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Gayly Dreadful -- Bursting out of your closet with the latest horror reviews
Bursting Out of Your Closet
Queer Mutants Deserve Better
May 13

May 13 Queer Mutants Deserve Better

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, Movies, Off Topic, feature
[News] Chattanooga Film Festival is Going Virtual with a Fantastic Lineup!
May 13

May 13 [News] Chattanooga Film Festival is Going Virtual with a Fantastic Lineup!

Terry Mesnard
Chattanooga Film Festival, dreadful, Movies, Off Topic, TV

The Chattanooga Film Festival is going Virtual for 2020! Check out some of the amazing movies and world premieres hitting your screen!

[News] Shudder Set to Deliver the Gleefully Hilarious Horror Comedy Anthology Scare Package!
May 13

May 13 [News] Shudder Set to Deliver the Gleefully Hilarious Horror Comedy Anthology Scare Package!

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Movies, Off Topic

Shudder announces the release date of the fantastic horror comedy anthology Scare Package!

[Review] Monstrum Takes Korean History and Mashes It Into an Entertaining Monster Movie
May 11

May 11 [Review] Monstrum Takes Korean History and Mashes It Into an Entertaining Monster Movie

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Movies, Review

A new Korean Horror movie has hit Shudder! Monstrum is about a kingdom embroiled in political turmoil, a mysterious plague and a marauding monster. See what we thought about it…

[Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Recap with Joe Lipsett] 1.03 "Wicked Old World" Thrills with Fantastic Characters and Deep Stakes
May 10

May 10 [Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Recap with Joe Lipsett] 1.03 "Wicked Old World" Thrills with Fantastic Characters and Deep Stakes

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, recap, Review, TV

Terry and Joe recap Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Season 1 Episode 3 “Wicked Old World” and fell in love with the slow-building character drama and bursts of camp. Also, are we heading into some queer territory?

[AYAOTD? Recap with Erin Callahan] Episode 3.09 "The Tale of the Curious Camera"
May 8

May 8 [AYAOTD? Recap with Erin Callahan] Episode 3.09 "The Tale of the Curious Camera"

Troy Gardner
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, recap, Review, TV, Afraid Dark

Troy and Erin are back to discover “The Tale of the Curious Camera” in this week’s recap of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 3 Episode 9.

[Motherland: Fort Salem Recap with Joe Lipsett] 1.08 "CityDrop" Brought Excitement While Continuing Some Cliched Plotting
May 7

May 7 [Motherland: Fort Salem Recap with Joe Lipsett] 1.08 "CityDrop" Brought Excitement While Continuing Some Cliched Plotting

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, recap, Review, TV

Terry and Joe are back on their Motherland: Fort Salem beat and have contrasting feelings about the climactic (or anti-climactic) Season 1 Episode 8 “CityDrop.”

[Review] Z is at Its Best When It Focuses on the Terrifying Scares
May 7

May 7 [Review] Z is at Its Best When It Focuses on the Terrifying Scares

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Movies, Review

Brandon Christensen’s Z presents a terrifying vision of an imaginary friend.

Thirsty Enough to Drink Crystal Lake: The Hunks of Friday the 13th
May 6

May 6 Thirsty Enough to Drink Crystal Lake: The Hunks of Friday the 13th

Justin Lockwood
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, Movies, lists, feature

Justin Lockwood is back and thirstier than ever. Here are the hunkiest dudes of the Friday the 13th franchise.

[News] From The Depths Teaser! LGBT Shark Thriller? Count Me In!
May 1

May 1 [News] From The Depths Teaser! LGBT Shark Thriller? Count Me In!

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, Movies, Off Topic
[News] Lovecraft Country Debuts this August on HBO (Plus a teaser!)
May 1

May 1 [News] Lovecraft Country Debuts this August on HBO (Plus a teaser!)

Terry Mesnard
Books, dreadful, Off Topic, TV

HBO announces the release date of Lovecraft Country and presents its first teaser and image.

