Joe Lipsett
@joelipsett.bsky.social
Film critic (he/him)
🎙️: Horror Queers, Murder Made Fiction, Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr, Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad
✏️: Bloody Disgusting, QueerHorrorMovies
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🎙️: Horror Queers, Murder Made Fiction, Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr, Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad
✏️: Bloody Disgusting, QueerHorrorMovies
🏆: Member GALECA, CCA, TFCA
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Joe Lipsett
@joelipsett.bsky.social
· Feb 6
Today’s the day! @conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social launch the pod with our first theme: Internalized Rural Homophobia
Up for discussion: aggressive make-outs, casting straight actors in gay roles, that iconic score, and the legacy of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN within queer cinema circles
Up for discussion: aggressive make-outs, casting straight actors in gay roles, that iconic score, and the legacy of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN within queer cinema circles
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · 2025-02-06 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
Here we go! TQG is now live and @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I have dropped our first Main Feed ep on #brokebackmountain.
Check it out and hit us up with your thoughts!
Check it out and hit us up with your thoughts!
Reposted by Joe Lipsett
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
It’s the beginning of the end of HANNIBAL S02 as @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I cross out episodes 2.11-12
Your weekend homework: prepare for the end of HANNIBAL S02 because Tuesday we drop the first of two episodes wrapping up the season.
We're getting fiery with our discussion of episodes 2.11-2.12!
We're getting fiery with our discussion of episodes 2.11-2.12!
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It’s the beginning of the end of HANNIBAL S02 as @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I cross out episodes 2.11-12
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are spending Dec talking about all of the different iterations of THE STAIRCASE (2004/2013/2022)
Our December schedule has been revealed! @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are spending the next month on #thestaircase.
Main Feed: 2 eps per week of the 2022 series
Patreon: individual coverage of the 13 episode documentary series from 2004/2013
Main Feed: 2 eps per week of the 2022 series
Patreon: individual coverage of the 13 episode documentary series from 2004/2013
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are spending Dec talking about all of the different iterations of THE STAIRCASE (2004/2013/2022)
Reposted by Joe Lipsett
ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai cave flood drama, THIRTEEN LIVES.
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
‘Thirteen Lives’ Chronicles a Risky Rescue [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]
On Saturday, June 23, 2018, twelve young members of the “Wild Boars” soccer team and their coach became trapped in the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. As part of a global rescue...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai cave flood drama, THIRTEEN LIVES.
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social
I really wound up enjoying HEDDA, which also confirms that we should continue letting DaCosta make movies and stay the fuck out of her way
Today on the #AOASPodSquad: Get out of the lake because @jennferatu.bsky.social, @genadoesthings.bsky.social, and @joelipsett.bsky.social have re-entered the Oscar race with a look at Nia DaCosta's update of Ibsen's famous play, HEDDA, starring a dazzling Tessa Thompson and a commanding Nina Hoss.
White Ladies in Crisis: Hedda (2025)
Podcast Episode · Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad · 11/28/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I really wound up enjoying HEDDA, which also confirms that we should continue letting DaCosta make movies and stay the fuck out of her way
I reviewed the smutty Canadian gay hockey show (because of course I did!)
It's entertaining, but the decision to retain author Rachel Reid's hyper accelerated timeline does nothing to help the non-sexy bits.
(Thankfully the sex is pretty darn hot 🥵)
It's entertaining, but the decision to retain author Rachel Reid's hyper accelerated timeline does nothing to help the non-sexy bits.
(Thankfully the sex is pretty darn hot 🥵)
‘Heated Rivalry’ Review: Episodes 1 & 2
Trot out a sexy sporting metaphor because the Internet’s favourite gay hockey show has finally arrived.
www.queerhorrormovies.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I reviewed the smutty Canadian gay hockey show (because of course I did!)
It's entertaining, but the decision to retain author Rachel Reid's hyper accelerated timeline does nothing to help the non-sexy bits.
(Thankfully the sex is pretty darn hot 🥵)
It's entertaining, but the decision to retain author Rachel Reid's hyper accelerated timeline does nothing to help the non-sexy bits.
(Thankfully the sex is pretty darn hot 🥵)
Come party with HEDDA and us!
Tomorrow on #AOASPodSquad: @jennferatu.bsky.social, @genadoesthings.bsky.social, and @joelipsett.bsky.social hit up the party so that they can hang out with Hedda in Nia DaCosta's latest.
Hedda - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Come party with HEDDA and us!
This movie is a fucking delight and so is this audio commentary where @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I are clearly having too much fun!
