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[Horror Queers Podcast] Homoeroticism and Homophobia in ‘Blade: Trinity’
The Scream 3 of Blade Movies
Outside of detours to discuss Jawbreaker and last week’s 50th episode on The X Files: I Want To Believe,Trace and I have been on a homoerotic bender of late: a month ago, we tackled the homoerotic subtext of Interview With The Vampire, and the following week we discussed the homoerotic text of Alien: Covenant.
We’re checking into Marvel superhero territory with this week’s episode, which looks at all of the queerbaiting and gay panic that’s cooked into the third and final Blade film. In Trinity, Blade (Wesley Snipes) partners with Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds) and Abigail (Jessica Biel), the illegitimate daughter of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson, who exits verrrrry quickly) to fight Hannibal’s evil ex (Parker Posey) and thwart her plan to use Dracula Drake (Dominic Purcell) to bring about an apocalypse.
It’s all about as ridiculous as you can imagine, despite the cute vampire Pomeranian.
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Episode 51 – Blade: Trinity (2004)
Now that Trace has officially recovered from our 50th episode festivities, it’s time to deal with an escalating vampire threat in David S. Goyer’s Blade: Trinity, the whimpering conclusion of the groundbreaking (original) Marvel superhero trilogy.
On the docket: why is a film filled with comedians so painfully unfunny? We speculate about the origin of the feud between Goyer and star Wesley Snipes (hint: racism), and discuss the badly-aged homophobic dialogue, which is sadly common ground for mid-2000s action films. Plus: Ryan Reynolds and Dominic Purcell’s bodies (obvs), as well as random connections to Scream 3, Charlie’s Angels and The Matrix!
Be sure to stick around to the end of this supersized episode as the boys tackle gayness, body dysmorphia and Hollywood’s obsession with Adonis beefcakes. It all gets a bit confessional, but hopefully, it’s helpful.
Cross out Blade: Trinity!
Coming up on Wednesday: In time for Sophia Takal and April Wolfe’s (re)reimagining, we’re revisiting Glen Morgan’s divisive take on Black Christmas (2006)!
– Joe & Trace
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Shakespearean Education in the Vincent Price-Starring ‘Theater of Blood’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Butch knows best…
After concluding May with discussions of the disaster “slasher” The Poseidon Adventure (listen) and Michael Biehn’s demon twink in the messy-but-watchable The Fan (listen), we’re heading back to the ’70s to discuss our very first Vincent Price film in Douglas Hickox‘s horror comedy Theater of Blood (1973).
In Theater of Blood, Vincent Price stars as Edward Lionheart, a disgraced Shakespearean actor who begins targeting the critics who shamed him. The gimmick? He’s taking inspiration from the death scenes in William Shakespeare’s plays! Aiding him is his daughter Edwina (Diana Rigg), who acts as the honeypot for her father’s macabre scheme.
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Episode 388: Theater of Blood (1973)
Brush up on your Shakespeare and protect those poodles because we’re covering our very first Vincent Price film in Douglas Hickox’s horror comedy Theater of Blood (1973), a personal favorite of both Price and Diana Rigg.
Join us as we go all in on this somewhat episodic (but also educational!) proto-slasher, wondering if we’re supposed to know that’s Diana Rigg in hippie drag, and cackling at some of these murder set pieces.
Plus, “Handsy Dickman,” narcissistic gravestones, antisemitic stage makeup, and the ultimate debate: is it theatER or theatRE?
C/W: Attempted suicide, off-screen dog murder.
Cross out Theater of Blood!
Coming Up Next: We’re celebrating the premiere of AMC’s The Vampire Lestat with a look at the much-maligned 2002 adaptation Queen of the Damned!
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