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Rise of the Gay Cinephiles

Gary Cruise & Chris Barker

Formerly known as Horror. Cult. Trash. Other., Rise of the Gay Cinephiles is a queer film, TV & pop culture podcast that covers everything from what’s happening in Real Housewives to what’s newly released in cinemas. Every two weeks, you can expect hosts Chris and Gary to talk about their four favourite films they’ve been watching, two older films and two new releases, as well as talking about everything else they’ve been watching on TV and on the big screen alongside any other random things that

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The A-Z of the Video Nasties DPP List #13 - From...

Rise of the Gay Cinephiles ·

2025/11/11

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing one of the greatest films ever made, Andrzej Zulawski's Possession; Sergio Martino's camp Italian cannibal adventure film, Slave of the Cannibal God; J.S. Cardone's inventive slasher film, The Slasher; Michael Findlay's controversial yet boring Snuff; and what is thankfully the final Nazisploitation film that we'll be discussing, Sergio Garrone's SS Experiment

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90:27

The A-Z of the Video Nasties DPP List #12 - N is for...

Rise of the Gay Cinephiles ·

2025/10/28

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week is a "night" special episode and we're discussing René Cardona's hilarious trashterpiece, Night of the Bloody Apes; James C. Wasson's Bigfoot slasher film, Night of the Demon; Miguel Iglesias Bonns' Daninsky werewolf sequel, Night of the Howling Beast; Bruno Mattei's Dawn of the Dead rip-off, Night of the Zombies; and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang director, Ken Hughes' genuinely great

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55:55

The A-Z of the Video Nasties DPP List #11 - From...

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2025/10/13

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing Ovidio G. Assonitis' birthday based slasher, Madhouse; Umberto Lenzi's ridiculously boring, Man from Deep River; Jack Weis' camp Blood Feast rip-off, Mardi Gras Massacre; and Romano Scavolini's gritty, sleazy and creepy slasher film, Nightmares in a Damaged Brain. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at

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74:10

The A-Z of the Video Nasties DPP List #10 - From...

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2025/10/06

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing Giulio Berruti's high camp nunsploitation giallo, Killer Nun; Wes Craven's horror classic, The Last House on the Left; Aldo Lado's surprisingly great Last House rip-off, Late Night Trains; Jorge Grau's cult zombie film, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue; and Lee Frost's boring nazisploitation trash, Love Camp 7. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over

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74:55

The A-Z of the Video Nasties DPP List #9 - From Human...

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2025/09/15

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing Gregory Goodell's partially camp, partially bland Human Experiments; Murray Markowitz's bizarre tonal rollercoaster, I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses; Meir Zarchi's infamous I Spit on Your Grave; Dario Argento's phenomenal Suspiria sequel, Inferno; and Nico Mastorakis' horny and trashy b-movie, Island of Death. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at

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69:13

The A-Z of the Video Nasties DPP List #8 - From The...

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2025/09/04

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing Cesare Canevari's Nazisploitation trash, The Gestapo's Last Orgy; Andy Milligan's super gay and super fun The Ghastly Ones; Lucio Fucli's Gates of Hell Trilogy finale, The House by the Cemetery; James Kenelm Clarke's camp erotic thriller, The House on Straw Hill; and Ruggero Deodato's messy yet one note House on the Edge of the Park. You can find us on Instagram

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01:12:57

RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #7 -...

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2025/08/18

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing John Alan Schwartz's abysmal shock and snoozefest, Faces of Death; Robert A. Endelson's progressive Blaxploitation flick, Fight for Your Life; Paul Morrissey's high camp Flesh for Frankenstein; Frank Roach's baffling and boring zombie film, Frozen Scream; and Tobe Hooper's creepy slasher, The Funhouse. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at

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01:19:57

RGC - The A-Z of the Video Nasties: The DPP List #6 -...

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2025/08/04

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow's Christmas slasher, The Dorm That Dripped Blood; Abel Ferrara's punk rock b-movie classic, The Driller Killer; Tobe Hooper's gritty and sleazy Eaten Alive; Sam Raimi's game changing masterpiece, The Evil Dead; and Eric Weston's super 80s Satanic computer horror, Evilspeak. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at

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01:02:17

RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #5 - D...

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2025/07/21

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week is a "don't" special episode and we're discussing Joseph Ellison's creepy character study, Don't Go in the House; James Bryan's goofy slasher b-movie, Don't Go in the Woods... Alone!; Lawrence Foldes' bottom of the barrel trash cannibal film, Don't Go Near the Park; and S.F. Brownrigg's highly problematic yet massively boring Don't Look in the Basement. You can find us on

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01:33:05

RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #4 - C...

