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DVD
RYKODISC
Publisher: Here
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Actors: Peter Stickles
Suspicions arise when young men turn up murdered with mysterious wounds on their necks. Determined to solve the crimes, a young journalist discovers clues leading him to a private gentlemen's club called 'The Lair.' As he closes in on the truth, he becomes ensnared by a legion of vampires. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR Age: 796019805360 UPC:
Suspicions arise when young men turn up murdered with mysterious wounds on their necks. Determined to solve the crimes, a young journalist discovers clues leading him to a private gentlemen's club called 'The Lair.' As he closes in on the truth, he becomes ensnared by a legion of vampires.
One would think there would be a diverse history of manly gay vampire films, after enjoying numerous lesbian classics like Vampyros Lesbos and Daughters of Darkness, but surprisingly, The Lair fills a void in this campy realm. Riffing on Dante's Cove, The Lair is a series in which vampires run an underground sex club employed by hunky, S/M vampires that like to engage in deadly, lascivious orgies. Not since Udo Kier as the Count in Andy Warhol's Dracula has the leader of a vampire cult, in this case Damian (Peter Stickles), been so horny. However, The Lair diverges from Dracula's story quickly, allying plot-wise more with The Lost Boys, in which a posse of hot men must secretly kill in order to keep the family alive. Over the course of the six half-hour episodes in The Lair: The Complete First Season, journalist Thom (David Moretti) and his boyfriend, Jonathan (Jesse Cutlip), get a little too close to discovering the vampires behind a series of anonymous John Doe murders, whose case is officially spearheaded by Sheriff Trout (Colton Ford). Sex scenes are as steamy as they can get for television, and The Lair, as melodrama, delivers wherever one would expect people to get naked and crawl into bed. As one would imagine, and hope, everyone involved in the series, save a couple surprises, ends up dead or a vampire. Not until episode three, after Jonathan has been bitten and Thom tries to hang himself under hypnosis, does the series begin to take more mystical turns, cluing Thom and his friends, like Laura Rivers (Beverly Lynne), into the fact that a coven exists on the island they live on. As Thom sleuths away to discover Jonathan's attempted killer, side plots evolve. Laura's boyfriend, Jimmy (Evan Stone), beats her up, and another vampire victim, Eric (Michael Von Steele), is recruited to The Lair's S/M late-night crew. During episodes four, five, and six, a mutiny forms amongst the vampires, masterminded by Kiefer Sutherland look-a-like, Colin (Brad Benton), and his lackey Frankie (Brian Nolan), who turn against Damian because he believes Thom is his old lover, Richard Devere, reincarnated 200 years later. The scene depicting Damian and Richard back in pre-colonial Boston, dressed in powdered wigs while Richard paints Damian, is hilarious. The dialogue is a schlocky mixture of Shakespearean posturing and gossipy club boy, such as when Colin brattily tells Thom, "Truth is, we're a coven of vampires, and when the sun sets again, you're going to die." The Lair is trashy, ridiculous, and lots of fun. —Trinie Dalton
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| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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so i thought this wud be good ,because most vampire theme shows are good for the moost part.well the sex is ok n here,but nuthin to get worked up over and i want too see more of the good parts .and the actors.........they are bye far the worst actors ive seen so far n i watch alot of stuff.so if u want somethin jus to watch then get this.but tru blood was a good vampire show to watch granite there was no gays and not alot aof sex n it.
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| "THE LAIR": GAY VAMPIRE TALES ARE GOOD CAMPY FUN--WITH SOME SEX |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Gay males finally get our own vampire story. Yes, gay vampires/witches are running a sex club called "The Lair" that is actually a front for more sinister activities. Newspaper journalist Thom (David Moretti) investigates a series of "John Doe Murders" linked to The Lair. Vampire Lord Damien (Peter Stickles) discovers that Thom looks like the reincarnation of his former lover, whom he betrayed, 200 years ago. Fellow vampire Colin (Dylan Vox) sees this as the perfect opportunity to bring about Damien's downfall.
"The Lair" is campy and gratuitous. There's lots of sex and nudity thrown in for, mostly, no good reason-- except, perhaps-- it is included because you can do that on cable. The acting and dialogue are, mostly, terrible. So, why am I giving "The Lair" three stars? Because I think it's good, campy, gay fun. It's all over the top; and I think that was the intention. Plus, Stickles and Vox do exude the necessary charisma and sex appeal in the lead vampire roles. Vox's Colin, looking like a carbon copy of Kiefer Sutherland in "The Lost Boys", is a sexy, smarmy brat who can't wait to usurp Damien's/Stickles' power.
If you're an adult who wants some campy, sexy fun, instead of scares, for Halloween, I do recommend these six episodes of "The Lair." Just enjoy it for what it is; but don't expect anything else. Plus, Season One of "The Lair" was just campy/interesting enough to make me want to watch Season Two.
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| This Bites AND Sucks |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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This review is for those genuinely curious about "The Lair." Don't be fooled by reviews stating that this is trashy fun. It's not. It's lame. One of the two performers who doesn't completely embarrass himself is ex-porn star Colton Ford, but since the director decided to "Just for Men" all over his head, he looks rather odd. I've made it through the first 3 episodes of 6 and I'm not going any further. (If only "Mystery Science Theater 3000 were still around to take a crack at this....) Sometimes shows are so bad they're good; this is simply bad.
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| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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bad actting bad choice of actors to use, they used gay porn actors who dont have ANY actting abillity and are out of shape, I would of used no name actors who would look good on camera buy my copy: YIM user666468952002 PLEASE p.s. sorry I bought the 2nd year at the same time ( my bad) LOL ;)
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| Gay Vamps |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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This Here-TV Original Series is...inturrestin. N a Nut-Sheel, Gay Vampires iz what Ur gettin w/ the purrchase of thiz DVD. it's only 2 Discs, vurry few episodes. as U go through it, the Mystery un-ravels!
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