ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!

By Patrick K. Walsh

What's ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY! about?

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.

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ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY! episodes:

03.29.2024
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...
03.08.2024
*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...
02.20.2024
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...
02.05.2024
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...
01.19.2024
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...
01.11.2024
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...
01.10.2024
FLASHBACK to Episode #86: EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982)
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...
12.08.2023
*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...
12.08.2023
Love, Lies and Sacrifice - ATTACHMENT (2022)
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...
12.08.2023
*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...
11.23.2023
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....
11.17.2023
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...
10.27.2023
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...
10.13.2023
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...
09.29.2023
"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...
09.15.2023
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...
06.27.2023
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...
05.27.2023
"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...
05.12.2023
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...
04.23.2023
"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...
04.07.2023
"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. *****...
03.24.2023
"The body is a long insatiable tube..." - CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1964)
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...
03.10.2023
"Enter the Chorus of Furies questing like hounds..." - A WOUNDED FAWN (2022)
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...
02.24.2023
"Her pain will turn to poison in your blood..." - UMMA (2022)
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...
02.15.2023
"It's the humane thing to do..." SISSY: Part 2 - This Time With SPOILERS!
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...
02.10.2023
"I am doing my best. We all are..." - SISSY (2022) - Part 1
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...
01.27.2023
"Once he tastes blood, he'll never let go..." - THE NEW KIDS - (1985)
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...
01.14.2023
The FRIDAY THE 13th Afterparty - 1980
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...
01.13.2023
The FRIDAY THE 13TH Spectacular - 1980
Thirteen years ago, I began the tradition of the FRIDAY THE 13th SPECTACULAR where I set out to discuss the FRIDAY THE 13th series in a way I hadn't heard before. Now, I'm thirteen years older. I'm thirteen years...
01.03.2023
Be a Part of the FRIDAY THE 13th SPECTACULAR!
Leave your stories about FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) on the ScreamQueenz voicemail at ScreamQueenz.com (yellow tab on the right). Email them [email protected] with FRIDAY THE 13TH as subject line. Or send me a link via Dropbox, Drive, etc. Deadline...
12.16.2022
"You're my cookie, and I could gobble you up..." - BLACK XMAS (2006)
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays...unless you live in the house a recently escaped killer used to reside in. Following the tradition of the past few years, I let you, the listeners, decide what holiday horror movie...
12.02.2022
Bonus Episode: "DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS!" - "Pipe Dream"
I've got COVID, so please enjoy this episode of "DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS!" while I recover. Catch the episode we're discussing "Pipe Dream" on YouTube for free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DpmX98KWT4 Ryan's long-absent father (guest star MICHAEL CONSTANTINE from "My Big...
11.17.2022
"I'm not breaking my edge for your European t!tty movie..." -PORNO (2019)
Three young Evangelical movie users find a strange unmarked roll of film in the theater's basement. Thinking it might be porn, they screen the movie and accidentally unleash a bloodthirsty succubus. But in order to survive, they must...
11.04.2022
"Twirl, baby! Twirl!" - I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME AT HOUSE HARKER (2016)
Halloween may be over, but the horrific hijinx continue with the delightful vampire comedy I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME AT HOUSE HARKER (2016). The bumbling descendants of Jonothan and Mina Harker must raise $50,000 to save their ancestral home,...
10.21.2022
IT CAME FROM THE 70's - "The Cat Creature" with Unkle Spooky
All aboard for another flight into made-for-tv terror on Polyester Airlines as we journey back to the night of December 11, 1973 for the world premiere of the latest ABC Movie of the Week, "THE CAT CREATURE" starring MEREDITH BAXTER...
10.07.2022
"This movie is so lonely..." - GRIMM LOVE (2006)
CW: suicide, child abuse, child endangerment, sexual violence, dark psychological themes.Love bites. Love bleeds.Love lives. Love dies.Love begs. Love pleads.Love is Grimm. The final stop on our "Dark Side Of Rainbow" tour leads us into the darkest, most dangerous reaches...
09.24.2022
"Do you believe in ghosts...?" - LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021)
Come along with me on a trippy decade-hopping trip through the magical, dangerous streets of London chasing down The Girl Of Your Dreams in EDGAR WRIGHT's tale of ambition, desire, betrayal, music, madness, murder and mod mini dresses: LAST NIGHT...
08.11.2022
IT CAME FROM THE 70s! - "The Horror at 37,000 Feet" -with Toppie Smellie
This is a Summer Hiatus-Busting Bonus Episode of ScreamQueenz to help tide you over until the new season launches in September. "It Came From The 70s!" is one of the Premium Podcasts available only to our ScreamQueenz Patrons at Patreon....
06.24.2022
"My tuck is everlasting..." - DEATH DROP GORGEOUS (2020)
THE DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW: Part Two - "Queer Prejudices" On the next leg of our journey to the ugly underbelly of LGBT+ life, we're heading to Providence, Rhode Island for the dragtastic, glitter-sprinkled, and gore-streaked queer slasher, DEATH...
06.10.2022
"Heterosexuality is a bourgeois scam..." - POLTERGAY (2006)
THE DARK SIDE OF THE RAINBOW: Part 1 - "Queer Stereotypes" Don't you hate it when your favorite disco is also an ancient Templar shrine and you die in a freak foam party accident and your soul is forced to...
05.20.2022
"It's DELIVERANCE with Demons, but no butt stuff...!" - PUMPKINHEAD (1988)
This episode is dedicated in loving memory to MARCEL FONTAINE. ***********************************************************"Keep away from Pumpkinhead unless you're tired of living.His enemies are mostly dead. He's mean and unforgiving."-from the poem PUMPKINHEAD by ED JUSTIN From the acrid, dust-choked desert comes a...
05.06.2022
"Ratburgers!" - TROLL (1986)
With Friday, May 13th looming on the calendar, it's time for another FRIDAY THE 13th SPECTACULAR episode! This time we're celebrating the work of JOHN CARL BUECHLER ("Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood") and his infamous 1986 cult...
04.23.2022
THE PRICE OF FEAR starring VINCENT PRICE - "The Waxwork"
I'm in desperate need of a break, so while I'm gone I'm leaving you with the best babysitter I could find. Queer horror legend VINCENT PRICE. THE PRICE OF FEAR is a BBC old-time radio show which was first broadcast...
04.08.2022
"There's Something Bad In Me, Daddy..." - PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (1966)
Old Hollywood had a name for movies like PICTURE MOMMY DEAD. Schlock. "A Schlock film is the term given to a film that represents a low-budget horror flick. With overly-sensational plots, lurid special effects, and perhaps a bit of immature, albeit...
03.25.2022
"I'm Not Investing in a Murder House..." - THE SELLING (2011)
Prepare your funny bone for some otherworldly ticklin', because for Episode 332, I unearthed a hidden gem of a haunted house comedy. In THE SELLING, a too-nice-for-his-own-good real estate agent is tricked into buying a house that was once owned...
03.11.2022
"This isn't a fairy tale. This is real." - DOLLS (1987)
Once upon a time...three handsome and available Queenz got together to talk about a movie. Come listen as we put the fairy in fairy tale. I'm joined this episode by TYLER JENSEN and ROMAN CHIMIENTI, the co-directors of SCREAM, QUEEN!...
02.25.2022
"The Night Has Its Price" - NEAR DARK (1987) - Women In Horror Month
Our #WomenInHorrorMonth celebration continues with an in-depth look at the 1987 vampire Western hybrid NEAR DARK directed and co-written by future Oscar-winner KATHERYN BIGELOW (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Point Break, Blue Steel). My very special guests are PAUL...
02.14.2022
"Evil Runs In The Family" - THE MOOSE HEAD OVER THE MANTEL (2017)
Meet the Hoffheinze family. They're respectable...presentable....and dangerous as hell. You are aboiut to watch a century's worth of their family history through the eyes of the one witness who has witnessed their crimes....who knows their secrets....and has never said a...
01.23.2022
Bonus Episode: CBS MYSTERY THEATER - "Sagamore Cottage"
Due to ongoing PC problems, I'm pushing the episode on STUART GORDON's Grimm little bedtime story, the 1987 film DOLLS...until next time. Don't feel bad for my special guests for that episode, TYLER JENSEN & ROMAN CHIMIANTE from "Scream, Queen!:...
01.10.2022
"Perhaps she requires liquid nourishment..." - QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)
Get ready to blast off into a galaxy of gay camp and mortal terror as we go do the depths of space to battle the QUEEN OF BLOOD! A group of astronauts on a rescue mission to Mars suddenly find...

