Call all your gay friends, pour martinis, watch.
Added 8/30/2009
This movie is perfect for a fall afternoon gathering of young queers lookin' to laugh their butts off. If you're reading this and don't know what "camp" is, it's time you found out. Buy this film!
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High Camp and Gore!
Added 12/3/2008
Totally enjoyed this movie. It doesn't pretend to be anything but a low budget, gay themed take off of the 50's horror movies we flocked to the matinees on Saturday afternoons to see. In that it succeeds! A treat.
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High Camp and Lots of Laughs
Added 9/16/2008
"CREATURES FROM THE PINK LAGOON"
High Camp and Lots of Laughs
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
For those of you who thought that "Another Gay Movie" was the funniest movie you have ever seen as well as the most ridiculous, I have news for you. "Creatures from the Pink Lagoon" (Chris Diani, as of yet unreleased but watch for it) is more ridiculous and funnier if that is possible.
The creatures in the title are zombies--but they are man-loving, man eating zombies and they are wild. Phillip, a stereotypical effeminate gay boy is celebrating his birthday with a group of friends at a cottage on the beach. His friends run the gamut of gay men. There is the macho hunk, Stan, the overly impulsive Billy, the nerd--Joseph, Gary, the boy-toy and the bitter acid-tongued queen, Randall. If you sense disaster, you are right on the button. With a group like this, who could expect a peaceful atmosphere? The insults fly, the cruisy looks are exchanged and all hell breaks loose. Billy is after Gary, Phillip and Joseph exchange lustful looks (even though Phillip's heart belongs to his butch boyfriend, Bobby. Stan cares about the cleanliness of his house and not much else and Bobby, who made excuses to not come to the party is cruising the highway rest area.
While the party gets going a group of flesh-eating zombies gather and head for the party. Now surely you want to know where these zombies came from. It seems while having indiscriminant sex at a rest area, they were bitten by toxic mosquitoes thus turning them into monsters. As they head for the party, they devour every man along the way.
This has to be one of the wildest movies ever made and the most fun I have had in a very long time. Here is a mixtures of melodrama and the madness of the old B movies--it is just so unbelievable that it ix hysterical (and historical, I might add). The dialogue is amazingly quotable with quick lines; the characters are a laugh a minute. I see a new cult movie coming our way which holds back on nothing and in which nothing is sacred. It is Ed Wood meets "Tea and Sympathy".
Just the idea that a monster mosquito can turn a man into a zombie or that outdoor rest area cruising will leave you open for the bite are such ridiculous ideas that they are so unbelievable that they become satirical.
So now you want to know what happens. To tell you would be to spoil the fun. But these are the questions you are faced with. Will anyone find love before the zombies eat them? Will the zombies mess up Stan's immaculate house? Has Bobby eluded the zombies or is he one of them?
Will the sexual habits of the arty guests bring about their ends or will they escape the zombie onslaught. Now these are deep questions, I realize but this is what you should keep in mind as you watch the film (and laugh yourself silly).
"Creatures from the Pink Lagoon" has been on the festival circuit and I really want to get it here for Cinema Pride or our film festival. It has been gathering incredible reviews. It is so tongue-in-cheek that it is absolutely wonderful and as campy as it is, it is also very "self-depreciating" (but who needs self anyway?). It is both a parody of really trashy horror flicks and some of the standardized gay-formula movies. I found the youthful enthusiasm of the cast to be contagious and even while it ridicules gay life; it has a lot to say about the way we live. I keep asking myself why I am still typing when I could be laughing myself into oblivion while watching it again so..................................
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Boffo Camp
Added 12/8/2007
OK... how can you NOT give a rave review to something that knows it's not a Fellini production and relishes the fact? An homage to the schlock horror classics of the 50's and 60's,"Creatures" never takes itself seriously and puts the "C" in "camp" (not to mention "amp"ing up the fun).
It's "Night of the Living Dead" meets "Boys in the Band" (note the group kickline), it's sheer madness, it's a crowd pleaser! For a first effort from director Chris Diani, I was pleasantly surprised that this was a full-length feature, with witty dialogue and a bevy of capable actors. The special effects are anything but--but that is obviously intended, as few of the (no doubt low budget) horror films of the time employed believable effects. Anyone remember "Them!" with the giant ants? Perfect example.
The movie had no low moments, and had me laughing out loud throughout! If you love Judy, if you love hunky men (okay, some had rotting flesh), if you love gay camp and "dish dish dish", this movie is for you!
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Leave your "PC" inhibitions at the door ... or the zombies are gonna GET ya! :)
Added 10/23/2007
Did you ever wonder what would happen if the cast of "Boys in the Band" had stuck around to remake "The Night of the Living Dead"? Wonder no more!
The story starts (as did "Boys...") with a birthday celebration attended by a group of gay friends. Everyone gather's at Stan's beach house to honor Phillip (Nick Garrison), while his friends also want to convince him to drop his new boyfriend, who is cheating on him. Randall (Philip Clarke .. channeling Paul Lynde in full bitchy-queen mode) throws constant cutdowns at the others, especially his boyfriend-du-jour, Gary (John Kaufmann), who is instantly smitten by Stan's boyfriend, the hunky Billy (Vincent Kovar). Rounding out the group is Billy's shy gay cousin Joseph, who is attracted to Phillip.
Unfortunately, the chemical plant near the highway rest stop - a favorite cruising area for gay men, including Phillip's slutty boyfriend - has somehow mutated the local mosquitos, so that anyone bitten becomes a raving, undead flesh-eating zombie. But, of course, they are all gay, so they become GAY raving, undead flesh-eating zombies ... with an attitude, a dislike of cheap cologne, and an appreciation for showtunes and Judy Garland. Of course, the zombies come out to feed shortly after the party gets underway, and the partygoers hope for someone to take the lead in protecting them from certain, gory death. Un huh.
"Creatures from the Pink Lagoon" (2006) is a delightfully campy and cheesy send-up of stereotypes, primarily of gay men in the late 1960's (as portrayed in "Boys in the Band") and of a host of low budget "zombie" movies that filled the drive-ins and movie screens of that decade. Shot in black & white, and made on a shoestring budget by a group of Seattle stage performers and directors, using a cast with few if any movie credits. What the simplistic script and cheesy special effects (think turkey with chocolate sauce!) take away from the production is made up by the enthusiasm of the performers, who obviously had a lot of fun making this film, which makes it fun to watch as well. Park your political correctness hangups at the door, and enjoy!
An impressive number of DVD extras include trailers, deleted scenes, a "making of" featurette, a previous short by the director (and one of the stars, in drag) for Seattle's 2004 gay pride, production stills, crew and actor commentary. The film is in Black & White, to capture the mood of the '60's horror films it spoofs. I give it a joyful 5 stars out of 5, and recommend it highly for your Halloween party!
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