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GAY OF THE DEAD 5: Jason Paul Collum, Part One.

GAY OF THE DEADI first became aware of out/gay filmmaker Jason Paul Collum when I was surfing around the internet in 2007, right as SOCKET was starting to make the festival rounds. I hadn’t heard of his gay horror film, OCTOBER MOON, until I found his website. I emailed him, and we struck up a correspondence that continues to this day. We’ve actually met in person once, in Chicago, for a nice cup of coffee and chit-chat about indie filmmaking.
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GAY OF THE DEAD 4: What I did on my summer vacation, or... why I love FRIDAY THE 13TH

Several years ago I wrote a piece on the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise for the gay newsmagazine THE ADVOCATE (more accurately, for http://www.advocate.com). Quite honestly, I just wanted the free copy of the F13 DVD boxed set that had just been released at the time. (Until a new and improved boxed set comes out!) So I wracked my brain and figured out a way that F13 could maybe, possibly be considered a “gay” franchise. (Yes, it’s a stretch, but I really wanted that boxed set!)
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GAY OF THE DEAD #3: Todd Farmer’s ass, Fred Olen Ray, Dylan Vox & THE LAIR

As a sidebar before we jump into today’s topic, I want to keep my promise that this blog won’t just be about politics, or even gay horror. Sometimes it will just be about hot guys. Case in point: Todd Farmer, screenwriter of JASON X (with my favorite in the series after the original) and MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D (with Zane Smith), which I saw on opening weekend and absolutely loved.
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GAY OF THE DEAD Blog 2: 4E FOR ME

When Tony asked me to write this blog, I immediately sent out an email to all my GLBT horror fan friends asking them to point me in the right direction of stuff they thought would be cool to cover. Imagine my surprise when my friend Andy Mangels, queer genre author and DVD documentarian (among other things. Check out his website for his very extensive credits - www.AndyMangels.com), sent me this tidbit about Forrest J Ackerman, the late editor of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND:
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GAY OF THE DEAD: Blog 1

I’ve been a FANGORIA reader ever since the first issue found its way to the local newsstand in Helena, Montana, and a FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND reader for years before that. Back then horror flicks seemed so…straight, I couldn’t imagine other gays like myself being genre fans. I was the only gay in the village (of the damned). Or so I thought.
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About Sean Abley:

Sean AbleySean Abley spent the better part of the ’90s in Chicago writing, directing and producing theater for his company, The Factory Theater. Some of his long-running productions included BITCHES, SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS: THE MUSICAL, REEFER MADNESS, ATTACK OF THE KILLER B’S, CORPSE GRINDERS (adapted from the Ted V. Mikels film) and NUCLEAR FAMILY. He also wrote for the cult hit YOU DON’T KNOW JACK CD-rom game series. Abley then moved to LA where he spent time creating more reality TV than he’d care to admit.

Thankfully, children’s television rescued Abley with writing gigs on SO WEIRD (Disney Channel), SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES (ABC), MEGA BABIES and DIGIMON (Fox Family). He also penned a bunch of pilots for Klasky-Csupo, including the animated BENCH PRESSLY: THE WORLD'S STRONGEST PRIVATE DICK (hosted by Ahmet Zappa and starring Bruce Campbell and Tim Curry). He moved into film with ROPE BURN, which he wrote for Moving in Pictures. His latest feature, SOCKET, is out on DVD from TLA Releasing.

In addition, Abley produced GAY BED AND BREAKFAST OF TERROR and PORNOGRAPHY: A THRILLER. His next feature will be WILDCAT ROAD, which he has written and will direct for Velvet Candy Entertainment and Dark Blue Films. Principal photography begins in March, 2009.


Find out more about Sean Abley and his projects here: http://www.darkbluefilms.com/

and here: http://velvetcandyentertainment.blogspot.com/.

 


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