What's ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY! about?

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ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY! episodes:

A Masterclass in Nailbiting Suspense - MUTE WITNESS (1995)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Love, Lies and Sacrifice - ATTACHMENT (2022)

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

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

Ambition, Sacrifice & Immortality: STARRY EYES (2014)

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

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

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

THEY/THEM (2022)

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

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

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

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

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

"The body is a long insatiable tube..." - CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1964)

"Enter the Chorus of Furies questing like hounds..." - A WOUNDED FAWN (2022)

"Her pain will turn to poison in your blood..." - UMMA (2022)

"It's the humane thing to do..." SISSY: Part 2 - This Time With SPOILERS!

"I am doing my best. We all are..." - SISSY (2022) - Part 1

"Once he tastes blood, he'll never let go..." - THE NEW KIDS - (1985)

The FRIDAY THE 13th Afterparty - 1980

The FRIDAY THE 13TH Spectacular - 1980

Be a Part of the FRIDAY THE 13th SPECTACULAR!

"You're my cookie, and I could gobble you up..." - BLACK XMAS (2006)

Bonus Episode: "DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS!" - "Pipe Dream"

"I'm not breaking my edge for your European t!tty movie..." -PORNO (2019)

"Twirl, baby! Twirl!" - I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME AT HOUSE HARKER (2016)

IT CAME FROM THE 70's - "The Cat Creature" with Unkle Spooky

"This movie is so lonely..." - GRIMM LOVE (2006)

"Do you believe in ghosts...?" - LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021)

IT CAME FROM THE 70s! - "The Horror at 37,000 Feet" -with Toppie Smellie

"My tuck is everlasting..." - DEATH DROP GORGEOUS (2020)

"Heterosexuality is a bourgeois scam..." - POLTERGAY (2006)

"It's DELIVERANCE with Demons, but no butt stuff...!" - PUMPKINHEAD (1988)

"Ratburgers!" - TROLL (1986)

THE PRICE OF FEAR starring VINCENT PRICE - "The Waxwork"

"There's Something Bad In Me, Daddy..." - PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (1966)

"I'm Not Investing in a Murder House..." - THE SELLING (2011)

"This isn't a fairy tale. This is real." - DOLLS (1987)

"The Night Has Its Price" - NEAR DARK (1987) - Women In Horror Month

"Evil Runs In The Family" - THE MOOSE HEAD OVER THE MANTEL (2017)

Bonus Episode: CBS MYSTERY THEATER - "Sagamore Cottage"

"Perhaps she requires liquid nourishment..." - QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)

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

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

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