I'm launching my new Patreon "Gay of the Dead" w/FREE PREVIEW for the next week. (Choose "free preview" in the sub options) This is where I'll be rolling out my book GAY OF THE DEAD: CONVERSATIONS WITH LGBTQ FILMMAKERS WORKING IN HORROR.
#gayofthedead
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Every year I buy the
@FANGORIA
Pride shirt. For all yβall going crazy with the βboycott woke Fangoria!β BS, take a look at all those issues from last 2 years. Cuz youβre gonna find almost every issue has an article I wrote abt some weird gay shit. Sincerely, this total queer β¬οΈ
There are people who wonβt understand why this moment-with this cover, actor, & movie all coming together-is important, & thatβs OK. But itβs actually kind of monumental. Please support everyone & everything involved in this, bc there will certainly be people who wonβt.
@FANGORIA
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Hey
@ONeill_Center
, it takes balls to charge playwrights to submit their scripts, then ask for VOLUNTEER readers. I thought that's what our submission fee was paying for?
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I see a lot of knives out for films that donβt measure up these days. The vitriol is thick, as if the filmmakers have committed some crime by not making a perfect film. Disappointment is one thing, but anger? Filmmaking is fucking hard, and there should be room for failures.
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Every July 4th since 2006, with a few notable exceptions, my gay homosexual husband and I host a gigantic BBQ on our apt buildingβs roof in Hollywood. Over 100 people every year. View of fireworks 360. Truly a fantastic time. Here we are as things were just getting started.
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@meganamram
The view outside my apartment window is like THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI except just one billboard and itβs not a billboard itβs a dumpster fire.
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@sullydish
You could also, you know, NOT fan the flames of this stuff so it doesn't become a war. You could accept some liberal policies & not immediately start "he's not really trying to unite" BS. You could be part of the solution. Or, you could be you.
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Netflix dragged Hannah Gadsby into a fight she wasn't part of and didn't want, and then Dave Chappelle dragged her back into a fight she wasn't part of and didn't want. Who loses? Certainly not the gajillion dollar company or the dude who they paid $24 million dollars to.
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Saw Eli Rothβs THANKSGIVING on Thanksgiving! Holy shit, the most fun Iβve had watching a horror movie in ages! So well executed (pun intended!), lotsa laffs, gory, and the best kind of dumb fun. More 80s throwback horror with smarts, please!
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@nesgritton
I could not love the JACKASS movies more if I tried. At the end of the day, theyβre really a big love story between all those goofy dudes.
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It's another unpackaging video, this time a delightful treat from
@FANGORIA
&
@frightrags
that rhymes w/
#Pride
T-shirt! Remember, each year all the proceeds from the Fango/FR Pride merch collab are donated to an LGBTQ charity. Check out for details!
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When I wrote the new novelization of NOTLD, I watched the film probably 100 times. Marilyn Eastmanβs performance always stood out, grounding the filmβs moral center. And her characterβs death was so shocking and sad. RIP to Living Dead royalty.
Weβre sad to hear of the passing of Marilyn Eastman, who not only played Helen Cooper in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD but, as a founding member of Image Ten, helped with prop and makeup duties, and even played one of the filmβs memorable zombies. RIP.
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HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY T-shirt given to me by one of my cinema heroes, William Lustig (MANIAC, MANIAC COP, exploitation sleaze elder statesman) Story too long to relate here, but you can find it on my Instagram or Facebook.
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How about this: if some of you βmen who just happen to love menβ who fade into the background would do some actual work toward progress for LGBTQ folks, people would know that not all gay men are vogue-ing drag queens. Until then, thank the queens for their service and STFU.
i'm a gay man. drag queens, ballroom, and voguing do not represent me.
i am a man who loves other men. that is all.
stop stereotyping gay men with drag queens and ballrooms and voguing.
you wouldn't do that to any other groups.
that's like saying all.... nvm
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It was my pleasure to interview
@RealDonMancini
for this issue of
@FANGORIA
! We talk about the
@ChuckyIsReal
TV show, the franchise in general, and as per usual w/ most of my horror writing these days, we lean into the
#queerhorror
π π» aspect of it all. Super cool gig!
The time has come to share the guts of FANGORIA
#13
! π at our table of contents and see whatβs in store.
