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The constant big-budget movie releases with their A-list stars, state of the art technology, and expensive advertising campaigns can make it easy to forget that most of the movie industry just doesn’t have that kind of money. Most filmmakers are working with limited resources, yet producing films that are in many cases better than those big money movies. Other filmmakers work with even less, producing films that, in the end, are often relegated to the more obscure cable channels and the bargain bin at Amazon. B-movies have been called Hollywood’s stepchild, but what they really are is its life blood.

Only a few of these films make money, but they have a greater value than simply being good for business: they are good for filmmaking. With little money, no stars, scripts that are disjointed, and often featuring poor production values, the B-movie is the primordial ooze from which new talent and ideas crawl.

Director David Decoteau (or as he’s also been known through the years, Julian Breen, Ellen Cabot, Richard Chasen, Marc Denne, David Doe, Wilma Rubble, Victoria Sloan, H.L. Smokum) is a legend in the B-Movie industry, having invented his own genre of film known as “Boxer Briefs Horror.”

We’ve paid tribute to his contributions twice before, the first time featuring such titles as Haunted Frat and Giant Killer Bees, and the second round showcased the unforgettable Frankenqueen and Hercules Unbound.

But because nothing beats a Hollywood trilogy, it’s time to take a third leap into the oeuvre that gave us the classics Voodoo Academy, Leeches!, Killer Bash, and The Brotherhood series (1 -6!)

* Note – I have not actually seen any of these films, but the trailers should tell us all we need to know

Kreepy Kerry

Storyline: A recent transplant to Bradbury Academy is finding it difficult to contain his deadly empathic powers,...

Yossi

Eytan Fox's superb sequel to his award-winning love story, Yossi & Jagger (2002), has finally arrived. The original told of two Israeli soldiers situated on the Lebanese border, whose clandestine love affair was struggling to survive in a friendly yet homophobic atmosphere. Jagger, who was a little more out there, did his darnedest to loosen up Yossi (Ohad Knoller), begging him to quit the army and live with him in a more tolerant ambiance such as the one Tel Aviv could furnish. The rosy vision unsettled Yossi, but not for long. Jagger was killed in an ambush - - and buried as a brave heterosexual, at least in the eyes of his parents and his compatriots.

Now jump a decade ahead. Dr. Yossi Hoffman is a highly respected cardiologist, yet a lonely, slightly out-of-shape homosexual. A workaholic, he refuses to take vacations, and his free evenings are neatly eviscerated by TV shows with laugh tracks.

Hell's horses, that was a fun one, eh? Extreme spanking, torture, amputation, and the most alarming birth since American Horror Story made this week's Game of Thrones the leg-crosser of the season. Let's dig in!

The episode is of course preceded by my favorite letters in the Western alphabet: AC, Al, Gv, and N. Together, they spell H-a-p-p-y L-o-r-d-s D-a-y Y-a-l-l!

The opening credits let us know that we're going to be introduced to yet another new land - this one looks to be waaaaay out there. Like, Staten Island out there. It's called Qarth, which sounds like a home accounting software with a speech impediment.

Stark, raving mad (Richard Madden)

It's raining in Westeros (my haaaair is a meesssss...) and two Lannisterian soldiers are joking about in the dark about the fighting prowess of Lorax, the Knight of Flowers. One points out that he can't be that good of a swordsman,...

David DeCoteau Legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens (Teenage Exorcist, Haunting Fear) announced on her official Facebook wall that this week she is reteaming with cult director David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama) to star in "Cougar Cult". 

Cougar Cult starts filming this week. The film will reunite Brinke Stevens with fellow scream queen alum Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons, The Return of the Living Dead) and Michelle Bauer (Nightmare Sisters, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers).

It's nice to see David DeCoteau getting back to his scream queen roots after spending over a decade with scream twinks in such efforts as Voodoo Academy and The Brotherhood. Or maybe given the title, he plans on merging the two together in one film? We'll just have to wait and see....

