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ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!

Patrick K. Walshwww.screamqueenz.com
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. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

Episodes

"Blessed be the sinners..." - NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (1988)

It's campy. It's raunchy. It's gory. It's the beloved 1988 cult classic crowd pleaser, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS! In fact, I love this movie so much, I'm throwing a two-part SPECTACULAHHHR. Ten rambunctious teens throw a Halloween party in a spooky abandoned funeral parlor and end up raising hell.` In part of the SPECTACULAHHHR, I'm joined by everyone's favorite heterosexual podfaders and Night of the Demons virgins, ALLISON NOWACKI and BRYAN J. POLK. NIGHT OF THE DEMONS is available on SHUDDER, TUBI,...

May 16, 20252 hr 33 minSeason 15Ep. 9

"There are other kinds of justice in this world...." - DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981)

This bonus episode of ScreamQueenz contains a newly public episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s! originally broadcast on November 3, 2023. Climb aboard Polyester Airlines for a charter flight back in time to the year 1981 to discuss the truly chilling tale of supernatural retribution, DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW . In the quiet town of Bogan, four vigilantes hunt down and execute a local mentally-challenged man for a crime he did not commit. But just when they think they've gotten away with it, the w...

Apr 21, 20251 hr 44 minSeason 15Ep. 8

"Vestal Virgins, Soul-Sucking Shapeshifters & a Clowder of Cats!" - STEPHEN KING'S SLEEPWALKERS (1992)

"Outrageous!"-"Ridiculous!"-"Offensive!"- " Fabulous! " Well, enough about me. Let's talk about SLEEPWALKERS! Join me, Patrick Walsh, and my guest, everyone's favorite New York City-based undead horror host Unkle Spooky on a deranged deep dive into the delicious chaos that is STEPHEN KING'S SLEEPWALKERS , a film as taboo and flawed as it is wildly entertaining. Tanya and Charles are the perfect All-American high school couple about to go on their first date. Unfortunately for Tanya, Charles and ...

Mar 21, 20251 hr 47 minSeason 15Ep. 7

Val Lewton's Queer-Coded Film Noir Masterpiece - CAT PEOPLE (1942)

"You can fool everybody, but landy deary me, you can't fool a cat!" Irena, a lonely young Serbian immigrant, believes she is descended from a tribe of shape-shifting witches and fears that any physical intimacy will change her into a killer jungle cat. Irena can run. Irena can hide. But she cannot deny the Beast Inside. CAT PEOPLE somehow managed to tell a clearly queer-coded tale of forbidden desires and unspeakable passions at the height of Hayes Code Production censorship, and we are thrilled...

Feb 27, 20251 hr 40 minSeason 15Ep. 6

MARGAUX (2020) - "J!zz House: The House That J!zzed"

Please excuse these crappy AI show notes. They're just placeholders until the real ones are finished later today. Prepare yourself for a wild ride through the Canadian horror weirdness when host Patrick Walsh is joined by the fabulous Creepy Kitsch girls, Cindy and Stacy to discuss MARGAUX: the killer smart house movie ` for a lively discussion that ranges from the film's plot to its outrageous moments and everything in between. Right from the get-go, Patrick's infectious energy sets the tone, h...

Jan 31, 20251 hr 13 minSeason 15Ep. 5

*REPOST- Editing Errors Fixed* - UNCLE PECKERHEAD (2020)

***This episode of ScreamQueenz was first released on 11/29/2024 with an excessive amount of editing errors making the show unlistenable. The errors have been fixed. My apologies for the sloppiness.*** Punk rock will never die! But punk rockers sure do. Plus they are delicious . In UNCLE PECKERHEAD (currently streaming on Prime, Hulu, Sling TV and The Roku Channel), a fledging punk band starting out on their first tour discovers their new hot Southern daddy roadie is also a man-eating... thing ....

