Joe Lipsett
@joelipsett.bsky.social
Film critic (he/him)
🎙️: Horror Queers, Murder Made Fiction, Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr, Anatomy of a Scream Pod Squad
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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
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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!
Time to hit up the watermelon festival as the county softly turns on the Murdaughs!
Today on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are into the back half of the season as Buster Murdaugh takes center stage for "The Prince."
Plus: watermelon festivals, "manning up", the series' take on Stephen Smith, and tracking the images from the credits
Plus: watermelon festivals, "manning up", the series' take on Stephen Smith, and tracking the images from the credits
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 5 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Time to hit up the watermelon festival as the county softly turns on the Murdaughs!
@gaylydreadful.bsky.social and I are discussing our fave Brandon film tomorrow!
Tomorrow on the #AOASPodSquad: @gaylydreadful.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social return to the Cronenberg side of the pod to discuss Brandon's sophomore film, POSSESSOR (2020)
POSSESSOR UNCUT Trailer - In Theaters & Select Drive Ins October 2
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November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@gaylydreadful.bsky.social and I are discussing our fave Brandon film tomorrow!
In which @jennferatu.bsky.social educates me about watermelon festivals
Fancy a watermelon? Tomorrow on Patreon, @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social hit up the local watermelon festival for another eventful Murdaugh outing.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In which @jennferatu.bsky.social educates me about watermelon festivals
Did this just become my most anticipated movie (sans release date)? Ummm…yeah
Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), Emma Corrin (Nosferatu), Hunter Schafer (Cuckoo), and Havana Rose Liu (No Exit) have joined Arkasha Stevenson's untitled horror movie for A24:
Emma Corrin, Hunter Schafer, Havana Rose Liu, Sophie Wilde Join A24 Horror Film from ‘The First Omen’ Director
Emma Corrin (Nosferatu), Hunter Schafer (Cuckoo), Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms), and Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) are set to join A24’s as-yet-untitled horror film from The First Omen‘s Arkasha Stevenson, De...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Did this just become my most anticipated movie (sans release date)? Ummm…yeah
So beautiful, heartfelt and completely unique from so many other queer films, @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I adored CACTUS PEARS.
Seek it out if it plays near you because it’s just starting its expansion
Seek it out if it plays near you because it’s just starting its expansion
We're venturing to rural India to discuss Rohan Kanawade's feature directorial debut, #CactusPears
This heartfelt romantic drama follows Anand as he returns home for the 10 day mourning ceremony following his father's death, reconnects with hunky Balya, and dodges invasive questions from relatives.
This heartfelt romantic drama follows Anand as he returns home for the 10 day mourning ceremony following his father's death, reconnects with hunky Balya, and dodges invasive questions from relatives.
Cactus Pears (2025)
Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · Ep13 Bonus · 21m
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November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So beautiful, heartfelt and completely unique from so many other queer films, @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I adored CACTUS PEARS.
Seek it out if it plays near you because it’s just starting its expansion
Seek it out if it plays near you because it’s just starting its expansion
This doc is legit mandatory viewing for anyone who watches true crime (and maybe anyone who hates it?)
An absolutely fascinating conceit that works as its own film, as well as a deconstruction of the narrative and stylistic tropes of the subgenre
An absolutely fascinating conceit that works as its own film, as well as a deconstruction of the narrative and stylistic tropes of the subgenre
Director Charlie Shackleton makes lemonade out of lemons after losing the rights to adapt Lyndon Lafferty’s 2012 true crime novel The Zodiac Killer Cover-up AKA The Silenced Badge.
From the ashes of his abandoned doc rises a fascinating exploration of the genre itself with ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
From the ashes of his abandoned doc rises a fascinating exploration of the genre itself with ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT
Zodiac Killer Project (2025) Spoiler-Free Review
Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · 11/20/2025 · 31m
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November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This doc is legit mandatory viewing for anyone who watches true crime (and maybe anyone who hates it?)
An absolutely fascinating conceit that works as its own film, as well as a deconstruction of the narrative and stylistic tropes of the subgenre
An absolutely fascinating conceit that works as its own film, as well as a deconstruction of the narrative and stylistic tropes of the subgenre
SALÒ is likely a one and done for me.
Watching it twice for this recording was enough to convince me that I admire and respect it, but I can’t imagine a scenario where I want to watch it again.
Watching it twice for this recording was enough to convince me that I admire and respect it, but I can’t imagine a scenario where I want to watch it again.
Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face and heed all of the content warnings (seriously), because we're discussing Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious anti-fascist 1975 film #Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Tagging in for the convo is @zobowithashotgun.bsky.social, co-host of the Tainted Love podcast!
