ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!

Before you do anything else, please take 30 seconds to sign the ACLU's petition to STOP THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL & SEXUAL ABUSE OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN OUR CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ************************************************************************** In UNDOCUMENTED, a film crew accompanying a group of Mexican immigrants' illegal crossing over the United States border are captured by a violently patriotic band of mercenaries who are more than happy to give them lberty... and give them death. When I first saw the movie in 2011, it was the first I'd heard of the brutal and heartless acts of violence thate were rapidly spread throughout Arizona. I was horrified, but I figured since it was so extreme, their own fervor would wear out these New Patriots before too long. Flash forward nine or so years, and mindless xenophobic zealotry isn't just bigger and biglier than ever...It's our official National Policy now! U.S.A! U.S.A! Fortunately, I am joined this time around by two gentleman who stand up bravely every single week to look both MOVIE-HORRORS and REAL-LIFE HORROR right in their protruding pus-dripping eyes and say "Shashay, you stay!" to one...and have an intelligent, respectful and well-thought out conversation about how to handle the other. MATTY ZARADICH and ANDREW HUFF from FRIGAY THE 13th are in my studio, which means my audience is about to #GetSlayed. .

Easter may be over, but its not too late to ruin your holiday warm fuzzies with the grindhouse style slasher sleaze of CHAD FERRIN's EASTER BUNNY KILL KILL on the suggestion of our beloved Patron JELLIBELLIKELLI. When his mother's scuzzy new boyfriend invites a host of undesirable characters over for a most inappropriate holiday party, young Nicholas finds himself in incredible danger. Fortunately, Nicholas has a guardian angel of sorts...a guardian angel with a flare for power tools I'm joined by returning guest JOE BORRELLI from CREATURE CAST and game designer JORDAN MCLAUGHLIN, creator of DON'T GET STABBED. All hail! All hail! A new ScreamQueen of the Week has been crowned! Congratulations to NICHOLAS HUNT for standing up against racism with dignity and composure. You are an example to us all. Please show your support for our new reigning monarch with a donation to the charity of his selection: The JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION who helps survivors of sexual and domestic abuse. Be sure to pick up DON'T GET STABBED at www.DontGetStabbed.com

Many setbacks this week left things a little wonko at SQHQ, so enjoy this trip back in time with the Canadian horror radio show NIGHTFALL about the most terrifying thing of all: Doing Laundry. My apologies to the FRiGAY the 13TH crew. The UNDOCUMENTED episode will be available within the next few weeks.

IRISH HORROR MONTH comes to a grand conclusion with a look at the brilliant sci fi horror comedy GRABBERS from 2012, directed by JON WRIGHT starring RICHARD COYLE, RUTH BRADLEY and RUSSELL TOVEY When a tiny Irish island is overrun with bloodsucking tentacle mosters from outer space, the resisents realize that their only chance of survival is to stay as drunk as humanly possible. Big laughs, horrific deaths and great craic ensue. MICHAEL HOWIE(Shitting Dog Not Included) I'm joined by returning guest MICHAEL HOWIE from DEFENDER RADIO, who would like to reassure everyone that, while terrifying in its own way, his beard is not a Grabber. Also: -SMOOCHIE WATCH -A mini-review of Broadway's THE FERRYMAN starring cinema scream queens EMILY BERGL ("The Rage: Carrie 2") and FIONNULA FLANIGAN ("The Others, Waking Ned Devine"). -A quick chat with playwright/director SEAN POLLOCK about his upcoming production THE WEIRD and the need for more QUEER HORROR THEATER. - A plea from PHLEGM THE GARGOYLE to support the frighteningly fun new card game DON'T GET STABBED in its KICKSTARTER campaign. -Planning for COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN POD-A-THON 2019 fundraiser for NEW ALTERNATIVES to fight homelessness among LGBT teenagers is about to begin.

There's an extra Friday in March this year, so you're getting a bonus episode. And since March is IRISH HORROR MONTH, it's all about the BANSHEE! Also, Smoochie's in the hospital, Daddy is a wreck. Keep us both in your thoughts.

