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Micro Queers: The Piper (2023)

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

4.7931 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Break out your flute because we're talking about queer director Erlingur Thoroddsen's latest film, The Piper! We like this fine. The story is a bit too familiar, but the technical elements make up for that. Plus: Julian Sands' last role, a gnarly kill scene, and wishing the Harbinger had more to do.

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0:55.9

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0:58.2

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1:00.6

Um, not that one. And welcome back to Micro Queers. It's our sporadic queer horror roundup, and I'm Joe.

1:16.6

And I'm Trace, and we are discussing a returning filmmaker, by the way, Erlinger Thorid Sins

1:22.3

the Piper, which is a modernization of the Piper of Hamlin.

1:27.8

Mm-hmm.

1:29.0

You betcha.

1:29.9

And I will say right off the top, we are going to be spoiling this, as we always do in

1:35.1

these microqueers.

1:36.6

And I'm going to say that, well, I like this.

1:42.9

It's a soft recommend, if only because I found the narrative very familiar.

1:49.0

I am in the exact same boat.

1:50.5

Yeah, this is a soft recommend.

1:51.6

I think I wound up giving this a three out of five.

1:54.2

I will confess I was in a two and a half for most of this film until we get to the climax,

2:00.5

which I do think is a decent payoff.

2:04.2

Yeah, yeah.

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