Summoning Sylvia

2023
R
1h 14m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

Veanne Cox, Michael Urie, Travis Coles, Noah J. Ricketts, Troy Iwata, and Frankie Grande in Summoning Sylvia (2023)

A gay bachelor party turned spooky when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned.

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A gay bachelor party turns spooky when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned.A gay bachelor party turns spooky when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned.A gay bachelor party turns spooky when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

Trivia
The entire movie was shot in 19 days in the middle of a summer heat wave in Newark, New Jersey.

Quotes
Reggie: Hey, but we're together. Four old friends...
Nico: Who sometimes kiss
Reggie: What? No, we don't kiss
Kevin: Not even on special occasions?
Nico: Well, what's the point of having friends if you don't kiss?

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Review

Featured review

4/10

Trying for camp, and they overshot it

Summoning Sylvia is a perfectly fine campy film of a gay supernatural story. It has all the elements that are needed: haunted house, spooky backstory, believers, and enough confusion that no one really understands what is happening.

Then, the mistakes start. The shrill stereotypes that are indicative of "gay culture" dominate the film. And they are so strong that even the "straight" character has to become the epitome of a ignorant homophobe with all the inkling of being a violent repressed soul. Ho Hum.

I want representation and love the ideas of what this film is trying to do. I'm frustrated that representation of gay has to be a certain way: shrill, effeminate, queeny, and all leading to a drag performance.

Do they know that there is a full range of gay men out there? Is Adam Pauley on Happy Endings one of the few images of a gay man I can somewhat relate to because he's just a guy who likes men?