The gay bed and breakfast of terror
Arty lipstick lesbians, a couple of sweater queens, some coffee-house dykes, a sugar daddy, a queenly diva, Mr. Leather and a fag hag all join their evangelical Republican host, her closeted daughter and a half redneck/half maggot mutant at the Sahara Salvation Resort for Jaymes Thompson’s The Gay Bed & Breakfast of Terror, a campy but legitimately creepy queer horror flick.
Converging at the remote lodge with its gay Southwest homey decor, it doesn’t take long for the visitors to realize the owner, Helen, is a small strange. But they don’t understand about her even stranger mission: to fix her daughter Luella by “curing” a gay human and “offering their blessed union to the Lord.” This turns out to be an understandably messy job, and what follows is a perfect mix of chills and skin, including severed heads, pool-house hookups, blood-filled bathtubs, naked body painting, knife-wielding Republicans and a frightening shrine to neo-conservatives and evangelical pastors.
With nods to Psycho, A Nightmare on Elm Street and countless teen slasher films, The Gay Bed & Breakfast of T After a splatter prologue, this opens with a funny, catchy title song (‘Watch Out for the Straights’) warbled by an in-vision performer in the style of s AIP musicals (or, more precisely, Psycho Beach Party) and then crossbreeds male lover indie relationships soap moviemaking with s-style goremongery. Helen (Mari Marks), proprietress of a supposedly gay-friendly guest house in the middle of nowhere, is actually a murdering Christian conservative intent on luring sinning gays to her place so she can ‘convert’ one of the men into a suitable husband who’ll cure her repressed daughter Luella (Georgia Jean) of liking ‘pretty girls’ and murder everyone else. A clutch of couples show up for a big gay party held nearby – which we never get to view, cutting down on the need for extras, melody clearances and the appreciate – and spend a reel or two squabbling, cheating, being bitchy, taking showers, rolling around naked in edible body decorate, doing schtick about various gay tribal subcultures (‘I’m the reigning Mr Leather, Alex &#; Christ, you think t Off the main road, in the middle of nowhere, lies The Sahara Salvation Inn &#;a small slice of paradise here in the desert&#;. Helen and Luella are just another usual God-fearing mother and daughter who dash this charming, if a bit faded, B&#;B. Or are they? On the eve of the biggest gay party weekend of the year, having not made advance reservations, five couples detect themselves having to get accommodation far from the town. Among them is Dom and Alex, the &#;performers&#; and Deborah and Gabby, the entrepreneurial &#;lipsticks&#;. There&#;s also Mike and Eric, the upscale yuppie influence couple and their annoying fag-hag buddy, Lizette. Gay festivities soon turn to queer nightmare, as the guests review in and gradually come to realise that The Sahara Salvation is not all it appears to be. Director: Jaymes Thompson USA mins Helen and Luella are just another standard God-fearing mother and daughter who happen to bake Mincemeat muffins and jog a charming if not a bit faded Bed and Breakfast Inn. Or are they? On the eve of the biggest gay party weekend of the year, and having not made advance reservations, five 'couples' find themselves having to make accommodations far from the metropolis. There's Dom and Alex, the 'performers' and Deborah and Gabby, the urbane, entrepreneurial 'lipsticks'. There's also Mike and Eric, the upscale 'yuppie' power couple and their annoying 'fag-hag' friend, Lizette. Also checking in are Starr and Brenda, the struggling folk singer and tough-talking tomboy and lastly Rodney and Todd, the sugar daddy and 'personal trainer'. What should have been the biggest gay party weekend of the year adv turns into every lgbtq+ and lesbian's worst nightmare! In the middle of the desert, off the main highway, lies The Sahara Salvation Inn. "A small slice of paradise here in the desert". As the guests inspect in, they slowly approach to realize (and some too
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The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror