In this episode, Jon Larkin is joined by fellow queer horror fanatic soap writer Steve Hughes! The man responsible for bringing Silas the serial killer to UK soap Hollyoaks talks influences from 70s TV thrillers to Joan Collins, before helping write a love letter to an under-rated camp classic.
The Fan (1981) starred Lauren Bacall as an ageing actress being stalked by a psychotic admirer, but it took flak from all sides. LGBTQ audiences didn’t like how gays were portrayed, Bacall fans didn’t take kindly to their icon being embroiled in a slasher movie, and NOBODY liked how it was released so soon after John Lennon was murdered by his own crazed stalker.
So does The Fan deserve to be re-appraised? It’s got showtunes by Tim Rice, a cute male psycho and more fawning Broadway gays than Marie’s Crisis on Tony night. But is it any good?
Listen and find out!
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Screaming Queenz Ep 43 - Mummy Dearest
Screaming Queenz Ep 42 - Babashook!
Screaming Queenz Ep 41 - Stage Fright (2014)
Screaming Queenz Ep 40 - Video Nasties - The Cannibal Man
Screaming Queenz Ep 39 - Alien Covenant Review
Screaming Queenz Ep 38 - Little Barbershop of Horrors - Musicals Pt 1
Screaming Queenz Ep 37 - The Lost Boys
Screaming Queenz Ep 36 - PSYCHO
Screaming Queenz Ep 35 - Video Nasty Double Bill!
Screaming Queenz Ep 34 - The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
Screaming Queenz Ep 33 - GET OUT!
Screaming Queenz Ep 32 - Video Nasties: Possession
Screaming Queenz Ep 31 - The Killer Reserved Nine Eyeballs!
Screaming Queenz Ep 30 - Feud! Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Screaming Queenz Ep 29 - Neon Demon
Screaming Queenz Ep 28 - Giallo A Venezia!
Screaming Queenz Ep 27 - Silent Night, Krampus Night!
Screaming Queenz Ep 26 - Black Christmas!
Screaming Queenz Ep 25 - Daughters of Darkness
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