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Joe Lipsett

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Film critic (he/him) 🎙️: 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

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!

The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.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

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · 2025-02-06 · 26m

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 19h

That blink and you miss it Kevin Bacon cameo was fun, though

Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 20h

Lord. Episode 7 of MONSTER S03 truly said “here’s what’s going on for the distracted people who were watching while scrolling on their phones”.

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 22h

Juuuust a few

Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 23h

If folks are watching S03 of MONSTER and think you might be missing key details, @jennferatu.bsky.social and I have a helpful primer to get you up to speed!

Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.social · 23h

As we prepare to discuss MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY episode by episode on Patreon, here's the full version of last year's Primer.

@jennferatu.bsky.social walks @joelipsett.bsky.social through the the disturbing details of Ed Gein’s life and crimes.

Ed Gein Full Primer

Podcast Episode · Murder Made Fiction · 10/07/2025 · 57m

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 23h

Ethan Hawke is guaranteed to get awards recognition for this role, but it’s also just a great film!

@conrad-esq.bsky.social and I kick off our TIFF mini-recaps with BLUE MOON (PS Patrons get these a week early)

The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 23h

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

Blue Moon (2025)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · Ep7 Bonus · 17m

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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a scary season tradition: I tell @joelipsett.bsky.social I don’t like scary things, he hand-picks a text that I will find value in, I act surprised that I liked something scary, lather rinse repeat.

I enjoyed this one EXCEPT for the creature’s head. Tune in to find out why.

Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast @hkhspod.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow on the Pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off scary season with a look at DARK HARVEST, both the book by Norman Partridge and the film by David Slade

DARK HARVEST | Official Trailer

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 1d

So much to say about this one!
(Tomorrow)

Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast @hkhspod.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow on the Pod: @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social kick off scary season with a look at DARK HARVEST, both the book by Norman Partridge and the film by David Slade

DARK HARVEST | Official Trailer

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 1d

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I have thoughts about these depictions!

Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins and the filming of PSYCHO as depicted on MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY.

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 1d

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are kicking off daily episodic drops as we make our way through MONSTER S03

Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.social · 1d

Today on Patreon: It's time for @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social to tackle a new season of MONSTER.

Starring Charlie Hunnam and Laurie Metcalf, "Mother!" introduces the Gein family before speeding through the plot, including the deaths of older brother Henry and Augusta.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story Episode 1 | Murder Made Fiction

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 2d

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are ready to dig in as we begin daily episodic drops each day this week!

Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow on Patreon: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social start a daily marathon of Ryan Murphy’s #monstertheedgeinstory

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 2d

Oh man, this led to one of my fave HKHS episodes ever!

After

Podcast Episode · Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr · 2019-08-27 · 1h 15m

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild how racists are just out there telling on themselves at every opportunity

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Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast @hkhspod.bsky.social · 3d

Since it’s available to stream again, why not listen to @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social discuss SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES?

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Podcast Episode · Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr · 2019-10-22 · 1h 6m

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 3d

Well, this should be interesting…

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Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up a month of La Llorona texts with Guatemalan film LA LLORONA (2019).

Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social

Jayro Bustamante’s “La Llorona” Weeps for a Shattered World [Murder Made Fiction Podcast]

The legend of La Llorona is fairly straightforward. A mother scorned by her thoughtless husband seeks an unthinkable revenge. Hoping to cut him to the emotional bone, she drowns their children in the ...

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 4d

MATCH is out today on Tubi and the exploitation film has several interesting elements, but an extremely unsatisfying ending holds it back.

Check out my review of the new Danishka Esterhazy film over on @bloody-disgusting.com

‘Match’ Review – An Uneven Tubi Exploitation Thriller

Match, the latest film from director Danishka Esterhazy (The Slumber Party Massacre remake, Killer Body Count) doubles down on the meaning of its title. On the surface, it’s very clearly about protago...

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 4d

‘Match’ Review – An Uneven Tubi Exploitation Thriller

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 4d

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are ready to kick things off!

Murder Made Fiction Podcast @murdermfiction.bsky.social · 4d

Your weekend homework: get started watching MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY on Netflix because on Monday we start our coverage of the new season on Patreon

MONSTER: The Ed Gein Story | Official Trailer | Netflix

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Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 5d

Color me impressed by the bleak, horror-coded weirdness of Ned Crowley's low-budget supernatural Western KILLING FAITH -- which feels like the closest thing we'll get to a Blood Meridian movie, at least in spirit, for some time.

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kill...

Killing Faith movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

Its minor sins are easy to forgive for such a bold, idiosyncratic anti-Western as this, the kind we don't often get.

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Joe Lipsett @joelipsett.bsky.social · 5d

This has always been my least favourite HELLRAISER, so a re-evaluation was long overdue.

Do I still detest it? Listen tomorrow!

Anatomy of a Scream @anatomyofascream.bsky.social · 5d

Tomorrow on the #AOASPodSquad: @evilthiccness.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social's SUCH SIGHTS TO SHOW returns to "celebrate" the 25th anniversary of Scott Derrickson's HELLRAISER: INFERNO (2000).