[AYAOTD Recap with Erin Callahan] 3.8 "The Tale of the Guardian's Curse"
May 1

May 1 [AYAOTD Recap with Erin Callahan] 3.8 "The Tale of the Guardian's Curse"

Terry Mesnard
Afraid Dark, dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, recap, Review, TV

Troy and Erin obsess over “The Tale of the Guardian’s Curse”

[Column] Introducing My Queer Education: A Study of Camp, Horror and Queerness
Apr 29

Apr 29 [Column] Introducing My Queer Education: A Study of Camp, Horror and Queerness

Vincent Bec
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, Movies, Columns

Vincent Bec introduces their new column at Gayly Dreadful that digs into queer horror. Each month, they’ll report back on a filmmaker’s contributions and explore how they used camp, horror and queer themes in their work.

[Review] Helter Skelter is the Femme Mayhem We've Needed
Apr 29

Apr 29 [Review] Helter Skelter is the Femme Mayhem We've Needed

Josephine Maria
dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, Movies, Review

The masterfully crafted sensory overload that is Helter Skelter (Herutâ sukerutâ) is one of the best horror movies about fame and stardom in the last 10 years.

[Feature] Three Bong Joon-ho Films Currently Streaming that You Shouldn't Miss
Apr 28

Apr 28 [Feature] Three Bong Joon-ho Films Currently Streaming that You Shouldn't Miss

Josephine Maria
dreadful, Movies, feature

Now that you’ve seen Parasite, here are three other Bong Joon-ho films currently streaming on Hulu.

[Review] Long Lost is All About the Awkward Atmosphere
Apr 28

Apr 28 [Review] Long Lost is All About the Awkward Atmosphere

Troy Gardner
dreadful, Movies, Review

Long Lost might not completely work as an erotic psycho-sexual thriller, but Troy says it kept him guessing and invested!

[News] IFC Midnight Sets Release Date for Critically Acclaimed Relic!
Apr 27

Apr 27 [News] IFC Midnight Sets Release Date for Critically Acclaimed Relic!

Terry Mesnard
dreadful, Movies, Off Topic

IFC Midnight sets July 10th, 2020 as the theatrical and VOD release of Relic!

[Feature] Queer and Afraid: The Future Landscape of Queer Horror
Apr 27

Apr 27 [Feature] Queer and Afraid: The Future Landscape of Queer Horror

Chad Collins
feature, dreadful, Gayly, Gayly dreadful, LGBTQ, Movies

Chad Collins wonders where our Get Out or Us is. When queer horror hits the mainstream, he wonders what it’ll look like.

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[Silo Review w/ Joe Lipsett] "The Safeguard" is the Best Episode in the Back Half
Terry Mesnard
Jan 10, 2025
[Silo Review w/ Joe Lipsett] "The Safeguard" is the Best Episode in the Back Half
Terry Mesnard
Jan 10, 2025
Terry Mesnard
Jan 10, 2025
[Silo Review w/ Joe Lipsett] "The Dive" Destroys Tension With Its Constant Cutting Between Silos
Terry Mesnard
Dec 27, 2024
[Silo Review w/ Joe Lipsett] "The Dive" Destroys Tension With Its Constant Cutting Between Silos
Terry Mesnard
Dec 27, 2024
Terry Mesnard
Dec 27, 2024
[Silo Review w/ Joe Lipsett] "Descent" Continues Pushing Action Over Compelling Naratives
Terry Mesnard
Dec 13, 2024
[Silo Review w/ Joe Lipsett] "Descent" Continues Pushing Action Over Compelling Naratives
Terry Mesnard
Dec 13, 2024
Terry Mesnard
Dec 13, 2024
[Silo Recap w/ Joe Lipsett] "Solo" Brings Us Back to Jules and the Enigmatic Titular Character
Terry Mesnard
Nov 28, 2024
[Silo Recap w/ Joe Lipsett] "Solo" Brings Us Back to Jules and the Enigmatic Titular Character
Terry Mesnard
Nov 28, 2024
Terry Mesnard
Nov 28, 2024
 
 
 
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