Episodes

  • RGC - The A-Z of the Video Nasties: The DPP List #6 - From The Dorm That Dripped Blood to Evilspeak
    Aug 4 2025

    Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List!

    This week, we're discussing Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow's Christmas slasher, The Dorm That Dripped Blood; Abel Ferrara's punk rock b-movie classic, The Driller Killer; Tobe Hooper's gritty and sleazy Eaten Alive; Sam Raimi's game changing masterpiece, The Evil Dead; and Eric Weston's super 80s Satanic computer horror, Evilspeak.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise - it’s completely optional and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #5 - D is for Don't
    Jul 21 2025

    Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List!

    This week is a "don't" special episode and we're discussing Joseph Ellison's creepy character study, Don't Go in the House; James Bryan's goofy slasher b-movie, Don't Go in the Woods... Alone!; Lawrence Foldes' bottom of the barrel trash cannibal film, Don't Go Near the Park; and S.F. Brownrigg's highly problematic yet massively boring Don't Look in the Basement.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise - it’s completely optional and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #4 - C is for Cannibal
    Jul 7 2025

    Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List!

    This week is a cannibal special episode and we're discussing Antonio Margheriti's wild Taxi Driver rip-off, Cannibal Apocalypse; Umberto Lenzi's cult classic, Cannibal Ferox; Ruggero Deodato's controversial game changer, Cannibal Holocaust; Eloy de la Iglesia's queer character study with no cannibalism, The Cannibal Man; and Alain Deruelle's boring and forgettable Cannibal Terror.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise - it’s completely optional and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #3 - From The Burning to Devil Hunter
    Jun 23 2025

    Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List!

    This week, we're discussing Tony Maylam's slasher classic, The Burning; William Asher's progressive queer slasher, Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker; Luigi Cozzi's Alien rip-off, Contamination; Gary Sherman's hidden 80s gem, Dead & Buried; Peter Maris' painfully boring Delirium; and the bottom of the barrel trash that is Jess Franco's Devil Hunter.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise - it’s completely optional and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #2 - From The Beast in Heat to Boogeyman II
    Jun 9 2025

    Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List!

    This week, we're discussing the first of the Nazisploitation nasties with Luigi Batzella's The Beast in Heat, Lucio Fulci's masterpiece, The Beyond, Herschell Gordon Lewis' camp splatter classic, Blood Feast, Jess Franco's weird slasher film, Bloody Moon, and Ulli Lommel's artsy Halloween rip-off, The Boogeyman, and its awful sequel, Boogeyman II.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise - it’s completely optional and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show!

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • RGC - The A-Z of Video Nasties: The DPP List #1 - From Anthropophagous to A Bay of Blood
    May 26 2025

    Welcome to Rise of the Gay Cinephile's alphabetical journey through all 72 films on the Video Nasties DPP List!

    This week, to kick off this 15 episode season, we're discussing Joe D'Amato's gloriously camp and trashy duo of gorefests, Anthropophagous and Absurd, the ambitious and surprisingly great Axe by Frederick R. Friedel, and A Bay of Blood, a highly influential cross between slasher and giallo by horror icon, Mario Bava.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you would like to support the podcast, head over to buymeacoffee.com/gaycinesrise - it’s completely optional and any support will go a long way with helping us continue to run the show! If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • RGC #5 - Ænigma + Mulholland Drive + Flow + La Cocina
    Mar 31 2025

    This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Lucio Fulci's Ænigma; David Lynch's Mulholland Drive; Gints Zilbalodis' Flow; and Alonso Ruizpalacios' La Cocina for our four highlights!

    You can also expect discussions on The White Lotus, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sex & the City, Goldeneye, our favourite musicals, the Cruel Intentions musical, and lots more.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • RGC #4 - Gothic + Eyes of Laura Mars + Mickey 17 + Black Bag
    Mar 18 2025

    This week on Rise of the Gay Cinephiles, we're discussing Ken Russell's Gothic; Irvin Kershner's Eyes of Laura Mars; Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17; and Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag for our four highlights!

    You can also expect discussions on Sex & the City, The White Lotus, The Traitors, Kenneth Anger, Charlie's Angels, Barb Wire, and lots more.

    You can find us on Instagram and Threads over at @gaycinephilesrise and on Twitter over at @gaycinesrise.

    If you'd like to contact us, message us on Instagram or Twitter; alternatively, email us at riseofthegaycinephiles@gmail.com.

    Our theme song is Katie by Gary's old band, One Week Stand—you can check them out on all online music streaming platforms.

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    1 hr and 24 mins