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If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou 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 artis...

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou 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 m...

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou ***** 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...

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou ***** You know how I love a movie full of rich obnoxious jerks who are all secretly trying to murder each other so they can inherit a mountain of money? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES! Except it's also SUPER GAY ! THE ESTATE is the wickedly hilarious brainchild of writer/star CHRIS BAKER and...

Please enjoy the first of my MEET THE FILMMAKERS series where I have one-on-one chats with the people who made the movies we've been talking about this season. But who's our first victim? You've heard him on Homos on Haunted Hill . We discussed his conversion camp slasher film Children of Sin on Episode 1402 . My SuperScreamerz have been hogging him all to themselves all week. But now...at last......

As proof that ScreamQueenz has not podfaded, please accept the Flashback to one of the most popular and beloved of our classic episodes: that time TRAE DEAN and DOUG SHAPIRO dropped by to discuss the gayest Agatha Christie murder mystery of all, EVIL UNDER THE SUN. EVIL UNDER THE SUN is currently available for streaming on BRITBOX and for rental from all the usual sources. Note: This episode was r...

ATTACHMENT is an extraordinary film in which clashing Danish, British and Jewish Haredi cultures combine to tell a love story most queer: A story of Mothers and Daughters, of Daughters and Lovers, and of the Ancient Evil that wants to consume them all. To discuss this most unusual film I needed the most fabulous of guests, so I am delighted to be joined by ALYSSA SIMON ( Moosehead Over the Mantel,...

Think spending the holidays with your family is stressful? Meet the Morgan family. Their family get-togethers are killer. All aboard Polyester Airlines flight to the night of November 27, 1972: the night the Christmas proto-slasher HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS premiered on ABC. You can expect: -A truly knockout cast of heavy-hitting women. -Pulpy dialogue. -Fraught melodrama. -Perfectly timed thunderclap...

BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Save 20% off your entire order of fabulous cold process soaps handmade by Matt Knife when you use Promo Code: STARRY at bit.ly/baronvonsoap ***** 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...

Happy Halloween, my Beautiful Screamerz! To celebrate, we're taking a break from psychological analysis and sociological impacts to get absolutely bonkers with the outrageous zombie comedy out of Belgium called YUMMY (currently streaming on SHUDDER and AMC+). A young woman travels to a shady Eastern European hospital for a discount breast reduction and instead must survive a zombie uprising when i...

Get ready for a far-out flight to the grooviest decade ever when IT CAME FROM THE 70's takes over ScreamQueenz Studios to talk about everyone's favorite shameless CARRIE ripoff: the 1978 made-for-tv exercise in coded lesbianism and petty revenge known as THE INITIATION OF SARAH . There's something about this movie. It's a not-particularly scary carbon copy of the "Awkard Girl With Secret Powers Ge...

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...

"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: A slasher film with a novel queer conversion camp setting. Three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan at the helm. Kevin Bacon's return to his horror roots. Queer characters actually played by queer actors. With a built-in...

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 wit...

What happens when you combine the comedic genius of Don Knotts, a haunted house, and a cast of hilarious character actors? You get the 1966 comedy classic, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken! For this special birthday episode of ScreamQueenz, we're joined by the fabulous TRAE DEAN from " DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS !" and STEPHEN WANGNER, founder of the Don Knotts Appreciation Society , to discuss the sheer bril...

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...

This PATREON TAKEOVER Episode was made possible by the Sheer Fabulousness of SuperScreamer SuperStarz: THOMAS HARRIS 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. To...

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. ***** 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" ....

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...

Enter code BRUCE at checkout to SAVE 20% OFF YOUR ORDER of $20 or more at BARON VON SOAP . Offer valid thru March 31, 2023. ***** 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 gues...

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 s...

Last episode, we took you to the brink of utter insanity with our discussion of SISSY . But now we're back. We're gonna finish what we started. With SPOILERS this time! My extra special guests for the #WomenInHorrorMonth selection are NICOLE DAVIS ( Movie-Go-Round ) and MAYA MURPHY ( Rosewater , "Damn You, Uncle Lewis!" ). SISSY is currently available on Shudder or wherever you rent movies. SISSY...

On the surface, SISSY is your standard bully/revenge slasher. Underneath, there's soooo much more. In fact, there's so much I have to split this episode on it into two parts! My extra special guests for the #WomenInHorrorMonth selection are NICOLE DAVIS ( Movie-Go-Round ) and MAYA MURPHY ( Rosewater , "Damn You, Uncle Lewis!" ). SISSY is currently available on Shudder or wherever you rent movies....

The movie discussed in this episode contains scenes of threats & acts of sexual violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call the NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSULT HOTLINE at 1-800-656-HOPE(4673) or visit RAINN.org . Our month-long focus on SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM concludes with a look at his 1985 teen action thriller THE NEW KIDS (aka STRIKING BACK) . After being orphaned, Loren & Abby mus...

In the FRIDAY THE 13TH Spectacular episode, my guests and I told our Friday the 13th stories. At the FRIDAY THE 13TH Afterparty, you get to tell yours! Get ready for an hour of Camp Crystal Lake tales told by fellow Screamerz: tales that are touching, funny, embarrassing and might just bring a tear to your eye. For more information about the FRIDAY THE 13TH Film Location Tours, visit www. CrystalL...