A twice-monthly look at the weird and wonderful world of horror movies as seen through the host's very gay eyes. Killer reviews, off-beat comedy and unforgettable guests. In 2016, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY chose as one of the Top 9 LGBT Podcasts while RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE put the show on their Top 25 Horror Podcasts list.
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 is microbudget.
CHILDREN OF SIN is 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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SPEAK OUT AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY
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"Conversion therapy – sometimes called reparative therapy – is the discredited and harmful practice of attempting to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This philosophy is based on wildly outdated notions and bigotry. It is currently legal to promote and engage in this dangerous technique. Youth often have no choice when this treatment is sought out by their parent or guardian, yet this practice can have detrimental impacts for years and decades to come.
Since 1975 – 44 years – the American Psychological Association has stated that homosexuality is not a mental illness, yet throughout our state organizations and individuals continue to masquerade “conversion therapy” as a legitimate and psychologically backed option for LGBTQ youth – to “cure” them of being who they are. In fact, all major mental health organizations have deemed conversion therapy as unethical, ineffective and dangerous to the well-being of clients.
This is an affront to thriving adult members of the LGBTQ+ community, and most importantly it is an attack on the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth. Fostering an environment in which LGBTQ+ youth are told they can be “cured,” or even suggesting that they need to be cured of something that is a natural part of who they are is the true psychological harm.
We believe that therapy shouldn’t become deadly; according to a 2019 article by USA Today, “Suicide attempts nearly tripled for LGBT young people who reported both home-based efforts to change their sexual orientation by parents and formal intervention efforts by external parties, such as therapists and religious leaders…” And data from the Pew Research Center notes that LGB youth are five times more likely to have attempted suicide than their heterosexual peers, and that 40% of transgender adults have attempted suicide (92% of those before the age of 25). Societal “norms” and pressures have an immense impact on our youth. It is the responsibility of our leaders to fight against adversity, protect our citizens, and create a brighter future for our children. We must do everything in our power to ensure those pressures don’t include state sanctioned emotional and mental abuse, such as conversion therapy
LGBTQ youth deserve to grow up in a world and have an environment in which they are encouraged to thrive, free from the constraints of a misinformed pseudo-medical community promising a chance to “cure” something that is not wrong with them.
National and international professional boards in the medical and psychological community agree; Conversion therapy has been condemned by The American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Counseling Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychoanalytic Association, Australian Psychological Society, British Psychological Association, Endocrine Society, National Association of Social Workers, Psychological Society of Ireland, Psychological Society of South Africa, and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
Twenty states and DC have already banned this harmful practice. I call on ours to join them in protecting our youth."
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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:
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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For my birthday this year, I'm giving you the gift of DON KNOTTS in the charming 1966 haunted house comedy, THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN.
My special guests are TRAE DEAN and STEPHEN WANGNER
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
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
This PATREON TAKEOVER Episode was made possible by the Sheer Fabulousness of SuperScreamer SuperStarz:
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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The previously announced episode on ZOMBIE STRIPPERS (2008) has been moved back until Friday, April 21. The following is an episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s that first aired exclusively on Patreon on October 14, 2022.
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Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines direct flight to November 1, 1976: the night NBC aired the Halloween episode of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, "The Monster of Walnut Grove".
While playing a Halloween prank, Laura thinks she sees Mr. Oleson decapitate his wife with a sword, but no one will believe her! Will she be able to convince anyone to help her stop this reign of terror before the Monster of Walnut Grove strikes again?
You can expect:
My copilot on this journey in wholesome family childhood-scarring entertainment is my longtime friend and fellow community theater survivor, MARTIN MCKEON.
"The Monster of Walnut Grove" stars MICHAEL LANDON, KAREN GRASSLE, MELISSA GILBERT, MELISSA SUE ANDERSON, RICHARD BULL, KATHERINE MACGREGOR, ALISON ARNGRIM and MILTON PARSONS.
You can watch "The Monster of Walnut Grove" at archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/the-monster-of-walnut-grove
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Travel back in time with me to 1892 to discuss DEL TENNEY's fiendishly catty proto-slasher CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE.
Following the death of their abusive sadistic father, a gaggle of his horrid offspring descend upon the creepy old family mansion to collect their inheritance only to be murdered one by one in the most deliciously gruesome ways.
Clearly, they never learned ScreamQueenz Rule #513:
"When you bury an evil tyrant, MAKE SURE HE'S REALLY DEAD!"
In order to plunge the depths of CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE. I'm joined by everybody's favorite dead dude: New York City horror host UNKLE SPOOKY.
CURSE OF LIVING CORPSE is currently available for free on YouTube and Tubi.
Directed by DEL TENNEY ("Horror of Party Beach", "I Eat Your Skin"). Written by DEL TENNEY and MARGOT HARTMAN. Starring ROY SCHEIDER ("Jaws", "All That Jazz"), CANDACE HILLIGOSS ("Carnival of Souls") and ROBERT MILLI ("All My Children", "Guiding Light").
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A WOUNDED FAWN is a surrealistic descent into madness in which a serial killer (JOSH RUBEN) lures his intended next victim (SARAH LIND) to a secluded cabin, but instead incurs the wrath of The Furies, goddesses of vengeance from ancient Greece.
My very special guest for this episode is a burlesque performer, an artist, a purveyor of fabulous soaps, and an expert on Greek mythology, MATT KNIFE.
A WOUNDED FAWN is currently available on SHUDDER.
Directed by TRAVIS STEVENS. Screenplay by NATHAN FAUDREE & TRAVIS STEVENS. Starring JOSH RUBEN, SARAH LIND, MALIN BARR and KATIE KUANG.
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Our WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH Celebration continues with a look at IRIS K. SHIM's film UMMA.
In UMMA, a Korean-American woman living on an isolated farm with her teenage daughter has her world turned upside down when the ashes of her abusive mother are delivered for her to bury. The longer she resists giving her Umma her final respects, the angrier Umma's spirit becomes.
At first glance, UMMA is a straightforward ghost/possession story that plays with the universal fear of becoming one's parents.
But lurking underneath is a complex spiderweb of generational trauma, the cycle of abuse and the uniquely Korean cultural syndrome known as Hwa-Byung.
To help me navigate these dark and dangerous waters, I am delighted to have two very special guests: author and actor RORY KELSCH ("I Am Strength: Tales of Everyday Superwomen") and actor, singer and activist ERIN QUILL ("Avenue Q", "The Mikado Project).
UMMA is currently available on Netflix.
UMMA was written & directed by IRIS K. SHIM and stars SANDRA OH, FIVEL STEWART, DERMOT MULRONEY, MEE WAA ALANA LEE, ODEYA RUSH and TOM YI.
For more information about Hwa-Byung Syndrome, check out this article from Exploring Your Mind.
To learn more about Korean Comfort Women, this article from The New Yorker is a great place to start.
Watch Dr. Steven Schlozman's TEDTalk on "What Horror Movies Teach Us About Ourselves and Being Human."
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.