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Jumanji (1995)

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Queer Horror, Gay Horror, Lgbt Horror, Film Reviews, Queer, Tv & Film, Gay, Film History, Lgbt

4.7931 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

Grab those dice, roll with the punches and and pray they read 5 or 8 because we're talking Joe Johnston's original gateway horror creature feature Jumanji (1995) for its 30th anniversary, or as it could also be called: 'Daddy Issues: The Movie'.

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0:00.0

You have to control yourself.

0:11.0

And welcome back to horror queers.

0:26.2

We're talking, and then we can all have ice cream and bourbon.

0:30.6

We're talking, don't call me crazy Alan, ever.

0:34.2

And we're talking, stop giving me things that come apart.

0:37.7

And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace, and we're talking, stop giving me things that come apart. And I'm Joe.

0:38.7

And I'm Trace.

0:39.8

And we're talking, in the jungle, you must wait until the dice read five or eight.

0:45.2

Oh, man.

0:46.3

That, I think, is one of the scariest effects in this entire film.

0:50.5

Joe, it scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

0:53.6

I was six years old when I saw Joe

0:55.4

Johnston's Jumongi in theaters, everyone. Yes, as we clued in last week, this is my pick for this

1:02.5

month because this, I love Jumaji, man. I really, rewatching this, I really do think that

1:08.8

this is the movie. This is the reason why I like creature

1:11.4

features so much. Okay, that is fascinating. I was going to ask you if we should have a conversation

1:16.6

about whether to classify this as a creature feature, because there's so many creatures, but

1:21.1

typically we would say, oh, well, it needs one to be like a snake movie or a lion movie or something.

1:28.2

In some ways, the animals are here, but they're not often the threat.

1:32.7

Right.

1:32.9

Well, they're not killing people because we aren't killing people in this movie.

1:36.6

And that's the, I think that that's the kind of key here.

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