Published by Gary Gaymon October 14th, 2008
in Gary G's Archives and TOP TEN LIST.
THAT MAN IN HIGH-HEELS JUST TRIED TO KILL ME!!!
Horroryearbook’s list of The Top 15 TRANSEXUAL KILLER MOVIES
By GARY G.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho not only jumpstarted the modern horror film, it also introduced a new kind of villain to movie audiences – the transexual killer. The climactic image of a crazed, knife wielding Norman Bates, dressed up like mommy was a perverse shock for the conservative movies audiences of the early sixties. Infused with the kind of psycho-sexual undercurrents that shockmeister filmmakers love to exploit, the Trans-Killer sub-genre grew out of the matchbook psychobabble on serial killers that began to proliferate after Psycho’s success and the sensational true life crimes of crazy fuckers like Ed Gein and the Zodiac Killer. So movie villains of classic bygone horror films, the mischievous dandies, megalomaniacal super villains and supernatural creatures , were no longer effective. The modern day boogeyman was the next door neighbor that volunteered at the church picnic but kept a collection of prostitute torsos in his basement freezer. This idea of the duality of the psycho killer is what Psycho wrought and it is what the Trans-Killer sub-genre is, essentially, powered by. What better way to dramatize the split mind of the psychopath than to have a killer who cant even reconcile their own gender.
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You really think that the first audiences to be scared shitless by the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre left the drive-in and said, “Wow. I loved how this film commented on the social divide between the crumbling rural backwoods and the invading city dwellers and how the break down of the family structure has forced these backwoods characters to create their own grotesque version of a family. This is fascinating. Lets discuss.” No. No. No.
This is Part 1 of our “2007 Year in Review” which will be followed by our Top Ten of 2007 and our recap of the little films that deserve an honorable mention. LEADERS OF THE SPLAT: An examination of the films and careers of Rob Zombie and Eli Roth…
by Gary G.
Horror fans of all ages. I Implore you! Watch out! The EGG-HEADED DESTROYERS are among us and determined to extinguish you and every horror movie you love. They’ve decimated the once vital indie/art house movie scene with their endless overanalyzing and have set their beady, pretentious eyes on what used to be the most unaffected, loose and free genre of filmmaking left. The horror genre. And we are to blame for their infestation of our ranks.
Slime City (1989)
Directed By Gregory Lamberson
Written By Gary G.
Slime City makes me sad. I’m sad that the era that produced such a perfect jewel of low budget splatter is over. You see Slime City is the last of the great age of New York indie horror that includes such cult classics as Frank Henenlotter’s double [...]