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) feat. Zoë Rose Smith
Podcast Episode · Horror Queers · 11/19/2025 · 2h 18m
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
SALÒ is likely a one and done for me.
Watching it twice for this recording was enough to convince me that I admire and respect it, but I can’t imagine a scenario where I want to watch it again.
Watching it twice for this recording was enough to convince me that I admire and respect it, but I can’t imagine a scenario where I want to watch it again.
@tracedthurman.bsky.social and I are not kidding around with this.
*Hard* watch/ fascinating discussion ahead
*Hard* watch/ fascinating discussion ahead
Tomorrow on the Main Feed: we're tackling our most controversial text *ever* with Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
C/W for nearly everything (and we are not kidding around when we say that. Please take the warning seriously)
C/W for nearly everything (and we are not kidding around when we say that. Please take the warning seriously)
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November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
@tracedthurman.bsky.social and I are not kidding around with this.
*Hard* watch/ fascinating discussion ahead
*Hard* watch/ fascinating discussion ahead
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I love a completely preventable disaster 🫠😬
On the night of April 20, 2010, over the span of nine minutes, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon experienced a cataclysmic explosion that killed 11 men, and spilled an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf over a period of 87 days.
It is the worst oil disaster in US history.
It is the worst oil disaster in US history.
Murder Made Fiction
True Crime Podcast · Updated Weekly · A podcast that analyzes fictionalized adaptations of true crimes. Hosted by Jenn Adams and Joe Lipsett. Part of the Bloody FM podcast network.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I love a completely preventable disaster 🫠😬
Petition to have Trachtenberg make a new PREDATOR film every few years!
Today on Patreon: Watch out for that razor sharp grass and grab your "tool" because we're discussing Dan Trachtenberg's third Predator film in as many years, the human-free #PredatorBadlands (2025)!
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November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Petition to have Trachtenberg make a new PREDATOR film every few years!
This Peter Berg guy knows how to direct action. He might be one to watch 😆
Tomorrow on the pod: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social venture out to the rig to discuss the greatest oil disaster in US history with 2016's DEEPWATER HORIZON.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This Peter Berg guy knows how to direct action. He might be one to watch 😆
@tracedthurman.bsky.social and I are ready for the latest AvP crossover
Tomorrow on Patreon: we're crossing the PREDATOR and ALIEN franchises (again) with a look at PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
@tracedthurman.bsky.social and I are ready for the latest AvP crossover
What better way to beat the heat of a wrongful death investigation than to go on a vacation that costs more than most people’s annual income?
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I unpack MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY episode 3
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I unpack MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY episode 3
Today on Patreon: Sing the song because we are joining the Murdaughs on a $65K vacation to the Bahamas in episode three of the Hulu series, "Kokomo."
As poor Gloria struggles back at home, the individual family members isolate themselves at the resort before an explosive dinner.
As poor Gloria struggles back at home, the individual family members isolate themselves at the resort before an explosive dinner.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 3 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What better way to beat the heat of a wrongful death investigation than to go on a vacation that costs more than most people’s annual income?
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I unpack MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY episode 3
@jennferatu.bsky.social and I unpack MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY episode 3
As we past the halfway point of WELCOME TO DERRY, I'm still unsure where the series is going, even if I do appreciate its focus on Black and Indigenous characters.
IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 4
It’s another week in Derry and as the show inches towards the halfway point, it’s still mostly unclear where the narrative is heading.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As we past the halfway point of WELCOME TO DERRY, I'm still unsure where the series is going, even if I do appreciate its focus on Black and Indigenous characters.
Goddamn, the sound design in the underwater sequences of THIRTEEN LIVES is top notch
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November 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Goddamn, the sound design in the underwater sequences of THIRTEEN LIVES is top notch
Tonight’s FYC watch
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November 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Tonight’s FYC watch
Christmas goals unlocked!
With THE CREEP TAPES returning for Season 2 today, an official Peachfuzz plush has finally been released.
The plush toy features a velcro-attached axe and VHS tape and it's now up for pre-order: creeptapesmerch.com/p/8228134650...
The plush toy features a velcro-attached axe and VHS tape and it's now up for pre-order: creeptapesmerch.com/p/8228134650...
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Christmas goals unlocked!
Reposted by Joe Lipsett
BLUE MOON is now playing in theaters!
Today on The Queer Gaze: @joelipsett.bsky.social and @conrad-esq.bsky.social drop the first of several bonus episodes from #TIFF50.
First up: a review of Richard Linklater's biopic of Lorenz Hart, starring his 'Before Trilogy' collaborator Ethan Hawke, as well as Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott
First up: a review of Richard Linklater's biopic of Lorenz Hart, starring his 'Before Trilogy' collaborator Ethan Hawke, as well as Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott
Blue Moon (2025)
Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · Ep7 Bonus · 17m
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November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BLUE MOON is now playing in theaters!
