Rise of the Gay Cinephiles

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, to kick off this 15 episode season, we're discussing Joe D'Amato's gloriously camp and trashy duo of gorefests, Anthropophagous and Absurd, the ambitious and surprisingly great Axe by Frederick R. Friedel, and A Bay of Blood, a highly influential cross between slasher and gial...

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Lucio Fulci's Ænigma; David Lynch's Mulholland Drive; Gints Zilbalodis' Flow; and Alonso Ruizpalacios' La Cocina for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on The White Lotus, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sex & the City, Goldeneye, our favourite musicals, the Cruel Intentions musical, and lots more.  You can find us on Instagram an...

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Ken Russell's Gothic; Irvin Kershner's Eyes of Laura Mars; Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17; and Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on Sex & the City, The White Lotus, The Traitors, Kenneth Anger, Charlie's Angels, Barb Wire, and lots more.  You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @ga...

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, it's our Academy Awards 2025 special and we're discussing Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked. You can expect discussions on what won, what we think should've won and films that we think should have been nominated as well as bits of general gossip about the ce...

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Bette Gordon's Variety; Akira Kurosawa's Dreams; Josh Ruben's Heart Eyes; and Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, RuPaul's Drag Race, Bridget Jones, Kamikaze Hearts, and Big Boys Season 3.  You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephil...

This week on the first episode of Rise of the Gay Cinephiles (formerly Horror. Cult. Trash. Other.), we're discussing Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's His Motorbike, Her Island; Yoshifumi Kondô's Whisper of the Heart; Halina Reijn's Babygirl; and Mike Leigh's Hard Truths for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and Beverly Hills, RuPaul's Drag Race, David Ly...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast for the final time! This is our end of year episode where we talk about our favourite horror movies of 2024 as well as our honourable mentions across all other genres. This is also our final episode with the HCTO name before we change things up with a new name, new format and new direction in 2025! During this episode we discuss the likes of...

Merry Christmas and welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! Today we're bringing you the final of this year’s Christmas episodes, and we’re discussing the bizarre piece of British TV history that is Cilla Black's Christmas Eve, a wild and extremely camp TV special that features Cilla singing in questionable accents, The Bee Gees and their kids and wives being held captive in a roo...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the next of this year’s Christmas episodes and we’re discussing the cult classic that is Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, a camp trashterpiece that features a bizarre plot that involves kidnapping Santa and two kids, an angry guy with a moustache who repeatedly tries murdering people, and a catchy banger of a theme song!  Alongside...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the final of our Friday the 13th franchise bonus episodes (until they eventually make a new one) which we have been releasing every time there’s a Friday the 13th. During this episode we discuss all things Friday the 13th, the 2009 remake that features a fantastic opening sequence, many great nods to previous films in the franchise a...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the latest of our Friday the 13th franchise bonus episodes which we have been releasing every time there’s a Friday the 13th. During this episode we discuss all things Jason X including the fact that it looks like a made for TV film despite having an $11 million budget in the year 2000, the hit or miss meta humour and the cunty KM-14...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the first of this year’s Christmas episodes and we’re discussing the absolute disaster that is Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike, an abysmal video game adaptation that features an awful script, terrible animation and some jarring racism thrown in too. Alongside our main film discussion, we also discuss what we've...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This week, we're concluding Naughty November with a discussion about the neo noir masterpiece that is Body Heat, which features a fantastic soundtrack, clever writing with great twists and turns, and a scene stealing performance by queen Kathleen Turner. Alongside our main film discussion, we also discuss what we've been watching recently in...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This week, we're continuing Naughty November as well as celebrating our 350th episode with a discussion about the iconic, nostalgia filled cult film, Cruel Intentions which features a phenomenal soundtrack, a sharp script and one of the greatest casts of all time which features one of the biggest slays in history from Sarah Michelle Gellar....

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This week, we're starting off Naughty November, a month dedicated entirely to erotic thrillers, with a discussion about the camp trashterpiece that is Body of Evidence, which features a lifeless performance from queen Madonna, a laughably bad script and a bizarre scene involving candle wax and champagne. Alongside our main film discussion, w...

Happy Halloween and welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast for a bonus episode! For this Halloween special episode, we discuss all things Freddy vs. Jason including the Samurai style action horror scenes, the odd acting and dialogue choices, and THAT monologue from Kelly Rowland. Head back to episodes 24, 266, 286, 287, 289, 290 and 292 to listen to us discussing the rest of the A...

Welcome back to Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the latest of our Original vs. Remake episodes and, for a Halloween Classics special, we're discussing and comparing the Universal Monsters masterpiece, The Wolf Man, with its bland 2010 period drama remake. Alongside our main film discussion, we also discuss what we've been watching recently including Halloweentown and Lake Mungo. Email...

Welcome back to Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the fourth episode of this year’s Halloween Classics episodes that we are releasing throughout October. Next up, we have Val Lewton's creepy classic, The Seventh Victim, a fantastic blend of film-noir and horror that features phenomenal cinematography, queer undertones and Kim Hunter serving so many looks within just 71 minutes. Alongsid...

Welcome back to Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the third episode of this year’s Halloween Classics episodes that we are releasing throughout October. Next up, we have the nightmare inducing cult classic, Phantasm, a very original horror film that features so much unique creepy imagery, a phenomenal score and an iconic performance from Angus Scrimm as The Tall Man. Alongside our main...

Welcome back to Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the second episode of this year’s Halloween Classics episodes that we are releasing throughout October. Next up, we have Dario Argento's camp horror masterpiece, Phenomena, the supernatural cross between giallo and slasher that features expertly placed heavy metal needle drops, Jennifer Connelly communicating with insects, and Donald Ple...

Welcome back to Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This week is the first episode of this year’s Halloween Classics episodes that we will be releasing throughout October. First up, we have the nostalgia filled gateway horror film, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, the 90s cult classic that features Daphne at her most c*nty, some genuinely creepy scenes of horror with phenomenal animation, and three p...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the latest of our Friday the 13th franchise bonus episodes which we have been releasing every time there’s a Friday the 13th. During this episode we discuss all the things Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday including the revelation that Jason is a Deadite, some genuinely fantastic practical effects, and a severe lack of Jason. To h...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This is the latest of our Friday the 13th franchise bonus episodes which we have been releasing every time there’s a Friday the 13th. During this episode we discuss all the things Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan including the fact that over an hour of the film takes place on a boat, the fact that the bitchy character, Tamara...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This week we’re bringing Summer Screams month to an end by discussing Herschell Gordon Lewis' redneck slasher, Two Thousand Maniacs! and its surprisingly great remake, 2001 Maniacs, for our latest Original vs. Remake episode! Alongside our main film discussion, we also discuss what we've been watching recently including Blink Twice and Cucko...

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! This week we’re continuing our Summer Screams month theme by discussing all things Creature from the Black Lagoon, the high camp 3D Universal Monsters movie that features beautiful underwater cinematography, Julie Adams constantly SLAYING and plenty of homoeroticism/queer undertones. Alongside our main film discussion, we also discuss what w...