if you want to start your Halloween week off right, please be sure to join us!

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Review: Deborah Voorhees’ Billy Shakespeare

Published October 25, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

If I made a film about what I knew in my younger days, it would have to include a lot of Amish buggies and farm scenarios. The multi-talented Deborah Voorhees, best known from her eye gouging encounter with Jason in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, meanwhile, allows her youthful knowledge of the dirty dealings of show business to inform Billy Shakespeare, her very fun take on the legacy of theater’s most famous bard.

Imagining Shakespeare as an artist trying to make it in contemporary times, writer-director Voorhees explores the wordsmith’s struggles to get audiences to connect with his Renaissance style. Particularly effective is the modern reaction to a volatile film version of The Taming of the Shrew, in which a combative woman is turned into a submissive companion to her husband. Skewered by feminists, denied by his ultra-successful journalist mother and urged by his agent to sell out by writing horror films, Shakespeare soon finds himself entering an even bigger maelstrom. When his best friend, a beautiful transgendered woman named Wilma, discovers his sonnets and thinks they are written for her, a bounty of misunderstandings and slapstick style entanglements soon occur. With heart and humor, Voorhees delightedly explores the many questions regarding Shakespeare’s sexuality and even when all seems resolved, the fadeout reveals that nothing, as in life itself, is for sure.

Terror fans, naturally, are going to enjoy Voorhees’ nods to her acting career, particularly an enjoyably blatant reference to her involvement in one of horror cinema’s biggest franchises. But, as a whole, she works with humor and skill here, creating a product that fans of theater and romantic comedy should both embrace. Granted, certain factions of the queer community might question the use of the word ‘drag queen’ as opposed to ‘transgendered’ when certain characters describe themselves, especially as those depicted appear to be living their lives as women. But there is no ill intent here, as Wilma and her companions are truly lovely creations who often the steal the show, who seem to be using that descriptor for humor’s sake.

Voorhees, also, gleans sophisticated performances from her cast, an important nuance as her accomplished script takes them through many complications. Jason D. Johnson supplies multiple layers to his Shakespeare. He is noble, comic and exasperatingly dense, all at once. Phillip David Collins fully brings Wilma to life, as well. He is entirely natural, making one truly believe that he lives every waking moment in female form. Meanwhile, as Anne, Shakespeare’s acknowledged lover, Catharine Pilafas fills the screen with steely grace and a vulnerable beauty.

So, be sure to sharpen up your iambic pentameter by following Voorhees and Billy Shakespeare at
https://www.facebook.com/billyshakespearethemovie and http://www.billyshakespearethemovie.com.

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Killer Piñata

Published October 24, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

As a (former) country boy, I’ve faced down rampaging pigs, bowel grinding horses and hordes of massacre minded llamas! (Don’t ask.) But nothing could prepare me for the hilarious horrors due to the overindulgence of a sinister party favor!

If you feel the same way, now is the time to rejoice! Resourceful Angry Mule Productions is plotting to bring a Troma style miracle into the world entitled Killer Piñata. Promising the silly terror antics of Uncle Lloyd at his best, this production is set to feature plenty of enjoyable set pieces and features a kick-ass female behind-the-scenes (Jennifer Kunkel) and a strong lesbian lead as the plot’s focal point, as well.

Intrigued? Then be sure to fill up on the falling scare-candy that is Killer Piñata at:

http://www.facebook.com/angrymule

And if you have a few extra pennies dancing in the bottom of your pockets, check out the KP funding campaign, as well:

http://igg.me/at/killerpinata .

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Trick ‘r Treat Contest

Published October 23, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

That wall of DVDs and Blu-rays collapsing during the night…well, that’s bad destruction! But a masterpiece from acclaimed artist Johnny Destructo – – – for free!! Now, that’s good!

Indeed, the amazing folks at Shit Movie Fest are offering up a totally original Trick ‘r Treat masterpiece (pictured above) from Destructo as their latest contest – and it’s pretty simple to enter.

Of course, the deadline is November 1st. So what are you waiting for? Enter, below!

http://shitmoviefest.blogspot.com/2014/10/enter-to-win-trick-r-treat-poster-from.html

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Review: The Horror Network, Volume 1

Published October 22, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

I’ve never been accused of having an international flair. Hell, I’m lucky if I don’t knock over half my collectibles when stumbling awake in the morning. Therefore, I am thankful that reel EPIC entertainment provides a true continental experience, for everyone, by including haunted offerings from Spain, England and America in their latest terror anthology, The Horror Network, Volume 1.

Nicely, the five short subjects included are beautiful directed, filmed and acted. The production, also, sets itself apart from other offerings by allowing its fright fueled antics to originate from very real life horrors. Thus, such subjects as war crimes, pedophilia, child napping and domestic violence are given fantastical and, occasionally, true to life treatment, here.

Therefore, those expecting the goofy antics of Creepshow or old school Amicus collections may be slightly put off, but those wishing to experience some genuine and emotionally viable horror will find plenty to intrigue them with these smart and often ultra-artistic nightmares.

