OUTscene Staff
“Films come and go, but murders last forever.”
Anyone in that frame of mind must be a “whore for the gore,” and so it is with Joshua Grannell’s directorial debut in the midnight movie, “All About Evil.” (Grannell is better known as the drag persona ‘Peaches Christ’).
Unlike some midnight shows at The Egyptian which fail to collect more than a handful of people, this event summoned an impressive crowd. Peaches ‘n company greeted theater-goers in a “Welcome-to-my-torture-chamber” fashion. “I’m a whore for the gore” was their main act, plus a competition for most frightening get-up.
The film takes us into the life of Deborah, a young librarian running the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, which is fledgling financially. Deborah’s first murder is not premeditated: her vile mother belittles her, causing Deborah (played by Natasha Lyonne) to kill her with a pen. Turns out the act was filmed by security cameras and shown accidentally on the main screen. Seeing the dramatic, excited and approving reactions of audience members, Deborah envisions and embarks on a career of real-life murder placed on the big screen—with much premeditation…and gore.
One wayward theatre-goer is thrown into an “off-with-her-head” device; except, it’s her tit that is lobbed off. The victim had been chased around in the bowls of the dark theatre by an old man (Jack Donner), who records the fleeing woman and records her torture. He does this for all murders Deborah commits—all for film!
Jack is only one of Deborah’s sidekicks: She attracts several other misfit-followers who worship her methods, including Thomas Dekker, Noah Segan, cult icon Mink Stole and Cassandra Peterson (better known as Elvira). Dekker, though, is merely an adoring fan, not an accomplice like the rest of her co-workers.
The audiences keep growing and becoming as addicted to the gore as Deborah is. Really, Deborah was compelled do something creative to save the Victoria Theatre, because it was failing as an inherited family business. Her biggest fan, Dekker, begins to catch on to Deborah’s sinister reality-filmmaking, however. And the unraveling begins.
The acting is superb, and clever are the death scenes. Add in two demented twin sisters who join Deborah’s crew.
Peaches Christ, who makes several appearances in the movie, declared at The Egyptian that Seattle has some of the best fans for gore films, and she was delighted to be here.
To see a trailer for the film and upcoming tour dates and stops, visit http://www.allaboutevilthemovie.com/. Also, here is Peaches Christ’s Web site, http://www.peacheschrist.com/.
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