I hate to say it, but his parents have been feeling unwell as of late, and I'm staying with them to help take care of Alex.

Oh, that's serious?

Oh, no, no, it's not serious. Nothing terminal.

It's just a touch of consumption.

And welcome back to horror queers.

We're talking, some things in their natural state have the most vivid colors.

We're talking, liars, you're all despicable little liars. And we're talking chop, chop, chop. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace, and we're talking, And on that bed, there was a girl. And on that girl, there was a man. And from that man, there was a seat. And from that seat, there was a boy. Oh my God. Okay. I love the May. This movie is full of bobs and the Maypole song. I reround the scene Joe so I could listen to it again. It's extremely catchy. I will confess. I had completely forgotten that this is basically a musical. Oh, yeah. I did not. Nah, confess, and I might have said this in the outro last week. So, everyone, we are discussing Robin Hardy's 1973. I'm going to say cult classic. Oh, yeah. The Wicker Man. But this is a movie I watched for the first time back in that first year of the podcast when we covered the remake. Because I felt really embarrassed to be like, oh, I'm talking about the remake and I've never seen the original. Just another sign of how far we progress where nowadays we're just like, oh, I don't have time to watch the other thing. Oh, never mind. I'm only doing the one movie that we're talking about this one. Well, that just means in the future we have to always program the original first, Unless we don't care, then, what have you. We'll see, we'll see. But no, the original. I'm so excited to talk about this. And yes, folks, as I said in the outro, no, it is not May 1st. So yes, we are doing this early. We are doing this to coordinate with spring instead of May Day. Oh, right. So is the spring equinox? Sure.

Solstice.

It's one. It has to do with the moon of the sun. I don't right. I'm not an astronomer. But, yes, the wicker man. And honestly, Joe, this is not a very long film, but I do think it's a very dense film. So I'm going to go ahead and bring in our guests who was waiting in the wing.

So everyone, he is a writer, director, and producer who co-authored and edited the

24 book, Queer Horror, a Film Guide, and also hosts a podcast of the same name in which he,

his co-editors, and contributors do a deep dive into the films they wrote about for the book.

Children of the 90s may also like to know that he has written scripts for episodes of such

acclaimed television classics as Disney's So Weird, Digimon Adventures, and Sabrina the animated

series.

And this I actually found really interesting.

He also wrote the video segments for Minim Black Alien Attack, the theme park attraction at Universal Studios, Florida, among many, many, many other things.

Please welcome Sean Abley.

Hi.

Hello.

I love this.

As I said before, we started recording, I feel like this is like, all my life has come to this moment. The three of us have been sort of circling each other on the internet and the queer horror space for a long time. And so I'm so thrilled that we could make this delightful horror three way happen. Oh, my God, same. I feel like it's something where if both Joe and I lived in LA, this would have happened a lot sooner. There is that, although I will tell you, because we're so spread out here in Los Angeles, maybe not. It's, well, you know, there was that old story that B. Arthur used to tell, like, I've been trying to have lunch with Nanette Febri for two years.

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