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1313 Haunted Frat Legendary schlock master David DeCoteau (Voodoo Academy, The Brotherhood) strikes again with yet another entry in his ultra campy horror series - 1313. Of course, a David DeCoteau film wouldn't be complete without a bunch of tasty hunks running around in their tightie whities, and it appears that "1313: Haunted Frat" certainly delivers on that promise. However, this time around it seems like DeCoteau is capitalizing on the recent trend of nerd chic, by featuring a hot nerd as his leading man.

Starring an assortment of twinks including David Flannery, Luke Allen, Derek North (College Debts, 1313 Giant Killer Bees) and Jake Madden, 1313: Haunted Frat takes place during Spring Break. With most of the frat members out partying, the few remaining pledges are haunted by a sinister visitor. Turns out the fraternity was built atop the burned ruins of an insane asylum.

1313: Haunted Frat arrives to DVD on...

!313: Giant Killer Bees From the master of schlock, David DeCoteau (The Brotherhood, Voodoo Academy) comes 1313: Giant Killer Bees! In it, Professor Bensington laments his role in the end of the world and reveals to us what caused the horror. His research assistant, a young college student named Redwood (Derek North - College Debts), travels to San Marino to oversee Bensington's honey bee experiments. While following the professor's orders, Redwood inadvertently unleashes a global biological disaster in the form of giant, zombie, killer bees.  

Coming to DVD on August 1st, 1313: Giant Killer Bees is a follow-up to 1313: Nightmare Mansion. Giant Killer Bees features everything that gay & female horror lovers have comes to appreciate of David DeCoteau's low budget horror films of late - a completely over the top premise in which a cast of hot, young studs running about in their boxer briefs while trying to...

Cory Monteith (right) in Killer Bash Did you honestly think I was going to do a post of this type without being an equal opportunity blog? It's just so unfair to limit a post of this type to the male audience. Hence, why I am doing a second post for the female and gay audience members out there. Big Daddy Horror Reviews has always been about diversity in its apporach to horror journalism and that isn't about to change. So, it is starting to become more acceptable these days for the guys to get in on the nudity these days and I have to say "it's about time!". Still, we've had plenty of actors who have worked in the field that haven't given up the goods. Riley Smith, who has a legion of fans due to his running about in his boxer briefs in Voodoo Academy, didn't give up all the goods.

One Halloween I was hunting through a Blockbuster for the perfect thriller movie; one that would be suspenseful but not too scary, sexy but not exploitative. After seeing one too many box covers featuring axe-wielding maniacs, screaming girls in bikinis, or screaming, axe-wielding maniacs in bikinis, I was about to abandon all hope; then I discovered a delightful film called Voodoo Academy.

A supernatural thriller set at an all-boys college, this film featured a suspenseful, original plot, supplemented and emphasized by a gorgeous cast of stunning young men wearing very few clothes; and after seeing this movie and thoroughly enjoying it, I set out in search of more features from the film's talented director, David Decoteau.

This Candian filmmaker has made nearly 90 films since the 1980s, and--after directing fun horror flicks like Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowlarama, he turned his attention to making horror movies for girls, such as The Brotherhood series,...

What’s it like working on the homoerotic horror films of indie filmmaker David DeCoteau (the Brotherhood films, Leeches!, Voodoo Academy, House Of Usher, etc.)? Fast and furious immediately comes to mind, which you would expect from a director who released seven movies in 2009 alone. Pennsylvania-born actor Cody Matthew Blymire, who stars in DeCoteau’s current 1313: Nightmare Mansion (see previous item here), shares his experiences on boarding the express train at DeCoteau’s Rapid Heart Pictures, his limited wardrobe and working with Survivor star-to-be Judson Birza.