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2025/07/07

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week is a cannibal special episode and we're discussing Antonio Margheriti's wild Taxi Driver rip-off, Cannibal Apocalypse; Umberto Lenzi's cult classic, Cannibal Ferox; Ruggero Deodato's controversial game changer, Cannibal Holocaust; Eloy de la Iglesia's queer character study with no cannibalism, The Cannibal Man; and Alain Deruelle's boring and forgettable Cannibal Terror. You can

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01:28:47

RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #3 -...

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2025/06/23

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing Tony Maylam's slasher classic, The Burning; William Asher's progressive queer slasher, Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker; Luigi Cozzi's Alien rip-off, Contamination; Gary Sherman's hidden 80s gem, Dead & Buried; Peter Maris' painfully boring Delirium; and the bottom of the barrel trash that is Jess Franco's Devil Hunter. You can find us on Instagram and

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01:21:44

RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #2 -...

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2025/06/09

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, we're discussing the first of the Nazisploitation nasties with Luigi Batzella's The Beast in Heat, Lucio Fulci's masterpiece, The Beyond, Herschell Gordon Lewis' camp splatter classic, Blood Feast, Jess Franco's weird slasher film, Bloody Moon, and Ulli Lommel's artsy Halloween rip-off, The Boogeyman, and its awful sequel, Boogeyman II. You can find us on Instagram and Threads

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01:24:47

RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #1 -...

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2025/05/26

Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List! This week, to kick off this 15 episode season, we're discussing Joe D'Amato's gloriously camp and trashy duo of gorefests, Anthropophagous and Absurd, the ambitious and surprisingly great Axe by Frederick R. Friedel, and A Bay of Blood, a highly influential cross between slasher and giallo by horror icon, Mario Bava. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and

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01:00:44

RGC #5 - Ænigma + Mulholland Drive + Flow + La Cocina

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2025/03/31

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Lucio Fulci's Ænigma; David Lynch's Mulholland Drive; Gints Zilbalodis' Flow; and Alonso Ruizpalacios' La Cocina for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on The White Lotus, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sex & the City, Goldeneye, our favourite musicals, the Cruel Intentions musical, and lots more. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise. If you'd like to contact us,

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01:23:43

RGC #4 - Gothic + Eyes of Laura Mars + Mickey 17 +...

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2025/03/18

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Ken Russell's Gothic; Irvin Kershner's Eyes of Laura Mars; Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17; and Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on Sex & the City, The White Lotus, The Traitors, Kenneth Anger, Charlie's Angels, Barb Wire, and lots more. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise. If you'd like to contact us, message us on

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01:48:51

RGC #3 - The Academy Awards 2025 Special

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2025/03/04

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, it's our Academy Awards 2025 special and we're discussing Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked. You can expect discussions on what won, what we think should've won and films that we think should have been nominated as well as bits of general gossip about the ceremony itself. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over

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01:04:59

RGC #2 - Variety + Akira Kurosawa's Dreams + Heart...

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2025/02/18

This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Bette Gordon's Variety; Akira Kurosawa's Dreams; Josh Ruben's Heart Eyes; and Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, RuPaul's Drag Race, Bridget Jones, Kamikaze Hearts, and Big Boys Season 3. You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise. If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or

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01:38:37

RGC #1 - His Motorbike, Her Island + Whisper of the...

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2025/02/04

This week on the first episode of Rise of the Gay Cinephiles (formerly Horror. Cult. Trash. Other.), we're discussing Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's His Motorbike, Her Island; Yoshifumi Kondô's Whisper of the Heart; Halina Reijn's Babygirl; and Mike Leigh's Hard Truths for our four highlights! You can also expect discussions on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and Beverly Hills, RuPaul's Drag Race, David Lynch, Companion, Maria, Russ Meyer, The Traitors, and Carrie Bradshaw delivering pizza to Mr. Big. You

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01:52:28

HCTO #357 - 20 Best Horror Movies of 2024

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2024/12/31

Welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast for the final time!This is our end of year episode where we talk about our favourite horror movies of 2024 as well as our honourable mentions across all other genres. This is also our final episode with the HCTO name before we change things up with a new name, new format and new direction in 2025! During this episode we discuss the likes of The Substance, Longlegs, MaXXXine, Alien: Romulus, Lisa Frankenstein, I Saw the TV Glow, and many

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01:14:27

HCTO #356 - A Very Trashy Christmas - Cilla Black's...

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2024/12/24

Merry Christmas and welcome back to the Horror. Cult. Trash. Other. Podcast! Today we're bringing you the final of this year’s Christmas episodes, and we’re discussing the bizarre piece of British TV history that is Cilla Black's Christmas Eve, a wild and extremely camp TV special that features Cilla singing in questionable accents, The Bee Gees and their kids and wives being held captive in a room in Miami, and THAT horrendous rendition of All Night Long by Lionel Richie. Alongside our main film

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