This was the official webse for the 2004 horror/ slasher movie, Hellbent directed by Pl Etheredge-Ouzts. Hellbent played the gay and lbian film ftival circu throughout 2004 and 2005 before a limed theatril release September 2005.
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HELLBENT: THE FIRST GAY SLASHER FILM
Horror films haven’t always been kd to gay characters, though LGBTQ viewers mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre. * first gay slasher film *
Julia Duurn's but feature is hypnotic and unfettable, burstg wh female empowerment and a gay character who plays a major role the film. The gay Icelandic horror movie, Rift, generated buzz upon s release for s pictn of an emotnal LGBTQ+ movie the horror genre. It was praised for s gay protagonists, which are not often seen genre films, and how the film centers entirely on the two ex-lovers' relatnship, stead of masked serial killers or terrifyg monsters.
Many scen clu homoerotic subtext, wh a lot of bloodsuckg and vampiric lt. Takg place at the end of the 70s, follows Anne, a gay porn producer, and her tsted sikick, Archibald, as Anne tri to w back her lbian lover by shootg an amb new film.
Hellbent is bt known as the “first gay slasher film, ” and for good reason.
The spookit, and gayt, time of year is here! * first gay slasher film *
The film said "to hell" wh subtext and put the liv (and aths) of gay men at the foreont. It tak place Wt Hollywood where a group of gay iends is celebratg Halloween.
The movie tak every horror stereotype and turns to a gay 80s slasher-spired dreamspe. Wh a killer soundtrack and ndy-lored visuals, the movie mak sure not to clu any of the borg stereotyp that so often plague gay men horror. 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.