hellbent regency 2004 color 85 minute gay horror dylan fergus and bryan kirkwood and hank harris and andrew levitas and matt phillips and john p. petrelli star . write and direct by paul etheridge ouzts rat r for graphic violence and gore and nudity and language and drug use finally homo horror rear it cute little head from behind the genre divide . i be lucky enough to attend this film courtesy of ticket from camp blood . upon enter the fully packed theater a load of people couldn not get in that be eagerly await the screening outside . it hit me and this be it and i be so excited . be that i be a huge horror fan and a gay man i have be eagerly await this film for quite some time . a film that combine my lifestyle with the thrill i have become so accustomed to cherish over the year . so a i sit down the film promotion manager come up and introduce the film . he say i be so happy all of you could be here to see the movie and i hope all of you like it and if you do tell your friend . and if you do not just say it be challenge . the audience giggle along with me and my friend and the light dim . we be first show a trailer of another homo horror film hit theater soon dante cove witch look more like a skin flick to be honest . not that i be complain but it get me worry a little i be hop hellbent would be something more than just pretty flesh on view . i can happily say that it be . after a silly begin feature two hot guy get it on and get murder . it be off to meet our main character . first up gorgeous pretty boy eddie play by the passion dylan fergus . he the jamie lee curtis of the film and the somewhat virginal victim . throw off sex and drug in search of a bad boy hunk he saw at the local tattoo parlor . that bad boy hunk be jake play by sexy a hell bryan kirkwood of the forskaen a scruffy and tattooed and tough boy protect a wounded heart . than there be his friend joey play by adorable hank harris of pumpkin the naive twinkie cutie of the group swoon over a crush on a deliciously hot jock boy . bisexual chazz play by yummy poster boy andrew levitas of psycho beach party ( provolonie ) your basic friendly but whorishly natured player . and finally last but not least there the model tobey whose dress up a a drag queen for halloween hop someone will notice something about him besides his look play by heartthrob matt phillips . but wait there the villain shirtless and mostly in the dark with ripped six pack ab and a devils mask and love for decapitation and eye gouge play by the brutally handsome john p. petrelli . along they go on their escapade to the halloween carnivale in west hollywood . hop for fun and hot guy they end up be stalk and systematically slaughter one by one by a pointless but amuse killer . and this film be just entertainment and it fun . there lot of eye candy and creatively brutal and gory death sequence and manages to generate a good amount of old fashion suspense and laugh . it play a lot like a friday the 13th sequel with an all male cast . and all though this be a film about gay men it not a gay film . this be a horror film cut and dry and any real horror fan would not have a problem admit to it . it obvious that it be do on a low budget and but despite the poor film quality the film be smart and energetic fully deliver on it promise a a brutal horror film that feature gay character . hopefully the film will make some sort of impact and from the audience reaction i think it have quite a future to look forward to . a definite big time cult movie . it have hot boy and gruseome death and jolt galore . let in the fun and go find hellbent . a traditional tthrowback to the heart of the genre a film that generate goose bump and laugh and sex appeal and good old fashion slasher or horror . ( out five ) richard cavellero metuchen and nj .