I enjoyed this quirky, dreamy “novella” (somewhere between a short and a feature).
It’s worth checking out if you can handle spiders!
It’s worth checking out if you can handle spiders!
Arachnophobes beware: we're discussing writer/director Mathieu Morel's 44 minute film ANAPIDAE (CALL ME), which is about an unusual graveyard caretaker who befriends the grieving widow of his dead lover.
Oh, and he also has a pet tarantula that appears to be growing larger (metaphor alert!)
Oh, and he also has a pet tarantula that appears to be growing larger (metaphor alert!)
Micro Queers: Anapidae (Call Me) (2025)
Podcast Episode · Horror Queers · 2025-11-14 · Bonus · 13m
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November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I enjoyed this quirky, dreamy “novella” (somewhere between a short and a feature).
It’s worth checking out if you can handle spiders!
It’s worth checking out if you can handle spiders!
@conrad-esq.bsky.social and I are doubling up on CRUISING.
Our Main Feed episode is free to listen to, with our $3 Patreon exclusive episode digging into hot sex, dubbing, and…James Franco 🤮
Our Main Feed episode is free to listen to, with our $3 Patreon exclusive episode digging into hot sex, dubbing, and…James Franco 🤮
Hold onto your jockstrap because we're hunting a serial killer in the Big Apple with William Friedkin's CRUISING (1980).
Starring a 39-year old Al Pacino, the film - picketed at the time - has aged well thanks to its ambiguity.
Starring a 39-year old Al Pacino, the film - picketed at the time - has aged well thanks to its ambiguity.
Cruising (1980)
Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · 2025-11-13 · 32m
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November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@conrad-esq.bsky.social and I are doubling up on CRUISING.
Our Main Feed episode is free to listen to, with our $3 Patreon exclusive episode digging into hot sex, dubbing, and…James Franco 🤮
Our Main Feed episode is free to listen to, with our $3 Patreon exclusive episode digging into hot sex, dubbing, and…James Franco 🤮
Let’s go to the clubs! (Tomorrow)
Tomorrow on the pod: @joelipsett.bsky.social and @conrad-esq.bsky.social publicly release our episode on CRUISING, with extra bonus content on the film's sex scenes over on Patreon
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November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Let’s go to the clubs! (Tomorrow)
THE SKELETON KEY isn’t a great film, but it sure is a watchable one.
A staple of the 2000s-era female-led thriller, some of the race stuff hasn’t aged super well, but Rowlands and Hudson sniping at each other is hella fun.
A staple of the 2000s-era female-led thriller, some of the race stuff hasn’t aged super well, but Rowlands and Hudson sniping at each other is hella fun.
Lay down a line of protective brick dust and scream "I don't believe!" because we are discussing Iain Softley's 2005 Southern Gothic thriller, #TheSkeletonKey.
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Podcast Episode · Horror Queers · 2025-11-12 · 1h 48m
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November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
THE SKELETON KEY isn’t a great film, but it sure is a watchable one.
A staple of the 2000s-era female-led thriller, some of the race stuff hasn’t aged super well, but Rowlands and Hudson sniping at each other is hella fun.
A staple of the 2000s-era female-led thriller, some of the race stuff hasn’t aged super well, but Rowlands and Hudson sniping at each other is hella fun.
My fave part of this episode is @jennferatu.bsky.social’s absolutely disgusted reaction to a bunch of jellyfish being dumped in a bathtub
Today on Patreon: @joelipsett.bsky.social and @jennferatu.bsky.social kick off coverage of the Murdaugh murders by going to a high-end oyster roast and learning how to correctly pronounce Alex's name.
Discussions include: country music, southern accents, and illicit jellyfish farming
Discussions include: country music, southern accents, and illicit jellyfish farming
Murdaugh: Death in the Family Episode 1 | Murder Made Fiction
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November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My fave part of this episode is @jennferatu.bsky.social’s absolutely disgusted reaction to a bunch of jellyfish being dumped in a bathtub
Sorry folks, but when Tubi’s SLAY is right there, this one just doesn’t cut it.
Today on Patreon: Grab your glitter paint and cue K$sha's "Blow" because we are discussing Tina Romero's debut feature, #QueensoftheDead (2025).
This gay bar vs zombies film has a great queer cast and a few fun performances, but unfortunately that's where it stops working for us.
This gay bar vs zombies film has a great queer cast and a few fun performances, but unfortunately that's where it stops working for us.
Queens of the Dead (2025) | Horror Queers
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November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sorry folks, but when Tubi’s SLAY is right there, this one just doesn’t cut it.