Today on Patreon: Yell at the telephone operator because that's not cranberry sauce; it's our audio commentary on John Grissmer's cult classic, #BloodRage (1987), starring an unhinged Louise Lasser!
Audio Commentary: Blood Rage (1987) | Horror Queers
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November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This movie is a fucking delight and so is this audio commentary where @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I are clearly having too much fun!
SPA NIGHT is such a quiet, devastating film.
It feels like a tragedy in slow motion and @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I really enjoyed Seo’s lead performance
It feels like a tragedy in slow motion and @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I really enjoyed Seo’s lead performance
Our 'Cruising' theme continues with Andrew Ahn's directorial debut, SPA NIGHT (2016).
This is a beautiful film, although David's near passivity could prove frustrating to some. Good thing Joe Seo is a captivating performer!
This is a beautiful film, although David's near passivity could prove frustrating to some. Good thing Joe Seo is a captivating performer!
Spa Night (2016)
Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · 2025-11-27 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SPA NIGHT is such a quiet, devastating film.
It feels like a tragedy in slow motion and @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I really enjoyed Seo’s lead performance
It feels like a tragedy in slow motion and @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I really enjoyed Seo’s lead performance
Shocking no one: MISERY remains as fantastic as ever 35 years later.
And it was delightful to have the iconic @rozhernandez.bsky.social join us to talk Annie Wilkes as Hagsploitation and old people’s sex lives!
And it was delightful to have the iconic @rozhernandez.bsky.social join us to talk Annie Wilkes as Hagsploitation and old people’s sex lives!
Squirrel away those pills and burn that manuscript because we're talking about Rob Reiner's adaptation of Stephen King's #Misery (1990).
Joining us for the discussion is comedian @rozhernandez.bsky.social, who has begun (but maybe never finished?) every King novel.
Joining us for the discussion is comedian @rozhernandez.bsky.social, who has begun (but maybe never finished?) every King novel.
Misery (1990) feat. Roz Hernandez
Podcast Episode · Horror Queers · 2025-11-26 · 1h 57m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Shocking no one: MISERY remains as fantastic as ever 35 years later.
And it was delightful to have the iconic @rozhernandez.bsky.social join us to talk Annie Wilkes as Hagsploitation and old people’s sex lives!
And it was delightful to have the iconic @rozhernandez.bsky.social join us to talk Annie Wilkes as Hagsploitation and old people’s sex lives!
Reminder: @brennacgray.bsky.social and I are collecting responses on WHITEOUT until next Friday, so get your holiday YA reading done!
Sidebar: we say this Friday for Book Club responses, but we’re accepting thoughts on WHITEOUT until Friday, Dec 5
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reminder: @brennacgray.bsky.social and I are collecting responses on WHITEOUT until next Friday, so get your holiday YA reading done!
Finally: I don’t think THIRTEEN LIVES would have been in awards contention, but it’s a really solid (harrowing) aquatic disaster flick.
Kudos to the sound team because OOF, the underwater stuff really got me
Kudos to the sound team because OOF, the underwater stuff really got me
Today on the Pod: Ron Howard’s emotional film THIRTEEN LIVES chronicles the risky and controversial mission to save twelve young soccer players and their coach from the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand.
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Topics include: claustrophobia, star power, and white savior narratives
Aquatic Disasters: Thirteen Lives (2022)
Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · 11/25/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Finally: I don’t think THIRTEEN LIVES would have been in awards contention, but it’s a really solid (harrowing) aquatic disaster flick.
Kudos to the sound team because OOF, the underwater stuff really got me
Kudos to the sound team because OOF, the underwater stuff really got me
Blame it on the sickness (?) but KEEPER didn’t work for me at all.
Listen to @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I hash it out on Patreon 👇
Listen to @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I hash it out on Patreon 👇
Don't eat that cake because we are discussing Oz Perkins' second film of 2025, #keeper.
Written by #DangerousAnimals screenwriter Nick Lepard, this two-hander is big on vibes and short on plot, which proves more of an issue for @joelipsett.bsky.social than @tracedthurman.bsky.social
Written by #DangerousAnimals screenwriter Nick Lepard, this two-hander is big on vibes and short on plot, which proves more of an issue for @joelipsett.bsky.social than @tracedthurman.bsky.social
Keeper (2025) | Horror Queers
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November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Blame it on the sickness (?) but KEEPER didn’t work for me at all.
