IN A REVIEW that takes other gay movies to task — especially in the scifi, horror and fantasy genre — the Pop Culture Beast blog, says Judas Kiss is a “great leap forward,” buoyed by its excellent cast, multi-layered story and talented director J.T. Tepnapa.

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“You know how tough I am on gay cinema, especially of the genre variety,” states reviewer Garon Cockrell. These films “value sex over substance, flesh over story and, well to put it bluntly, they’re just terrible almost without exception.” Judas Kiss holds promise, though:

Judas Kiss caught me off guard. I have to admit to an unfortunate wariness for gay genre movies like I mentioned before but Judas Kiss overcame that almost immediately thanks in no small part to its wonderful cast [and] the spot-on direction of J.T. Tepnapa.

Garon compliments Richard Harmon (“fantastic”), Charlie David (“excellent as the broken Zachary”) and “scene-stealer” Sean Paul Lockhart (“exudes charm and screams for more screen time”).

He winds up:

Judas Kiss is a giant leap forward for not only gay genre film but gay cinema in general. … It proves it can still be sexy — you see plenty of skin in this one — while not sacrificing story, even having a pretty good one.

The review also gives a special nod to the film’s soundtrack, which we’ll be covering more extensively here on the website in coming weeks.

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