Dave DeCoteauScraping the barrel, too: Eight gay celluloid disasters
From Hustler White Will Truman to the newly out-of-the-closet Barry: ""Let me tell you a little secret that we try to keep within the community: Gay movies suck. But until the laws change, we're still obligated to go see 'em." That quote speaks volumes about the attitude many people have (and yes, I'm aware of the irony of a character from Will & Grace talking about gay entertainment that sucks), but maybe we should cut gay filmmakers some slack. It must be difficult coming up with the just the right balance of nuanced performances, storyline originality, and soft core porn. Of course, I exaggerate — there are plenty of gay movies that have managed to overcome the burden of being a "gay film" (and please head on over to the AfterElton.com Greatest Gay Movies Poll to cast your vote for your favorites). But this post is about those movies that didn't succeed. Whether through bad acting, poor production values, lousy scripting, or general ineptitude, these gay filmmakers weren't able to translate their visions successfully to the screen. Like the last Scraping The Barrel post, these selections are mine, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of anyone else at AfterElton.com. So feel free to tell me I'm nuts (I'm looking at you, Copycat fans), and please leave your own selections for the worst of the worst. Here are eight, in no particular order — and for this list, we'll be using the Anita Bryant scale (with five Anitas being the worst).
Hustler White There are some bright spots to this tale of a male prostitute (namely Tony Ward and his ... talent), but I'll never forgive Mr. La Bruce for permanently searing that image of the Stump Guy in my mind (trust me, you don't want to know). Rating:
Lie Down with Dogs
"Lie Down With Dogs is a flea-bitten mongrel, and it should be neutered before it reproduces." "Watching it, I felt like it had slowly lifted its leg on my brain." "There were more laughs in Cujo, and more sex appeal in Devil Dog: Hound From Hell."
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See more gay debacles after the break. Submitted by on Fri, 2008-08-15 11:53. AfterElton Briefs: Lance may "Dance", Harvey Milk Day moves forward, and more!
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Horror hotties in Dave DeCoteau's The Raven
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And today's Briefs are brought to you by... Submitted by on Wed, 2008-08-06 15:33. Stark Raven mad?
We just got news that the here! gay television network has wrapped production on an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, directed by half-naked-boys-in-peril auteur Dave DeCoteau. You might be familiar with DeCoteau's particular brand of tidy-whitey horror from such movies as The Brotherhood, Leeches, and Voodoo Academy, which lined up scores of Abercrombie-ready fellas and placed them in perilous -- and oftentimes hilariously homoerotic -- situations. Now that DeCoteau is directing for here!, let's hope that the loaded glances and clothing-optional satanic rituals that fill his films graduate to something a little more concrete. Here's a note from the press release about the film:
I've been a fan of DeCoteau since he made the cult classic Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama back in the 80's, and he's an absolute doll besides -- to learn more about this homo horror legend, read our interview with him from last Halloween. The above pic, by the way, is of Dave directing two young bucks on the set of his film Beastly Boyz. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. Submitted by on Wed, 2007-03-21 15:34. |
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