It turns out the DVD version of Hellbent has a behind-the-scenes featurette so are y’all ready for some bonus Hellbent liveblogging???
“There’s a killer who’s been slaying young kids in West Hollywood, young kids - gay kids”
“What we do know about the killer is that he is very muscular and apparently handsome. He does wear a mask so it’s hard to be sure.”
“So he’s a personification of evil, but, hot evil”
“[Eddie] surrounds himself with these kind of wonderful, colorful people”
(they keep talking about how this movie is really about friendship and it’s wholesome)
Joey is Eddie’s younger brother?!?!?!
Bi Man Gay Man is actually canonically confirmed for Pan Man Gay Man
“We lose… we lose Joey. Which is sad. Joey is one of my favorite characters.”
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
“I made approximately 10 films in the slasher genre, the first one being Halloween and the last one being Hellbent”
Another producer: “I was talking about this gay idea that I kept having”
“We were thinking of making another Halloween. But we ended up making Hellbent.”
“Wish me luck on this gay idea I have!”
“It’s something gay audiences could just enjoy and have fun with.”
“Gay people are people. They’re like anybody else. And I believe that the audiences should understand gay people more than they do.”
“The gay community seems to like it because there’s no resounding message about being gay. There’s no moral of the story about overcoming adversity. We’re not even killed because we have gay.”
Hank Harris you’re great in this movie but you are painfully straight
They just keep talking about how it’s a story of young gay friends who are comfortable with who they are… most wholesome slasher film featurette
“There’s nothing pretentious, there’s nothing obnoxious, there’s nothing heady in it”
(Liam: “I think there’s plenty that’s heady in it”)
“This is a gay story, it all takes place in a gay world”
“In any other horror movie, it’s generally cast with attractive people. Does that make the killer, like… I don’t know, hot-ophobic or something?”
(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
“I found myself being very dominant”
I am not convinced that all of these men are straight
“Gay people kiss, and people should understand that”
“The black leather harness thing, you know, it might have been the second most expensive thing in the budget, second only to my severed head”
“I spent probably the majority of the film covered in blood… it’s kind of like being covered in cold maple syrup”
“I had glitter stuck to me for weeks afterwards”
“So when I died I was kind of relieved”
“[Nick Name]’s songs “I Fucked Your Boyfriend”, “Who’s Your Daddy?”, and “Porno di Giorno” - that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the film”
“I wanted someone who was the handsome sexy daddy… and I knew Colton from the gym”
“It’s a horror movie. And it’s a horror movie the way I would make a horror movie. But it’s gay.”
Joseph Wolf I love you so much
And their final note on the movie:
“I think people are going to like this movie a lot. I think they’re going to have a good time. I think they’re going to fall in love with the characters, and they’re going to be scared. And they’re going to walk out of the movie saying, uh, ‘that was really fun, I really enjoyed it’ and ‘when’s the sequel?’”