Nov 29, 20242 hrSeason 15Ep. 4

"Never Come Between a Boy and His Jewelry..." - IN A VIOLENT NATURE (2024)

Happy Halloween, my Beautiful Screamerz! To celebrate our favorite holiday, I'm tackling one of the most polarizing, controversial and underestimated films of the year: the Canadian experimental slasher film IN A VIOLENT NATURE . [Currently Streaming on Shudder ] Did you love it? Or did you hate it? What happens when you strip a horror movie of all humanity? Is it a fascinating examination of human psychology, horror voyeurism and audience ethics? Or is it a boring slog with a few good kills and...

Oct 28, 20241 hr 56 minSeason 15Ep. 3

DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL (1978) - "It's a Halloween Howler!"

It's the Halloween season, and I'm feeling generous, so please enjoy this episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s, one of Patreon Exclusive podcasts. Become a Patron at patreon.com/screamqueenz . Come take a trip back in time on Polyester Airlines to October 31, 1978, when CBS premiered a "Halloween Howler" otherwise known as DEVIL DOG: HOUND OF HELL . The Barry family is in for a world of trouble when their new puppy, Lucky, is actually a soul-sucking Barghest demon out to possess them all. Your co-pi...

Oct 18, 20241 hr 41 minSeason 2Ep. 15

"Telephonic Terror from Times Gone By!" - WHEN MICHAEL CALLS (1972)

This episode of ScreamQueenz was originally published on June 20, 2024 on Patreon as an episode of "It Came From the '70s!". For more Patreon-exclusive episodes of "It Came From the '70s' and "Damn You, Uncle Lewis: The Friday the 13th: The Series Retrospective", become a Patron at patreon.com/screamqueenz. Climb aboard Polyester Airlines for a trip full of telephonic terror as we travel back in time to February 5, 1972: the night WHEN MICHAEL CALLS starring ELIZABETH ASHLEY, BEN GAZARRA and MIC...

Sep 18, 20241 hr 46 minSeason 1Ep. 15

"Bad Wigs and Chimney Monsters!" - DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973)

For this ScreamQueenz Summer Bonus Episode, this Patreon-exclusive episode of IT CAME FROM THE 70's has been made public for your enjoyment. Welcome aboard Polyester Time Traveling Airlines non-stop flight to October 10, 1973; the night DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week. This is one of the Big Ones! A Classic! If people remember ONE 1970's made-for-tv horror movie, it's usually this one! An entire generation of TV-watching children was scarred for LIFE by this ch...

Jul 05, 20241 hr 34 minSeason 14Ep. 18

"Welcome to the House of VERY Dangerous Women" - THEY WAIT IN THE DARK (2023)

If you enjoyed this episode, say THANK YOU and SUPPORT THE SHOW with a one-time donation at bit.ly/sqthankyou . ***** In THEY WAIT IN THE DARK , Amy and her son Adrian seek refuge in an old abandoned farmhouse to escape her dangerous ex-partner, but instead awaken a supernatural force determined to take the boy away from her forever. I am delighted to have special guests AGNI HOGABOOM ( Beauty, The Beast and the B's ) and Notorious Canadian TARA GARNER join me to help unlock all the secrets of t...

May 17, 20241 hr 44 minSeason 14Ep. 17

Bonus: FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES - "Master of Disguise"

ScreamQueenz is still on hiatus for health reasons, so enjoy this peek behind the Patreon paywall at an episode of DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS: The FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES Retrospective Podcast. In this episode, we're discussing "Master of Disguise" from Season Two in which a cursed makeup kit wreaks deadly havoc on a movie set. Here's why this episode ROCKS: It's directed by Tom McLoughlin ( Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives , One Dark Night ) It has the ONLY gay character in the entire franchis...

Apr 26, 20241 hr 42 minSeason 13Ep. 16

A Masterclass in Nailbiting Suspense - MUTE WITNESS (1995)

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 artist gets locked inside the dilapidated movie studio after hours. While trapped inside she stumbles acr...

Mar 29, 20241 hr 27 minSeason 14Ep. 15

*Repost* - We Always Hurt the Ones We Love - WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE (2018)

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 me sort through the twisted web of deceit and violence are my two very special guests: fashion design...

