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GAY OF THE DEAD 13: Writer/Director/Actor Alan Rowe Kelly: Part 2

Order THE BLOOD SHEDOn the previous GAY OF THE DEAD interview with Alan Rowe Kelly, we talked about his first two features, gender identity and killing kids. In this second half of our chat, we touch upon his latest endurance test, A FAR CRY FROM HOME, androgyny, the upcoming DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT remake and feeling guilty about finding white-trash-gay bashers hot.
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GAY OF THE DEAD 12: Writer/director/actor Alan Rowe Kelly: Part 1

Alan Rowe KellyI had never seen any of Alan Rowe Kelly’s films until he contacted me—literally moments after posting my first GAY OF THE DEAD blog. And yes, that is Alan in the photo to the left. Don’t worry, we’ll get to that later.

Kelly’s opening salvo to me was the grisly, intense and controversial A FAR CRY FROM HOME segment from the recently wrapped GALLERY OF FEAR anthology, which he co-wrote, co-directed and produced for his Southpaw Pictures. From there I jumped back to his first feature, I’LL BURY YOU TOMORROW, a loopy, sprawling, bloody feature that manages to wind storylines of seven main characters into one big crazy fest. After that, I popped in THE BLOOD SHED, which starts off with a preteen kid being yanked in half and just gets more insane (see: awesome) from there.
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GAY OF THE DEAD 11: L.A. Weekend of Horrors Recap

GAY OF THE DEADWhen Tony asked me to moderate a panel on THE LAIR for at the Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors, I was thrilled. I participated in a bunch of panels at Gaylaxicon a couple years ago and had a ball because, let’s face it, I’m a bit of a ham. So the opportunity to be on a panel at a Fango con was an automatic, “Yes!”

As the date approached, I started to feel more and more nervous. I wondered if anyone would actually show up for this panel. I mean, THE LAIR is a fun show, but it’s on a Pay-Per-View network, and I would guess that ninety percent of its audience is more camp enthusiast than horror fanatic. Would there be any fans of THE LAIR actually attending the con? And more importantly, would there be any GLBT horror fans attending the con? Okay, yes, obviously there would be some GLBT horror fans at the con, but enough to justify a panel?
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GAY OF THE DEAD 10: NOVEMBER SON’s Brinke Stevens and Sacha Sacket.

GAY of the DEADFor NOVEMBER SON (available on DVD April 14), the sequel to the gay thriller OCTOBER MOON, writer/director Jason Paul Collum worked with both ends of the genre spectrum, the seasoned vet (Brinke Stevens) and the first-film newbie (Sacha Sacket).

Stevens, who reprises the role of “Nancy” in NOVEMBER SON, has over 100 acting credits. If you are a fan of the genre, you know Stevens even if you’ve never seen one of her films. By all accounts one of the nicest and most accommodating actresses to work with, Stevens weathered the “Girl in the Shower” storm of her early films and has come out the other side with nuanced performances in films like MOMMY and OCTOBER MOON. At an age when most B-movie queens fade into real estate careers, Stevens keeps racking up the roles, and she doesn’t have to take off her top to do it.
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GAY OF THE DEAD 9: Bruce LaBruce and OTTO; OR, UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE.

GAY of the DEADThe word “notorious” can be loosely tossed around when describing a filmmaker that veers even slightly outside of mainstream cinematic confines, but when applied to Bruce LaBruce, the term couldn’t be more accurate. Scenes of hardcore gay porn, Nazi fetishism and explicit gore, either separately or brazenly combined, are just a few of the subjects LaBruce explores in films like NO SKIN OFF MY ASS, SKIN GANG, SUPER 8 1/2, HUSTLER WHITE and THE RASPBERRY REICH.
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About Sean Abley:

Sean AbleySean Abley spent the better part of the ’90s in Chicago writing, directing and producing theater for his company, The Factory Theater. Some of his long-running productions included BITCHES, SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS: THE MUSICAL, REEFER MADNESS, ATTACK OF THE KILLER B’S, CORPSE GRINDERS (adapted from the Ted V. Mikels film) and NUCLEAR FAMILY. He also wrote for the cult hit YOU DON’T KNOW JACK CD-rom game series. Abley then moved to LA where he spent time creating more reality TV than he’d care to admit.

Thankfully, children’s television rescued Abley with writing gigs on SO WEIRD (Disney Channel), SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES (ABC), MEGA BABIES and DIGIMON (Fox Family). He also penned a bunch of pilots for Klasky-Csupo, including the animated BENCH PRESSLY: THE WORLD'S STRONGEST PRIVATE DICK (hosted by Ahmet Zappa and starring Bruce Campbell and Tim Curry). He moved into film with ROPE BURN, which he wrote for Moving in Pictures. His latest feature, SOCKET, is out on DVD from TLA Releasing.

In addition, Abley produced GAY BED AND BREAKFAST OF TERROR and PORNOGRAPHY: A THRILLER. His next feature will be WILDCAT ROAD, which he has written and will direct for Velvet Candy Entertainment and Dark Blue Films. Principal photography begins in March, 2009.


Find out more about Sean Abley and his projects here:

http://www.darkbluefilms.com/

and here:

http://velvetcandyentertainment.blogspot.com/.