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Gayly Dreadful -- Bursting out of your closet with the latest horror reviews
Bursting Out of Your Closet
[Cinepocalypse 2019 World Premiere Review] Deadcon is a YouTuber's Nightmare
Jun 15

Jun 15 [Cinepocalypse 2019 World Premiere Review] Deadcon is a YouTuber's Nightmare

Terry Mesnard
Cinepocalypse 2019, Festival, Movies, dreadful, Review

Deadcon is a ghost story for the YouTube age that wants you to be its friend, forever.

The Perfect Roommate
Jun 15

Jun 15 The Perfect Roommate

David Demchuk
LGBTQ, Pride 2019, dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, feature, Short Story, short fiction

Are you ready for a true queer ghost story? It’s pretty freaky.

[Cinepocalypse 2019 Review] Villains
Jun 14

Jun 14 [Cinepocalypse 2019 Review] Villains

Terry Mesnard
Cinepocalypse 2019, Festival, Movies, dreadful, Review

Villains is a fun and feisty home escape centered around two couples who might be more alike than they realize.

[Cinepocalypse 2019 Review] The Mute
Jun 14

Jun 14 [Cinepocalypse 2019 Review] The Mute

Terry Mesnard
Cinepocalypse 2019, Festival, Movies, dreadful, Review

The Mute is a phantasmagoria of sights and sounds that carry the movie instead of a traditional narrative. For some, this will be their favorite movie of the year.

[Cinepocalypse 2019 Review] Belzebuth
Jun 14

Jun 14 [Cinepocalypse 2019 Review] Belzebuth

Terry Mesnard
Cinepocalypse 2019, Festival, Movies, dreadful, Review

Belzebuth tackles the tired exorcism subgenre with fantastic results.

[Pride 2019] Do You Sleep?
Jun 14

Jun 14 [Pride 2019] Do You Sleep?

Sara Century
Movies, Pride 2019, LGBTQ, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

Sara Century talks about how Hellraiser II crept into her dreams and how horror can be comforting.

[Pride 2019] Embracing My Nature: Hannibal and My Gay Awakening
Jun 13

Jun 13 [Pride 2019] Embracing My Nature: Hannibal and My Gay Awakening

Brandon Stanwyck
LGBTQ, Movies, Pride 2019, TV, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

While he jokes that Hannibal made him gay, Brandon examines his sexuality through the lens of Bryan Fuller’s classic television series.

[Pride 2019] How Sailor Moon Taught Me It's OK to be Queer
Jun 12

Jun 12 [Pride 2019] How Sailor Moon Taught Me It's OK to be Queer

Regi Caldart
LGBTQ, TV, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful

Regi takes us on an important detour to talk about Sailor Moon and its importance in her identity.

[Pride 2019] Don Mancini's Queer Inclusion
Jun 11

Jun 11 [Pride 2019] Don Mancini's Queer Inclusion

Vincent Bec
LGBTQ, Movies, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

Vincent Bec looks at Don Mancini’s queer inclusion in the Child’s Play series, particularly as it relates to the concept of being GenderQueer and non-binary genders.

[Pride 2019] “Where’s the dick in my horror?!”: Thoughts on Queer Spectatorship and Desire in Horror
Jun 10

Jun 10 [Pride 2019] “Where’s the dick in my horror?!”: Thoughts on Queer Spectatorship and Desire in Horror

Joe Lipsett
LGBTQ, Movies, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

Joe Lipsett discusses the complicated nature of nudity in horror films from a queer perspective.

[Pride 2019] Two Angels: The Mutant Body in X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past
Jun 9

Jun 9 [Pride 2019] Two Angels: The Mutant Body in X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past

Murphy Leigh
Movies, LGBTQ, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

Murphy Leigh tackles mutant bodies in the X-Men movies and about the inability for some mutants to pass as humans.

[Review] The Skin of the Teeth
Jun 8

Jun 8 [Review] The Skin of the Teeth

Terry Mesnard
LGBTQ, Movies, dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Review

The Skin of the Teeth is an gay fever dream…but that’s not a good thing in my opinion.

[Pride 2019 Short Story] A Bright and Bloody Becoming
Jun 8

Jun 8 [Pride 2019 Short Story] A Bright and Bloody Becoming

Dylan Pierce
LGBTQ, Pride 2019, Short Story, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

Paulette Pierce has a short story to share with you today. So grab some coffee and huddle up. It’s time to get spooky.

Gunpowder & Sky's Horror Brand Alter is hitting Cinepocalypse!
Jun 7

Jun 7 Gunpowder & Sky's Horror Brand Alter is hitting Cinepocalypse!

Terry Mesnard
Cinepocalypse 2019, Festival, Movies, Off Topic

Gunpowder & Sky announces a partnership between their horror label ALTER and The Music Box Theatre!

[Pride 2019] Fright Night and The Sexual Awakening of a Queer Woman
Jun 7

Jun 7 [Pride 2019] Fright Night and The Sexual Awakening of a Queer Woman

BJ Colangelo
LGBTQ, Movies, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful

BJ Colangelo discusses her attraction to Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night (1985) as a catalyst for understanding her own sexuality.

[Pride 2019] I'm Gay for Horror
Jun 6

Jun 6 [Pride 2019] I'm Gay for Horror

Señor Scary
LGBTQ, Pride 2019, Movies, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful

Señor Scary (aka Jerry Robredo) gets personal as he discusses what horror meant to him growing up and how he found his voice through horror.

[Pride 2019] Double Lives: Coded Queerness in The Twilight Zone
Jun 5

Jun 5 [Pride 2019] Double Lives: Coded Queerness in The Twilight Zone

Elizabeth Erwin
LGBTQ, Movies, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, Gayly Helpful

Elizabeth Erwin examines the queer-coding in The Twilight Zone’s episode “In His Image.”

[Pride 2019] In the Closet with Laura Palmer
Jun 4

Jun 4 [Pride 2019] In the Closet with Laura Palmer

Alexander O'Connor
LGBTQ, Movies, Pride 2019, dreadful, feature, Gayly, Gayly dreadful

Alexander O’Connor discusses how Twin Peaks’ Laura Palmer helped him understand himself.

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