What a nice gay flick. I so wish I had this movie growing up.
We gays can die in horror movies too, just like anybody else, but not because we are gay, of course, but because we are represented; and more than represented, we are right on the path of the killer, making the same stupid mistakes straighties make in their horror movies, and there are a lot of those mistakes here; you know, the moves that make you go "uh oh, don't go there, girl!" Yeah, those.
In Hellbent, five gay friends are out partying on Halloween night when a killer gets in their way.
Hellbent takes place in a gay world, the few straight characters in the movie are barely extras. 
As is the case with straight horror movies, the cast is smoking hot; but instead of your usual stereotypical sorority cheerleader making out with Joe-the-football-stud, you get Bryan Kirkwood and Andrew Levitas (both stereotypically hot, the two hottest hotties in my opinion) making out with other guys. Yay!
Bryan's character was called Jake, the butch loner who befriends our lead gay, a cop wannabe played by Dylan Fergus. Andrew plays Chaz, a bisexual who will hump anything that moves.
There are no big departures from straight horror (and that's what makes this movie so good), but this time you can watch a horror flick with your date and totally relate to the story. I think it will make more sense to grope grab your loved one, tight, while watching Hellbent -- it did for me. You have got to buy or rent Hellbent.
I will talk about an interesting fact in the movie but that will seriously ruin the plot.
[SPOILER AHEAD]
We never know why the killer is killing. Hypothetically, the killer could be a homophobe, but we don't know that. Nothing in the movie indicates the killings are hate crimes at all. All we know is that the killer is hot; we see his silhouette a lot but we don't get a closer look.
Oh, and we also know that there will likely be a sequel. Surprise, surprise.
Fun movie. I have it on DVD. It's a nice film to add to my horror video library, since it's the ONLY gay-themed one out there and Halloween is THE gayest holiday out there! Well worth renting if not buying!
Posted by: kaneona | Sep 27, 2009 at 04:48 AM
OMG, i loved this movie. I'm surprised that u did not have this reviewed. Well, the movie is pretty good...especially because the dudes are hot, really hot.
Posted by: Jonathan | Jan 23, 2007 at 09:11 PM
I saw this movie at the 2005 São Paulo International Movie Festival.
It's pretty fun to see horror scenes that u usually see with Heterosexual characters with gay guys, and hot!
:-)
Posted by: marcus | Jan 23, 2007 at 07:43 PM