IRISH HORROR MONTH arrives like a bag of marbles dropped onto the stage at a RIVERDANCE performance with the unfathomably awful RAWHEAD REX. Even CLIVE BARKER is mortified about this stinker about an immortal bloodthirsty demon god who is resurrected to raise hell in a tiny Irish town much to the chagrin of DAVID DUKES who picked the wrong day for a countryside vacation. Also, I get to relive my high school days and ask GEORGEANN STRAKOSCH to THE PROM a third time...only this time it's a Broadway musical! When two girls in love innocently kissed on TV during THE PROM's Thanksgiving Day Parade performance, the backlash was instanteous and vile. But it does show the power of a simple message told with joy, courage and love love LOVE! Yass! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDZDLJjzJBI If you insist on watching RAWHEAD REX, then do playing Karly's Drinking Game and renting it through the ScreamQueenz iTunes Affiliate Link!

FORGET ME NOT (2009) and ANGUISH (1987)

To round out #WomenInHorrorMonth, we are talking about a little film from Poland called THE LURE ("Córki dancingu") the debut directial feat from Agnieszka Smoczynska. Join me on a trip to Warsaw in the 1980's where two sisters (Marta Mazurek & Michalina Olszanskaare) about to make a splash on the Polish musical scene by becoming an overnight nightclub singing sensation. Oh, did I mention those sisters are mermaids? No, not the cutesy kind of mermaids. The RIP OUT YOUR THROAT AND EAT YOUR HEART kind of mermaids! And it's also a full-blown musical. THE LURE actively defies being pinned down into any one genre, and director Agnieszka Smoczynska and songwriters Zuzanna & Barbara Wronska have created a pitch black/blood red fantasy world unlike anything you've ever seen before. Joining me on this bizarre yet fabulous journey is MAYA MURPHY from the NIGHTWING ESCALATION web series. MAYA MURPHY Rent or buy your copy of THE LURE through this official ScreamQueenz Itunes Affliate Link! ************************************** This episode is dedicated in loving memory to DICK MILLER and WILLIAM ESPER. ************************************** Music from THE LURE: Words and Music: Ballady I Romanse Words:Zuzanna Wro?ska Music: Barbara Wro?ska "Colors" arranged and performed by The Abstinents Additional music by Barbara Wo?ska and Marcin Macuk Sound Design: Marcin Lenarczyk

Kick off with the film chosen by the ScreamQueenz audience, AMERICAN MARY (2012), written directed & produced by JEN & SYLVIA SOSKA aka THE TWISTED TWINS. Jen & Sylvia Soska Featuring a tour-de-force performance by KATHARINE ISABELLE ("Ginger Snaps", "Freddy vs Jason"), MARY is the story of a promising young medical student who instead finds herself on a meteoric rise to fame when she turns her talents to the underground world of body modification. But will her rise to glory also lead to her ultimate destruction?

Main Segment Begins at 9:00 Jaywalking is always tacky. Even After The Apocalypse... The voting results for the Holiday Horror movie choice were unanimous, so Santa's bringing you all a small army of Teenage Comet Zombies! We're covering the happiest end-of-the-world movie you're ever likely to see, NIGHT OF THE COMET starring CATHERINE MARY STEWART, KELLI MARONEY and MARY WORONOV. I'm joined by world famous actress ALENA ACKER and host of the NOT ABOUT LUMBERJACKS podcast, CHRISTOPHER GRONLUND. *********************************** Give back this holiday season by purchasing something off the BACKPACKS FOR THE STREET Amazon list.  The items you buy will fill up the backpacks Jeff and Jayson distribute to NYC's homeless population.          https://backpacksforthestreet.org/amazon/   *********************************** The ScreamQueenz Drive-In is open all weekend long with 3 screenings of TALES OF POE Friday, December 14th 9pm EST Saturday, December 15th 3pm EST Sunday, December 15th 3pm EST Join us at bit.ly/sqdrivein ************************************ MY DAD WROTE A PORNO FANS: Don't miss the MDWAP Listening/Cocktail Party Monday, December 17th at 8:30 EST on Zoom.  Email me at Crew@ScreamQueenz.com for the Zoom Room Number. And don't forget your Pomegranite (Va)Gin Fizz!     ***************************** Excerpts used from "Whttps://www.discogs.com/Various-Night-Of-The-Comet-Original-Soundtrack/master/541249hole World is Celebrating"  by Chris Farren and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" covered by Tami Holbrook are from the NIGHT OF THE COMET soundtrack from Marcola Record Co. available at  www.discogs.com