Love him or hate him, one thing is for sure: Director David DeCoteau is a legend in the horror entertainment field. That can't be denied. He's the man responsible for 80's camp classics such as Nightmare Sisters and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama. Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama gathered a once in a lifetime B movie cast including Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Brinke Stevens (Grandma's House), Michelle Bauer (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers), Robin Stille (The Slumber Party Massacre), Hal Havins (Night of the Demons), and George 'Buck' Flower (They Live). While Sorority Babes was one of the most downright fun horror films of the 80's, another element stood out about the film, one that would go on to shape and define David DeCoteau's career. See, David DeCoteau cast this complete unknown named Andras Jones in the lead role. Right off the bat, you could...

Full Moon Entertainment is the company behind such horror films as Puppet Master, Demonic Toys, Arcade, Shrunken Heads, Shadowzone, Evil Bong, Voodoo Academy, etc. This past year with the release of Puppet Master: Axis of Evil, Demonic Toys 2, and director John Lechago's Killjoy 3, Full Moon Entertainment has gotten back to what made them a success to begin with. With the recent announcement of Evil Bong 3-D, Full Moon Entertainment seems due for a resurrgence after years of struggling. So what does this all have to do with one Mr. John Lechago? Well you see, like Full Moon Entertainment, Mr. Lechago seems to have his career back on track like the company that he has worked for. Killjoy 3 cemented that Full Moon Entertainment is moving in the right direction and so it appears that Mr. Lechago is heading in the right direction as well. Killjoy 3 was...

Riley Smith, even if you don't know who he is right off the bat by name, I am sure you have seen something that he has appeared in. This multi-talented young actor originally modeled, then switched over to acting. He started out in horror films and teeny bopper films. He know finds himself with his most challenging role in an episode of The Closer which is set to air in Dec. He then even proved to be a fine singer! Is there anything he can't do?!? Riley Smith got his break with leading roles in two horror films- Lovers Lane with then unknown Anna Farris (who got her big break just one year later in Scary Movie, in part because of young Riley) and in the homo erotic Voodoo Academy which was developed for Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures with David Decoteau directing. After appearing in these movies, more mainstream work followed.

Aahh! Giant leeches! They're ripping my clothes off!

Halloween is nearly upon us once again, and for some of us it conjures memories we would rather keep suppressed. For instance, the little boy who went out one Halloween wearing a Thundarr mask he got from Woolworth and a fabulous sun sword he made from a whiffle bat.

The night went well until he got home and emptied the contents of his goodie bag and found 2 business cards, 3 mini-bibles, used wax lips, a brown banana, and someone's dentures. Oh, and worst of all - candy corn.

Needless to say, that child was scarred for life from properly celebrating the gayest holiday of them all.

Fortunately, the energy he could have spent trick-or-treating every year was instead spent becoming a horror aficionado, with a special focus on the hot guys that provided eye candy in between the, well, horror.

Two years ago...

Jason Paul Collum is the genre director of several films and was featured as Bachelor of the Month in Instinct magazine. He is mentored by legendary scream queen Brinke Stevens who starred in two of his more popular efforts October Moon and its sequel November Son. Both of these films were refreshingly different films in the genre as they were gay psychological horror thrillers. We had the chance to ask him a few questions about his career and these films. Here is what he had to say:

For horror fans who may be unfamiliar with you, who is Jason Paul Collum and what is he all about?

I'm a guy with my hands in a lot of pots. I write, direct, produce and very occasionally act (a loose term) in mostly low-budget, independent films. I've worked on projects with budgets as low as $500 and as high as $150,000. I even worked...

The beach movie has come a long way from the days of Frankie & Annette, Gidget and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.

On second thought, maybe it hasn't changed at all. They've always been about the same things: babes, beefcake, and trying to get laid without getting sand in your nether regions.

Of course, the beach films of yesteryear could only hint at it, but you knew that beneath the Aquanet and Brylcreem, those kids were waiting to sexually explode (in between having to dodge all those giant radioactive insects so prominent in that era).

The beach films of recent times don't have to hint at anything, and can be as blatantly sexual and nuded up as they want. And they don't have to tiptoe around the "love that dare not speak its name" either, although if you read between the lines of those 60's films, we were always there,...