#HALLOWEENKILLS
!
#DRAGULA
!
#CHUCKY
!
#LASTNIGHTINSOHO
! And more!
You have ONE WEEK left to subscribe! Use FANGOKILLS to get 25% off a new annual sub!
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In what I hope will be a series of articles for
@FANGORIA
, I talk w/people with standing to defend problematic films.
@bjcolangelo
& I share a past as survivors of sexual violence, and her years-long defense of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE has inspired me. 1/
Gym shirts are regular shirts in Palm Springs. Two gay dudes clocked me in the shirt at the bar, and were excited to find out I write a lot of the queer stuff for
@FANGORIA
and another gay dude told me he remembered the band. Good night for Fango in Gayvilleβ¦
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I know most of the naysayers are either bots or shit-stirring trolls with no real agenda except chaos. But how bummed are the TRUE bigots going to be when they find out
@FANGORIA
was created by Kerry O'Quinn... a gay man. FANGORIA, queer since 1979.
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#Pride2023
Gay beardos getting comics at
@CAKEchicago
. Although technically not a LGBT or Pride event, it was really wonderful to see so many queer people and trans people, and all the flavors of the Pride rainbow just hanging out and talking about comics all day.
#Pride2023
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ABIGAIL is so fun! But WHERE IS THE AUDIENCE?? Donβt tell me the trailer showed the whole movie, because first of all it didnβt. Second of all who cares? If the trailer made it look like it wasnβt fun, then fine. But otherwise β go!
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A secret film directed by David Lynch will premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
The film will star βLaura Dern β either as a cameo or a supporting role β along with some other Lynch regulars.β
(Source: )
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Told today Iβve been βleft on the cutting room floorβ of a certain queer horror doc, a fact Iβve known for literally over a year.
Guess Iβll just have to write/edit a 275k word, 900+ entry book abt it w/some fellow queer horror journos instead.
Queer Horror Film Guide coming soon
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CA is one of those states where the mail is delayed by 5 DAYS so my
@FANGORIA
just arrived! Got a byline for my interview w/
@RealDonMancini
about the
@ChuckyIsReal
TV show and, of course, some
#queerhorror
ππ» talk. Get yer copy at Barnes and Noble or !
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My forever Valentine and I had an early Valentineβs Day date last night; Greek food, and going to the movies. After 20 years together, we can still hate the same movie.β€οΈ
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My gay homosexual husband and I have been lucky enough to keep our jobs during pandemic. So Iβm spending my money on art and books to support artists and writers. Who within the sound of my voice has written a horror/sci-fi/genre movie/TV reference book? Hit me up with a link.
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Iβm obsessed with EMPIRE OF THE ANTS. I have at least one copy of every piece of promo material you can own. But my very specific obsession is collecting as many copies of the paperback as possible. Do you have an EMPIRE OF THE ANTS paperback you want to sell me? DMβs are open!
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Say what you will abt Hannah Gadsbyβs work (people are saying a lot abt it today), in DOUGLAS when she said βBecause I like the way I thinkβ I burst into tears bc it hit me in my β€οΈMasking is exhausting & a constant reminder youβre doing it wrong.
But I like the way I think.
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On my weed delivery rounds.
Young Lady: I love your beard. Where do you live?
Me: Hollywood.
YL: When I order, can I ask for you specifically?
Me: No itβs all random.
YL: Damn. Youβre sexy!
Me: Thank you!
YL: (Yelled at me as I walk away) There goes my husband walking away!
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Having read
@FANGORIA
magazine since issue Number 1 as a preteen, the
@frightrags
#Pride
shirt means a lot to me. And hereβs why.
My gay horror fandom history in the context of the Fangoria/Fright Rags ... via
@YouTube
Nails=ROYGBIV Pride flag (each finger=2 colors) Wanted something that I canβt take off easily, out/proud 24/7 So if the bigots get tired of screaming at clothing & beer cans, they are more than welcome to try that shit w/me. I wonder how it will work outβ¦
#pride2023
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Bolt in East Hollywood - one of my favorite places to write.
(And to be clear, Iβm not crossing the WGA picket line - I have a novel to finish. Iβll be out on the picket lines next week if weβre still needed)
#writerslife
#writingincafes
#wgastrong
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