{"id":44017,"date":"2024-06-01T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T22:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=44017"},"modified":"2024-06-03T06:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T10:49:42","slug":"slay-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/01\/slay-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Slay (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve seen the trailer or read about \u201cSlay,\u201d then yes, it is exactly the movie that you think it is. If you took \u201cPriscilla Queen of the Dessert\u201d and mixed it with \u201cFrom Dusk Til Dawn\u201d then you have what is essentially \u201cSlay.\u201d No more, no less. The thing about \u201cSlay\u201d though is that it is a siege horror comedy with vampires and drag queens it at least takes time to make up some of its own rules for vampire. This is a creative move despite the fact it\u2019s also a trick use to cover up the movie\u2019s obviously low budget. And I can\u2019t complain, because the movie makes lemonade out of lemons.<\/p>\n

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Writer\/director Jem Garrard is LGBTQ so they never really shy away from their intentions with \u201cSlay.\u201d It\u2019s an all out celebration of the drag artform that also acts as a means of empowerment for our troupe of traveling drag queens that end up stuck in a small town. Four drag queens, Mama Sue Flay (Trinity The Tuck), Robin Banks (Heidi N Closet), Bella Da Boys (Crystal Methyd), and Olive Wood (Cara Melle) are on tour in their roving mobile camper. Like most touring entertainers, they\u2019re completely broke and decide to take a job to even their expenses for gas and whatnot. Thankfully their next big job is at The Bold Tuck, a well known drag club.<\/p>\n

Except they\u2019re mistakenly booked at the wrong club, known as The Bold Buck. This club is packed with bikers and truckers, all of whom are disgusted at the presence of this small group of entertainers. Despite their initial worry they decide to perform anyway. But at that same time there\u2019s an outbreak of vampirism that creeps in to the club. Soon vampires are munching on locals, and the group of Queens have to fight if they hope to see daylight. \u201cSlay\u201d thankfully never gets too serious, but also never transforms its group of drag queens in to jokes, either. They\u2019re very dignified and empowered performers that stand up to bullies, and often times clap back at hecklers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When the vampires begin to lay siege on the club, their personas act as a form of personal strength where they\u2019re able to team with other victims and help tackle the vampire menace. For the sake of budget reasons, these vampires are a tad different meaning they burst in to glitter when they\u2019re staked, and so much of the action is confined to the club and not much else. That, thankfully, doesn\u2019t hinder the entertainment value of the film as Jem Garrard\u2019s script is clever, fun, and keeps the vampires always creepy and relentlessly vicious.<\/p>\n

The big caveat is that \u201cSlay\u201d does tend to go on a bit too long, especially in the end where it kind of runs out of fumes and seems to build loopholes to prevent becoming a straight-faced horror movies. This utterly destroys the high stakes and thus the imminent threat that were the vampires. \u201cSlay\u201d is, nonetheless, a fun and entertaining horror comedy with solid collective performances from the cast, a unique twist on a classic formula, and some very interesting approaches to social commentary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Streaming Exclusively on Tubi. If you\u2019ve seen the trailer or read about \u201cSlay,\u201d then yes, it is exactly the movie that you think it is. If you took \u201cPriscilla Queen of the Dessert\u201d and mixed it with \u201cFrom Dusk Til Dawn\u201d then you have what is essentially \u201cSlay.\u201d No more, no less. The thing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[219,477,1401,2123,1012,1151],"class_list":["post-44017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-indie","category-movie-reviews","tag-comedy","tag-horror","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtq","tag-survival","tag-vampires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44031,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44017\/revisions\/44031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}