For this year's HIGHLY APPROPRIATE HOLIDAY SPECIAL, I've once again chosen a topic that proved so complex to edit, getting the show out almost killed me.  But at long last, here's a look at the most entertaining animated feature no one ever saw, TWICE UPON A TIME. In this delightful animated feature produced by GEORGE LUCAS, an unlikely band of otherworldly heroes must band together to stop the evil Synonymous Botch from turning the world into nonstop nightmare party. To help me through this deliciously bonkers plot and the equally confusing legal mess that has kept this film hidden for over 30 years, I'm joined by everyone's favorite fraidycat DOUG SHAPIRO and brand new guest STEPHEN WANGNER.  TWICE UPON A TIME is now available on DVD fully restored in both its PG and PG-13 forms on Amazon.   The movie will also be screened online weekend of January 26th at the SCREAMQUEENZ DRIVE-IN.  Keep an eye on the Facebook and Twitter feeds for showtimes. ************************ This episode is dedicated to the memory of CAROL CHANNING.

Get ready for another journey back in time to the GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO with a wintery-themed episode of LIGHTS OUT guaranteed to chill you more than any Artic Vortex ever will! In "Poltergeist", three young women on vacation in the country take a shortcut through an abandonded, snow-covered cemetery that turns out to be their first and last mistake. Please try to make a donation to one of the charities mentioned by our new SCREAMQUEEN OF THE WEEK, the woofalicious Mr. SHAWN EWERT. SCREAMQUEEN OF THE WEEK:   https://www.thetrevorproject.org  https://secure.aspca.org http://www.soulsharbordallas.org  https://mdhadallas.org https://ntfb.org      http://helpfw.org https://www.aidshealth.org

And Now For Something Completely Different... Please enjoy this casual conversation I had with out gay horror filmmaker BART MASTRONARDI recorded just before Halloween. This is the first in a series of interviews I'll be doing with the people behind some of the movies featured in during this year's COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN POD-A-THON. During our insightful chat, we discuss some of the behind-the-scenes stories of the making of TALES OF POE, featured in  Episode 227, how he managed to wrangle all of those fantastic 80's horror legends into doing it, his encounter with CLIVE BARKER over Bart's film VINDICATION, his on-going friendship with his Queen, ADRIENNE KING and much, much more. Be sure to stay tuned after the episode for a big and CURIOUSLY GOOD announcement about an upcoming ScreamQueenz spinoff podcast! Check out Bart's fabulous photography (and his sizzlin' hot models!) at BART MASTRONARDI PHOTOGRAPHY. "Sunday" by Bart Mastronardi                   Featuring Adrienne King, Bart Mastronardi, Beth Wernick and                                                      Paul F. Antonelli Thank you to everyone who donated for helping the LGBT homeless teens of New York City and making this very special episode accessible to all. This episode was originally intended to be available only to those who donated to the Pod-A-Thon. As a reward for reaching our goal of $2,500 raised for NEW ALTERNATIVES NYC, this show is now available for free for everyone.    

As I am still recovering from doing the Pod-a-Thon, I'm turning the reigns of the show over to you this episode.   IN OTHER WORDS:   Since I essentially slept through Halloween again this year, I'm relying on my listeners to call or write in the exciting things they did for the Horror Fan's Night of Night:  It may be a haunted house attraction they visited, or a cool party, or a scary prank they played on someone or just some really weird trick or treater that freaked them out. I have no idea what's coming this episode. I don't know who called. I don't know if anyone called. It's completely out of my hands. Welcome to Bedlam!

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