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4. J is for Jesus
Created by: Dennison Ramalho
Best known for: The Nightshifter
Score: 147

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M03acnjbL8w

Mythiot: 2
plasma: 3
John: 5
Inviso: 7
Suprak: 12
jcgamer: 13
Snake: 17
Karo: 19
Raka: 21
TomNook: 48

plasma
At first it looked like this one was going to be preachy like C Is For Capital Punishment but, damn, did this story work some magic. It opens with a gay couple getting photographed before the bald guy is executed in front of his lover. The survivor then endures some brutal Spanish Inquisition-style torture before being rescued by the bald guy, who comes back to life as some sort of twisted angel. Awesome.
But what impressed me most about this one was the setup and payoff with the tattoo. We first see the tattoo (which says Love is the only law) on the bald guys arm in a flashback. The other guy is shy and hesitant about accepting who he is, but the bald guy challenges him to change. Then at the end the bald angel brushes his hand across the survivors arm, leaving a matching tattoo across his lovers forearm.
This was great. Did an amazing job of balancing darkness and beauty, without being too cheesy or ham-fisted. A+

John
there was a lot I was and wasn't expecting from these, but what I DEFINITELY wasn't expecting was a gay torture revenge film with supernatural Biblical themes.

Inviso
This was extremely moving for a horror short. The filmmakers basically turned the very real fear of gay conversion therapy into a torture porn scenario, only to have salvation come at the hands of an EXTREMELY well-designed monster. Seriously, the make-up on the ghoul of the main characters deceased lover was great, and it made his righteous fury and vengeance feel all the better because of how human he still looked. Overall, a really solid film.

Suprak
See, what I was really hoping for from these movies (before I realized how schlocky the first one was and just rolled with it) was a sort of Scary Stories to tell in the Dark but for adults and I feel like this does a pretty good job of capturing that. You have a quick, self contained story that is both interesting and a little bit creepy. Here, you actually get some real life horror (being tormented for being gay and rejected by your family) combined with bloody movie horror (ghost lover with a sharp weapon and testicle shock) and the overall package here works well for a quick hitting five minutes or so. The dialogue is a little rough at times and some parts are eye-rolly at best (the tattoo transfer at the end comes to mind), but I still got what I wanted out of the concept for this one.

jcgamer
Stigmata sighting. Pretty effective.

Snake
It really brings to light how being gay is still treated as that punishable of an offensive in certain circles and countries. I just dont know if a vengeful tattooed bald demon(?) Jesus was the best way to portray something like this.

Karo
it's always a good time watching an evangelical preacher being hacked to pieces

Raka
Just in time for Pride month! So this guy saw the conversion therapists as monsters that they are and he became Jesus? Oh wait, his boyfriend rose from the dead and saved him. Huh. Good for them. Gets some extra points due to my personal bias.

Tom
Nope.