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‘THEY/THEM’ FIRST LOOK: BLUMHOE TO DEBUT KEV BAN’S GAY CONVERSN HORROR FILM ON PEACK

Kev Ban and Carrie Prton, stars of the LGBTQ slasher 'They/Them,' open up about their groundbreakg new movie, set at a gay nversn mp. * gay conversion horror movie *

“I’ve loved horror movi as long as I n remember, I thk bee monsters reprent ‘the other’ and as gay kid I felt a powerful sense of kship wh those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidn. Dcribed as an “a queer empowerment story set at a gay nversn mp”, They/Them is a slasher-horror film that will have psychologil elements that viewers will fd unsettlg. At Cte (he/him) plays Toby, a gay mper who negotiated wh his parents for a trip to New York exchange for a week at Whistler Camp.

Cooper Koch (he/him) plays Stu, a jock wh aspiratns of a swim scholarship and jog his father’s aterny – thgs he don’t feel he n achieve if he’s open about beg gay. Darw l Fabro (he/him) plays Gabriel, a sensive gay mper tired of the persistent name-llg and bullyg he’s endured his entire life.

I’ve loved horror movi as long as I n remember, I thk bee monsters reprent ‘the other’ and as gay kid I felt a powerful sense of kship wh those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidn, ” says wrer and director, John Logan. Blumhoe’s new slasher “They/Them” (the slash is pronounced) turns the very real horror of gay nversn therapy to a bloody nightmare. — you're supposed to pronounce the "slash" the tle), Ban and Te Blood alum Carrie Prton play the hband-and-wife operators of a sadistic gay nversn mp.

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He managed to create this story of LGBTQ empowerment a gay nversn mp. KEVIN BACON: John's movie had this great abily to talk about somethg as ser as a gay nversn mp, but packaged this settg of a retro horror movie, which I thk helped make fun and — five the pun — mpy.

When Te Blood premiered 2008, quickly veloped a huge LGBTQ followg and beme known as an allegory for the gay experience — om "g out of the ff, " to the fight for civil rights. Alan Ball created a great seri for general dienc, but was also load wh msagg for mory muni, pecially the gay muny. BACON: You uld make a drama, but a lot of people probably wouldn't want to watch a drama about gay nversn.

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I’ve loved horror movi as long as I n remember, I thk bee monsters reprent ‘the other’ and as a gay kid I felt a powerful sense of kship wh those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidn. Before homosexualy was formally legislated out of existence Hollywood by the Productn Co — monly referred to as the Hays Co, which tablished mandat for “moral standards” motn pictur and banned pictns of “sexual perversy” — the legendary filmmaker Jam Whale was buildg the foundatn for Amerin genre cema wh films like Frankenste, The Old Dark Hoe, and The Invisible Man. Here was Whale, a gay man, buildg horror his own image and havg astoundg box office succs as some groups were lobbyg Hollywood to censor queerns out of existence.

Now we n choose om a lbian domtic drama volvg a baby werewolf Good Manners, a transfemist vampire movie B, or a French slasher set a gay porn muny wh Knife + Heart.

‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY

Synopsis: A gay zombie (Jey Crisfar) manag to be st a horror film.... Synopsis: In the summer of 1979, Paris-based filmmaker Anne is a producer of third-rate gay porn.

Veteran screenwrer John Logan mak his directorial but wh “They/Them, ” a Blumhoe horror movie set a gay nversn mp, and his formidable screenwrg prows is what really sets this picture apart om others the horror genre.

Kev Ban excels here as Owen Whistler, the head of a gay nversn therapy mp that has the words “Rpect, Renew, Rejoice” on the sign above the entrance. “Gay people are A-OK wh me!

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