Mar 08, 20241 hr 48 minSeason 14Ep. 14

It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature... LAMB aka Dýrið (2021)

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! But who...or what...is Ada? Friend or fiend? Angel or demon? Miracle or monster? The movie LAMB is...

Feb 20, 20241 hr 28 minSeason 14Ep. 13

Sex, Death and Speedos: Welcome to THE ESTATE (2020)

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 his IRL partner, director JAMES KAPNER . It's the story of rich spoiled egotistical George and his r...

Feb 05, 20241 hr 44 minSeason 14Ep. 12

MEET THE FILMMAKERS: A Conversation with Christopher Wesley Moore ("Children of Sin")

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... he's all yours... Come spend 30 minutes inside the fabulously twisted mind of CHRISTOPHER WESLEY MO...

Jan 19, 202444 minSeason 14Ep. 11

FLASHBACK to Episode #86: EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982) -repost

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 recorded 13 years ago. I was a lot coarser and less sensitive than I am now. I apologize for my offen...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 37 minSeason 14Ep. 10

*repost* Love, Lies and Sacrifice - ATTACHMENT (2022) *repost*

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, They Will Outlive Us All ) and CHRYSTEN PEDDIE ( Killing Your Darlings ). ATTACHMENT is currently s...

Dec 08, 20232 hr 3 minSeason 14Ep. 8

IT CAME FROM THE 70's - "Home for the Holidays" (1972)

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 thunderclaps. -Pitchfork murders -Worst. Christmas. EVER ! Your copilot on this very wet journey into Christmas...

Nov 23, 20231 hr 23 minSeason 14Ep. 6

Ambition, Sacrifice & Immortality: STARRY EYES (2014)

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 the darkest regions of human nature and asks the question: How much would you give up to get everyt...

Nov 17, 20232 hr 19 minSeason 14Ep. 5

Zombies, T!tties and Chaos: YUMMY (2019)

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 it turns out her surgeon's experimental surgery techniques have deadly side effects. Can anyone survi...

Oct 27, 20231 hr 41 minSeason 14Ep. 4

Sororities, Secrets & Telekinesis: The Deadly Sisterhood of THE INITIATION OF SARAH (1978)

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 Get Revenge" trope. By all rights, it should have been forgotten a long time ago. But it wasn't. And i...

Oct 13, 20232 hr 15 minSeason 14Ep. 3

"Boys like that...God don't love 'em" - CHILDREN OF SIN (2022)

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...

Sep 29, 20232 hrSeason 14Ep. 2

THEY/THEM (2022)

"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 audience, undeniable talent, and seemingly the best intentions, THEY/THEM seem poised to take Queer ...

Sep 15, 20231 hr 43 minSeason 14Ep. 1

The Horrific Beauty of Nicholas Verso's BOYS IN THE TREES (2016)

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'...

Jun 27, 20232 hr 10 minSeason 13Ep. 19

"Atta boy, Luther!!!" - THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966)

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 brilliance of this movie and its enduring legacy. We'll dive into the wacky world of Don Knotts' comedy,...

May 27, 20232 hr 2 minSeason 13Ep. 18

Vintage Replay - END OF THE LINE (2008) with FRIGAY THE 13TH

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 Mentioned in this episode: Bliss Book Pick up the gnarl...

May 12, 20231 hr 24 minSeason 13Ep. 17

"I love your tongue..." - ZOMBIE STRIPPERS (2008)

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. Tonight, They Rise! But first, They dance. ALL HAIL THE ZOMBIE STRIPPERS! ZOMBIE STRIPPERS (2008) is n...

Apr 23, 20231 hr 37 minSeason 13Ep. 16

"It Came From the 70's" - THE MONSTER OF WALNUT GROVE (1976)

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" . While playing a Halloween prank, Laura thinks she sees Mr. Oleson decapitate his wife with a sword, ...

Apr 07, 20231 hr 28 minSeason 13Ep. 15
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