It turns out the DVD version of Hellbent has a behind-the-scenes featurette so are yāall ready for some bonus Hellbent liveblogging???
āThereās a killer whoās been slaying young kids in West Hollywood, young kids - gay kidsā
āWhat we do know about the killer is that he is very muscular and apparently handsome. He does wear a mask so itās hard to be sure.ā
āSo heās a personification of evil, but, hot evilā
ā[Eddie] surrounds himself with these kind of wonderful, colorful peopleā
(they keep talking about how this movie is really about friendship and itās wholesome)
Joey is Eddieās younger brother?!?!?!
Bi Man Gay Man is actually canonically confirmed for Pan Man Gay Man
āWe lose⦠we lose Joey. Which is sad. Joey is one of my favorite characters.ā
We are all love Young Man Gay Man
The executive producer is named Wolf and the producer is named Wolfe
(inside of every movie are two wolves. one wolf is straight and the other is gay. both are producers)
The executive producer was one of the creators of Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street
āI made approximately 10 films in the slasher genre, the first one being Halloween and the last one being Hellbentā
Another producer: āI was talking about this gay idea that I kept havingā
āWe were thinking of making another Halloween. But we ended up making Hellbent.ā
āWish me luck on this gay idea I have!ā
āItās something gay audiences could just enjoy and have fun with.ā
āGay people are people. Theyāre like anybody else. And I believe that the audiences should understand gay people more than they do.ā
āThe gay community seems to like it because thereās no resounding message about being gay. Thereās no moral of the story about overcoming adversity. Weāre not even killed because we have gay.ā
Hank Harris youāre great in this movie but you are painfully straight
They just keep talking about how itās a story of young gay friends who are comfortable with who they are⦠most wholesome slasher film featurette
āThereās nothing pretentious, thereās nothing obnoxious, thereās nothing heady in itā
(Liam: āI think thereās plenty thatās heady in itā)
āThis is a gay story, it all takes place in a gay worldā
āIn any other horror movie, itās generally cast with attractive people. Does that make the killer, like⦠I donāt know, hot-ophobic or something?ā
(they actually do have a frank discussion about whether a gay slasher film would play into homophobia and the steps they took to avoid that)
Apparently most of the cast is straight??????? what
then the cast spends a loooong time talking about kissing men
āI found myself being very dominantā
I am not convinced that all of these men are straight
āGay people kiss, and people should understand thatā
āThe black leather harness thing, you know, it might have been the second most expensive thing in the budget, second only to my severed headā
āI spent probably the majority of the film covered in blood⦠itās kind of like being covered in cold maple syrupā
āI had glitter stuck to me for weeks afterwardsā
āSo when I died I was kind of relievedā
ā[Nick Name]ās songs āI Fucked Your Boyfriendā, āWhoās Your Daddy?ā, and āPorno di Giornoā - that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the filmā
āI wanted someone who was the handsome sexy daddy⦠and I knew Colton from the gymā
āItās a horror movie. And itās a horror movie the way I would make a horror movie. But itās gay.ā
Joseph Wolf I love you so much
And their final note on the movie:
āI think people are going to like this movie a lot. I think theyāre going to have a good time. I think theyāre going to fall in love with the characters, and theyāre going to be scared. And theyāre going to walk out of the movie saying, uh, āthat was really fun, I really enjoyed itā and āwhenās the sequel?āā