Listen to @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I hash it out on Patreon 👇
Listen to @tracedthurman.bsky.social and I hash it out on Patreon 👇
Big thanks to @jennyleighx33.bsky.social for reading BREAKING DAWN for the first time to come talk about this enormous POS with @brennacgray.bsky.social and I
It’s time for the Twilight saga as guest @jennyleighx33.bsky.social returns for another Stephenie Meyer text.
BREAKING DAWN: PART 1 includes a wedding, an island named after mom, furniture breaking sex, instant Mormon pregnancy and Bella's super gaunt face.
Expect angry @brennacgray.bsky.social!
BREAKING DAWN: PART 1 includes a wedding, an island named after mom, furniture breaking sex, instant Mormon pregnancy and Bella's super gaunt face.
Expect angry @brennacgray.bsky.social!
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 feat. Jenny Nulf
Podcast Episode · Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr · 2025-11-25 · 1h 4m
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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Big thanks to @jennyleighx33.bsky.social for reading BREAKING DAWN for the first time to come talk about this enormous POS with @brennacgray.bsky.social and I
I love torturing a co-host
This is the question @brennacgray.bsky.social asks each year when we cover a new TWILIGHT SAGA entry.
Tomorrow it’s BREAKING DAWN PART 1…
Tomorrow it’s BREAKING DAWN PART 1…
a man says " what was the point " in a dark room
ALT: a man says " what was the point " in a dark room
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I love torturing a co-host
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are headed underground in tomorrow’s final Aquatic Disaster flick
Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up Aquatic Disaster month with a look at Ron Howard’s Thai rescue film, THIRTEEN LIVES
Thirteen Lives - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are headed underground in tomorrow’s final Aquatic Disaster flick
WUT?!
Scarlett Johansson will star in Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST.
“Scarlett is a brilliant actress whose captivating performances always feel grounded and real, from genre films to blockbusters,” said Flanagan.
The film will tell an all-new story.
“Scarlett is a brilliant actress whose captivating performances always feel grounded and real, from genre films to blockbusters,” said Flanagan.
The film will tell an all-new story.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
WUT?!
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We're checking out the steamy world of #SpaNight (2016) in our latest episode. Out now for patrons: www.patreon.com/c/TheQueerGaze
#queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queermovies
#queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queermovies
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We're checking out the steamy world of #SpaNight (2016) in our latest episode. Out now for patrons: www.patreon.com/c/TheQueerGaze
#queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queermovies
#queerfilm #lgbtfilm #queermovies
We get to see the murders…and the show treats the culprit like a mystery?!
Today on Patreon: Maggie and Paul try to turn their lives around as the walls begin to close in on Alex. With Randolph III hospitalized, the unstable lawyer makes a desperate decision.
Discussions include: mystery shooters, compression socks, and Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born.
Discussions include: mystery shooters, compression socks, and Bradley Cooper's A Star is Born.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 6 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We get to see the murders…and the show treats the culprit like a mystery?!
Pennywise finally returned on this week’s #itwelcometoderry.
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 5 Review
Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) makes his debut on IT: Welcome to Derry in an episode that takes the action into the sewers below “Neibolt Street”.
www.queerhorrormovies.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Pennywise finally returned on this week’s #itwelcometoderry.
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
Here’s my take on a sewer heavy episode of the HBO series
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Udo Kier has passed away at 81. A singular screen presence, Kier had a long history in the horror genre, starring in films including Mark of the Devil, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Blade, Feardotcom, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and Dario Argento's Mother of Tears.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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It’s murder time on MURDAUGH and @jennferatu.bsky.social and I have big feelings about how this plays out
Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle the sixth episode of MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY, which brings the framing device of the murders back full circle.
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s murder time on MURDAUGH and @jennferatu.bsky.social and I have big feelings about how this plays out
Time for a “new to me” Jennifer Lynch: 2012’s CHAINED
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Time for a “new to me” Jennifer Lynch: 2012’s CHAINED
Time to start the fictionalized version of THE STAIRCASE
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Time to start the fictionalized version of THE STAIRCASE
Knew very little about this one going into it and found a lot to like!
(I should probably stop making fun of Ron Howard because I have enjoyed his recent output)
(I should probably stop making fun of Ron Howard because I have enjoyed his recent output)
@jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are wrapping up Aquatic Disaster month on Tuesday, so be sure to check out Ron Howard’s #thirteenlives beforehand!
a man is wearing a helmet and giving a thumbs up in front of a light from prime video
ALT: a man is wearing a helmet and giving a thumbs up in front of a light from prime video
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Knew very little about this one going into it and found a lot to like!
(I should probably stop making fun of Ron Howard because I have enjoyed his recent output)
(I should probably stop making fun of Ron Howard because I have enjoyed his recent output)