ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!

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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,

Happy Halloween, my Beautiful Screamerz!

To celebrate our favorite holiday, I'm tackling one of the most polarizing, controversial and underestimated films of the year: the Canadian experimental slasher film IN A VIOLENT NATURE. [Currently Streaming on Shudder]

Did you love it? Or did you hate it?

What happens when you strip a horror movie of all humanity?

Is it a fascinating examination of human psychology, horror voyeurism and audience ethics?

Or is it a boring slog with a few good kills and a whole lot of walking?

Joining me for this episode are my co-hosts from "Damn You Uncle Lewis", Trae Dean and Maya Murphy.

We'll explore how director Chris Nash toyed with the basic rules of filmmaking to craft a film designed deliberately to make viewers feel mentally detached and emotionally.

More importantly, we'll make you understand why he made the movie this way.

Whether you loved IN A VIOLENT NATURE or hated it, you'll see it in a brand new light after this episode of ScreamQueenz!

Excerpts of MICHAEL CAINE are from Michael Caine: On Acting In Film (1987) Directed by DAVID G. CROFT.

IN A VIOLENT NATURE was written and directed by CHRIS NASH and stars RY BARRETT, ANDREA PAVALOVIC, CAMERON LOVE, REESE PRESLEY, LIAM LEONE, CHARLOTTE CREAGHAN, LEA ROSE SEBASTIANIS, SAM ROULSTON, ALEXANDER OLIVER, TIMOTHY PAUL MCCARTHY, JT JACOBS and LAUREN MARIE TAYLOR

Find out more about TEETH : THE MUSICAL at TeethTheMusical.com

Check out the Original Cast Recording on Spotify

It's the Halloween season, and I'm feeling generous, so please enjoy this episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s, one of Patreon Exclusive podcasts.

Become a Patron at patreon.com/screamqueenz.

Come take a trip back in time on Polyester Airlines to October 31, 1978, when CBS premiered a "Halloween Howler" otherwise known as DEVIL DOG: HOUND OF HELL.

The Barry family is in for a world of trouble when their new puppy, Lucky, is actually a soul-sucking Barghest demon out to possess them all.

Your co-pilot on this flight into canine kookiness is that outta sight fella from the HOT DATE PODCAST, the foxy Mister DAN DOMINGUES.

Play along at home and watch DEVIL DOG here on YouTube!

DEVIL DOG was directed by CURTIS HARRINGTON and stars RICHARD CRENNA, YVETTE MIMIEUX, KIM RICHARDS, IKE EISENMANN, MARTINE BESWICK and RG ARMSTRONG.

This episode of ScreamQueenz was originally published on June 20, 2024 on Patreon as an episode of "It Came From the '70s!". For more Patreon-exclusive episodes of "It Came From the '70s' and "Damn You, Uncle Lewis: The Friday the 13th: The Series Retrospective", become a Patron at patreon.com/screamqueenz.

Climb aboard Polyester Airlines for a trip full of telephonic terror as we travel back in time to February 5, 1972: the night WHEN MICHAEL CALLS starring ELIZABETH ASHLEY, BEN GAZARRA and MICHAEL DOUGLAS premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week.

Elizabeth Ashley starts receiving vaguely threatening phone calls from her long-dead nephew. Naturally, she dismisses it as a prank until it becomes clear that when Michael calls...people die.

My copilot for this dangerous voyage is New York City's favorite undead horror host: the fabulous UNKLE SPOOKY.

Play along at home and watch WHEN MICHAEL CALLS for free on YOUTUBE.

Be sure tp check out Beverly Bremers and her poorly timed pop single "When Michael Calls' at https://youtu.be/mME_O1SiaCY?si=D9rd_XmuuzuHZyTe

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.

Check out Patrick Rea's other films NAILBITER,

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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