# Curse of the Queerwolf **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-queerwolf/306321 "2005-06-01T03:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-queerwolf/306321/1 "2005-06-01T03:42:55Z")
I finally saw _Curse of the Queerwolf_. In a nutshell: Larry Smallbut is happily involved with a woman, but his best friend Richard Cheese wants him to come aalong with him every night in search of tawdry one-night-stands. It’s during one of these encounters that Larry is bitten by a ‘dickanthrope’ – a man who turns into a gay transvestite at the full moon. Larry must deal with this life-changing disease, and keep it from his girlfriend – _and_ avoid being killed by the torch-wielding mob. (Okay, it’s a very small mob. But they have a silver dildo!) Mark Pirro made _A Polish Vampire In Burbank_ in the early-'80s for a paltry $2,500. He shot it on super-8, and IIRC developed the film at Thrifty Drug Store. It is in APVIB that we first meet a queerwolf. When audiences responded well to the character, he decided to make a feature-lenght queerwolf film. _Queerwolf_ follows the Universal werewolf film of the '30s quite closely. And why not? A send-up should follow the original. It also contains '80s pop-references. Off the top of my head, I immediately think of a line lifted from _Poltergeist_: ‘They’re queeeeeeer!’ says a little blonde girl. Now, you might think such a film is offensive. I’m not gay, so I can’t personally say if it is. But Hollywood’s gay community seems to like it, if the documentary on the DVD is to be believed. With the popularity of _Too Wong Foo_, _Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_, and such, I think it’s reasonable that many in the Gay community like it. _Queerwolf_ is a much better production than APVIB. The camera work is better, the lighting is better, the acting is better, and they had more than twice the budget. Not that that’s saying a lot! It’s still a campy movie. One thing I like is that it, like APVIB, was shot on super-8. It’s not as clean as the larger formats, but 16mm and even some 35mm from the '70s doesn’t look all that great. The video transfer _could_ be confused as being from an older 16mm print. Super-8 is actually a decent format for video. _Curse of the Queerwolf_ isn’t a _great_ film, but it’s a lot of fun and I can certainly understand how it has such a cult following. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-queerwolf/306321/2 "2005-06-01T12:23:24Z")
I liked APVIB (I saw it on Captain USA’s Saturday afternoon B-movie matinee on USA Network)- I might actually check this out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curse-of-the-queerwolf/306321/3 "2005-06-01T22:08:32Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I liked APVIB (I saw it on Captain USA’s Saturday afternoon B-movie matinee on USA Network)- I might actually check this out. I found my APVIB tape yesterday. I’ll have to watch it again.