Gay Cinema
Local Drag
Horror Anthologies
Game Show Network
The Criterion Collection
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This 2023 film directed by Andrew Haigh adapted from a 1987 Japanese novel, follows a lonely screenwriter who finds a mysterious way to examine his grief while developing a relationship with his neighbor.
What is “All of Us Strangers”?
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This ooky, kooky, spooky queen is out of this world, proving to be a triple threat with their acting, dancing and singing as one of DSQO’s resident divas.
Who is Arya Jealous?
100
This 1985 anthology was the first out of three adaptations of this iconic 1959 science-fiction series.
What is ”The Twilight Zone?”
100
This 2002 game show hosted by Chuck Woolrey has contestants decode five-letter words given the first letter, think of it as the inspiration for Wordle.
What is ”Lingo”?
100
This 1963 Italian film at spine No. 140 directed by Federico Fellini was the most picked film in the Criterion Closet series and the inspiration for the 1982 musical “Nine”.
What Is “8 1/2”?
200
This 1987 film directed by Pedro Almodovar, which follows a filmmaker who gets involved with an obsessive fan, was the first film Almodovar made independently with his successful production company, “El Deseo”.
What is the “Law of Desire”?
200
This local queen has taken many forms as a rat, French fries, and Mr. Tumnus that her skills qualified her to host an upcoming fashion competition at Sue Ellen‘s in the fall.
Who is Eden Minx?
200
This 1983 anthology follows a lone man who takes viewers through the deep and dark roads of the human nature and psyche.
What is ”The Hitchhiker”?
200
This 2010 dating game show hosted by Jerry Springer has three contestants carrying three different sizes of luggage each - each carrying different sized secrets, strange or embarrassing.
What is “Baggage”?
200
This Mexican director, known for films such as “Cronos” and ”Frankenstein”, was allegedly responsible for the creation of the Criterion Closet series.
Who is Guillermo del Toro?
300
This 1985 film directed by Arthur J. Bressan Jr., which follows a gay man becoming a volunteer friend to another gay man dying of AIDS, is the very first film to deal with the AIDS pandemic.
What is “Buddies”?
300
Known as the biracial bombshell of Dallas-Fort Worth, this seasoned winner of the “Queer-Off” is also well remembered for her take on the Harpie Lady from “Yu-Gi-Oh!”.
Who is Aalegra Dell Daze?
300
This 1983 anthology created by zombie film legend George A. Romero was inspired by the 1982 film “Creepshow”, which also led to its own movie in 1990.
What is ”Tales from the Darkside”?
300
This 2002 GSN adaptation of a 1983 CBS game show includes the iconic mischievous red cartoon known as “The Whammy”, with its third adaptation currently airing on ABC.
What is “Whammy/Press Your Luck”?
300
Bill Hader famously stated this controversial 1975 Italian film, spine No. 17, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, as the “best date movie on Earth”.
What is ”Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom”?
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This 1965 film directed by David Secter following two college students discovering their attraction to each other, was English Canada’s first queer film and the first English-Canadian film to be shown at Cannes.
What is “Winter Kept Us Warm”?
400
This “Rising Star” serves Bath & Body Works realness, bubbling up the competition from runner-up of ”The Showdown” to the Rose Room’s newest resident.
Who is Mahogany Teakwood?
400
This 1987 anthology shares the same name of a popular horror franchise, however there‘s no relation whatsoever to the point that they were preparing the series finale to connect them both, had it not been cancelled in 1990.
What is “Friday the 13th: The Series”?
400
This 2002 game show simplified a dangerous game of chance, consisting of six trapdoors and four strangers answering simple trivia questions under pressure.
What is “Russian Roulette”?
400
This famous Texan actor just had his episode in the closet drop earlier today! In fact, two of his films, “Lone Star” and “Dazed and Confused” are in the collection.
Who is Matthew McConaughey?
500
This 1919 German film directed by Richard Oswald, which was thought to be lost due to prints being burned by the Nazis in 1933, was one of the first sympathetic portrayals of gay men in cinema.
What is “Different from the Others”?
500
One fun fact about this year’s “Spirit of the Queer-Off”: we used to work at Whole Foods together!
Who is Manual Labor?
500
This 1980 anthology was inspired by the 1950s British film production company of the same name and one episode was placed at No. 50 of the “100 scariest moments“ in horror media as of 2003.
What is the “Hammer House of Horror”?
500
This 2002 game show hosted by a former MTV VJ/Fox News commentator pitted three teams together to win money only to present them with the “prisoner’s dilemma”: cooperate or betray to win their “trust fund”.
What is “Friend or Foe”?
500
This 1983 American biopic directed by Philip Kaufman following the seven military pilots in the first human spaceflight by the United States is currently the newest addition to the collection at spine No. 1337
What is “The Right Stuff”?