Be sure to become a part of The Horror Network at:
https://www.facebook.com/themacabremovie

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Interview: Jim Wynorski

Published October 17, 2014 by biggayhorrorfan

If an actor’s nightmare is forgetting your lines once you’ve hit the stage then a writer’s nightmare is losing part of the recording of an important interview. Therefore, while my chat with the legendary director-writer Jim Wynorski, initially, was supposed to be a document of two very different men (one notoriously straight filmmaker and one not so well known gay horror journalist)and their mutual love for gorgeous women, it has now turned into something a bit more somber. The below section of our conversation, the result of promoting Wynorski’s appearance at The Massacre in Chicago this weekend, chronicles Wynorski’s experiences on the set of Vampirella, a film he seemingly wishes didn’t exist, and his encounters with such tragic figures as Corey Haim and deceased 90s video queen Lorissa McComas (Pirhana, Cyberzone, Slaughter Studios) whom he directed in 2001’s Raptor. Despite the darker remembrances, though, Wynorski’s lust for life and love for filmmaking, fully, shines through.

BGHF: Jim, you have worked so many amazing women. Icons! Angie Dickinson, Morgan Fairchild, Erika Eleniak, Traci Lords, Melissa Moore, Deborah Dutch…

Jim Wynorski: The list is pretty much endless. It’s practically every great looking woman from 1983 onward. They’re all good. Traci was and is wonderful. Dominique Swain is wonderful. I worked with Jennifer Love Hewitt. I put her in her first two movies. She was a gorgeous little kid and a very talented little kid.

BGHF: She was in Munchie, right?

Wynorski: She’s in Munchie and she’s also in a film called Home For Christmas which was with Howard Hesseman. It was done for the USA Network. Those were her first two movies and she went onto great things.

BGHF: Onto not so great things…As a cheese nut, I kind of enjoy Vampirella. I know your take on it isn’t as kind, though.

Wynorski: My take on Vampirella is that it’s a mess. The last time I watched it was to do the commentary which was awhile ago. It’s a film I cannot watch. Everything went wrong. Everything! I like Talisa Sota as a human being. She’s very pretty and she’s very sexy. But she’s not Vampirella. They forced me to use her. She just didn’t have the body for the costume. Roger Daltry was great. But, yeah…it was in Vegas. There was embezzlement on the set. It was really a nasty, nasty picture to work on. And it came out badly, too. So, I’m just saying that’s one that I look at and say, it could have been and it wasn’t.

BGHF: With everything creative you do, there is a real chance that it may not turn out how you want.

Wynorski: I wish I could go back now and redo it with the CGI of today. But even then, I just don’t ever feel like going back to that. It was 110, everyday, in Vegas. Everybody was gambling, everybody was up all night. Everyone was blurry eyed. There was a thief on set who was stealing money. It was awful.

BGHF: (Laughing) Well, you had Brian Bloom, at least!

Wynorski: Brian Bloom was a great actor. I’m telling you, the actors were fine. Talisa was great. She was a nice lady. I knew she wasn’t Vampirella, ya know? I should have had Julie Strain. But they didn’t think Julie Strain meant anything. So they put somebody wrong in the role. I should have stopped and said let’s just not do this. But, I was going to lose the rights in 6 months, so I did what I had to do. At least, I got the film made. But I should have said no. But that’s Monday morning quarterbacking. So, it is what it is. But, I’m glad you like a little bit of it. It’s got a good Joel Goldsmith score. And…It’s almost twenty years ago… it’s almost twenty years ago.

BGHF: Speaking of sad situations, you worked with Corey Haim. Can you talk about that?

Wynorski: Corey Haim -I did two movies with him. I did Demolition High and I did Demolition University. I produced that last one and, I think, I kind of wrote it. Corey Haim was a nice kid who was totally fucked up in the head. You could see the path he was going down even then. I wish I could have turned him around. But I had to have a paid babysitter with him all the time. Believe it or not, he had to have a babysitter. The kid was in his early 20s and still didn’t have it figured out yet.

Lorissa McComas

BGHF: Being in such a destructive business, you must come across that from time to time. You’ve worked with Lorissa McComas who had a tragic history, as well.

Wynorski: I loved Lorissa! She was the greatest. She was the greatest. We went out quite a bit. I saw her decline. It was not pretty.

BGHF: That hurts me. She was another one of my favorites.

Wynorski: She was such a sweetheart. Her kind of on and off again boyfriend – he hooked her on all these drugs. He was a walking nightmare, that kid. The idea of her pulling a shotgun out and shooting herself in the face…I mean c’mon. I don’t think that’s what happened. But that’s just me talking. That’s just my opinion. I loved Lorissa. I loved…God there is so many of them.

BGHF: I know, I know.

Wynorski: There’s so many of them. The one that I’ve stayed with for 24 years is Melissa Brasselle. She’s the one that I’ve been with for 24 yrs, most of the time, and she’s still looking hot.

BGHF: Cool! I really enjoyed Cheerleader Massacre, your Slumber Party Massacre follow-up. She’s in that, correct?

Wynorski: Yeah, she’s in Cheerleader Massacre. I wasn’t following anything up, (laughing) I was just out in the snow the whole time. It was cold and I was having a good time. There are a lot of hot chicks in that show, too.

BGHF: Yeah, Brinke Stevens…

Wynorski: Brinke Stevens and Charity Ramer. Half of these girls I don’t even know where they are right now. But they were fun to make movies with at the time. So, there you go.

BGHF: Well, that’s the most important thing – to have fun.

Wynorski: Yes, it is!

Be sure to share in the fun as Wynorski visits Chicago, this weekend (10/18/2014), for The Massacre. More information is available at https://www.facebook.com/events/683261171729311/.

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