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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Creatures from the Pink Lagoon (2006)




















In a small town in 1967, young sissy Phillip (Nick Garrison) is about to celebrate his birthday at the beach house owned by his best friend Stan (Lowell Deo). All of Phillip's friends are gathered for the party, including Stan's hunky boyfriend Billy (Vincent Kovar), Billy's shy nerdy cousin Joseph (Evan Mosher), who is attracted to Phillip, and Randall (Philip D. Clarke), the chain-smoking queen of the bunch who insults the others, especially his boyfriend-du-jour, Gary (John Kaufmann), who is instantly smitten by Billy. Phillip's friends want to convince him to drop Billy, who is cheating on him.

Unfortunately, the chemical plant near a cruising highway rest stop has mutated the local mosquitos, so that anyone bitten becomes a raving, undead flesh-eating zombie. A horde of horny gay men are turned into ravenous cannibalistic zombies by the toxic mosquitoes and are making their way towards Phillip's party, eating every man in their path. They have attitude, a dislike of cheap cologne, and an appreciation for showtunes and Judy Garland. With body parts washing up on shore and party guests disappearing, our heroes must find a way to stop the zombie attack.

This homage to the schlock horror classics of the 1950's and 60's never takes itself seriously. It's "Night of the Living Dead" meets "Boys in the Band", and is irreverent, outrageous, cheesy, very campy, and not politically correct. Shot in black & white and made on a shoestring budget by a group of Seattle stage performers, it features a simplistic plot, unspecial effects, and enthusiastic performers, who obviously had a lot of fun making this film. DVD extras include trailers, deleted scenes, a "making of" featurette, a previous short by the director (and one of the stars, in drag) for Seattle's 2004 gay pride, production stills, plus crew and actor commentaries. David Maddux composed the original music for this droll melodrama. The screenplay was written by Basil Harris and Chris Diani, who also directed. It is Diani's first feature film.

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