Top Ten Willy Inducing Moments

Andre Dumas, she of the fabulous Horror Digest , recently posted her Top 10 Willy Inducing Moments - scenes from films that just made you shiver or gave you THE WILLIES (get it?)   Well, now the damn thing's gone viral and has infected this very blog.

So, without further ado,  I present my Top 10:

1: Regan MacNeil's Bloody Spinal Tap from The Exorcist:

Masturbating with a crucifix, puking up pea soup and spider walking down the stairs all pale in comparison to the spinal tap scene from The Exorcist.  The cold, clinical doctors; the noisy machines; the flashing x rays ... for some reason, this scene makes my blood run cold. 

2: That effin Homeless Person/ Monster from Mulholland Drive:

Meet the freaky deaky beastie who lives near the dumpster behind Winkie's diner on Sunset Blvd.  He/She/It causes nightmares, heart attacks and releases pint size-senior citizen-demons from paper bags.

3: The Wailing Wall from The Haunting:

Good god, this has got to be one of the most eerie bits featured in a film...a deep voice is heard murmuring softly (with the cadence of a preacher), while a child's whimpering is also heard - eventually the child begins screaming; all the while, the viewer stares at this woodcut wall and notices a strange sort of face (well at least that's what I saw).   Too creepy.

4: That effin Truck from Duel:

I hate trucks.  I hate this truck especially because it kept trying to run poor Dennis Weaver off the road.

5: The Posse Bringing Ben's Body to the Fire from  Night of the Living Dead:

With it's allusion to lynchings, this still from the end credits to Night of the Living Dead, creeps me out more than any damn zombie ever could.

 6: Jack Woltz finds a Horse's Head in his Bed from The Godfather:

It may not be from a horror film, but this scene just ruined me!  I guess Woltz should have forgiven Johnny Fontaine after all.

7: Virginia's about to Give a Big Sting from Spider Baby:

...so your stuck in the window of this creepy old house, and you see this nut case coming at you with a a couple of sharp objects...

8: Mike in The Corner from The Blair Witch Project:

MIIIIKKKEEEEEE!  'nuff said.

9: The Blood Filled Tub and Reaching Hand from The Tingler:

William Castle might have been a big old hack - but this scene scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid.  It's one of the reasons I love horror films to this day!

10: Samara from The Ring:

Creepy little girls crawling out of wells and television sets always freak me out. 

Horror Films that Every Self Respecting Gay Man Should See: The Haunting

* an ongoing project for Gay Pride Month

Film: The Haunting

Director: Robert Wise

Stars: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn.

In a Nutshell: Three people are chosen by a parapsychologist to spend some time in an allegedly haunted house to observe whatever strange events they might encounter.  Breathing doors, ghostly voices, and spectral graffiti greet them; and one of the guests gets much more than they bargained for.

What's So Gay About It?: Bitch Please!  Besides the director who had previously given the world, West Side Story - and would then deliver, The Sound of Music;  The Haunting featured a major character who was not only a fabulous fashion horse, she was also a lesbian!  Claire Bloom as Theo was the sexiest sister of Sappho to come along in like, forever!  Not only was she well coiffed, she was also taken with the film's most disturbed character, Nell (Julie Harris).  Poor Nell, desired by a lesbian, in love with a married man, and carrying around enough guilt to power the entire Catskills resort community  for a season and a half is a hot mess.  In fact, Hill House seems to focus it's demonic energies on her alone, making her more batty than she already is.  Make no mistake, Julie Harris OWNS this movie, and she's one pathetic little time-bomb of pent up sexual frustration and anger just waiting to blow up - happily, that haunted estate is more than eager to assist her to this end.  Oh, and keep an eye out for Russ Tamblyn, who seems to be wearing the same skin tight pants he danced around in from West Side Story - just sayin' is all.

Cool Stuff: This tidbit from IMDB: Claire Bloom was intrigued to the play the role of a woman who was attracted to another woman. She said she got along with everyone on the set, except for Julie Harris, who tried everything to avoid her and not talk to her. At the end of the shoot, Harris went over to Bloom's house with a present and explained that the reason she had kept to herself was to stay in character, because Harris' role in the film was that of an outsider that none of the others understand or will listen to. Bloom was happy to hear the real reason behind Harris' behavior, since Bloom stated that she really liked Harris and could not understand what she herself had done wrong to be treated like that by her co-star.

Gay Quotability: The world is full of inconsistencies. Full of unnatural beings, nature's mistakes they call you for instance!