With Outfest kicking off today, a lot of films will be looking to find their audience and perhaps attract a distributor to give them wider viewership. One of those is Crazy bitches, which screens at Outfest on July 17th – and if you’re interest interested, you can watch the trailer for the horror comedy with a bit of a camp gay tinge below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘A group of ex Alpha Kappa Pi Sorority girls plan a getaway birthday weekend for their friend, Alice. Escaping to a remote ranch the girls settle in for several days of gossip, girltime and grub.

‘The bunch start off where they always do, old rivalries in place, extreme vanity covering great insecurities, but a true love for each other underneath the bickering, sniping and sassing.

‘A number of drinks into the first evening and a dark secret is revealed. The house they rented is the sight of a mass murder of teenage girls on a sleepover 15 years earlier. Blood still stains the floors under replacement carpets. The killer still runs free.

‘The girls take it for what it seems – a fun story for a rainy night in front of a roaring fire. But after one of them disappears and is discovered , dead – the story doesn’t seem so fun anymore. One by one, they die, killed by their own particular vanity. The fun-filled week will turn into a race against death. Who will make it out alive?’

Find out more at the film’s website. [Read more…]

It’s not just in the big city that you can have family’s the eschew the ‘traditional’ idea of husband, wife and children. Perfect Cowboy, An Alternative Family Musical takes us out into the back of beyond for a tale of two gay dads, their son and country & western music.

The film is due to receive its world premiere at Outfest on July 13th, but you can watch the trailer below.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Jimmy Poole gets out of prison, eager to rejoin his novelty/country band and to reunite with his family.  His longtime lover/partner, Tyler, has put his son, Jimmy’s step son Mark, into the band while Jimmy was away.  When Jimmy’s kicks Mark out of the band, the resentments fly and the family feuding begins.

Trying to acclimate to his old life, Jimmy goes back to his heavy drinking.  Mark’s marriage to a conservative Christian woman is in trouble and his identity in question.  His father, Jimmy’s partner Ty, is caught in the middle of deep family fighting.

‘After a brutal fight between Jimmy and Mark, the latter seeks the council of his estranged mother, an ex drug addict.  Through her, Mark decides to starts his life over by accepting a performer position in a Branson, MIssouri amusement park show.

‘Jimmy and Ty try to heal their relationship.  A huge obstacle arises when Jimmy is forced to admit to Tyler that he has contracted HIV in prison.  Tyler is not sure that he can forgive Jimmy’s infidelity, and is petrified by Jimmy’s “condition.”  Tyler moves out of the house.

‘In Branson, Mark thrives and learns to understand and embrace the flamboyant entertainment world.  He’s now ready to accept his fathers fully.  He goes home for Thanksgiving, where all try to reunite.

You can find out more at the film’s official website. [Read more…]