those crazy catholics
Bong hit or yellow hanky action?
You be the judge.
OK, so who's Karen Black? I guess I have to see 'Trilogy of Terror' as she's some kind of gay icon or something. Fill me in, gays. Apparently I'm supposed to know who she is by both the Bored of Gay Approval and the Sci-Fi/Horror Council of Elders.
A little cross-eyed, a little crazy but a whole lotta actress, that's Ms. Black in a nutshell, for you Jimbo.
Perhaps forced into B-movie purgatory a bit too soon.
Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Nashville, Great Gatsby, and, of course, for the gay icon favorites: Come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
Not to mention she was the resourceful stewardess in the movie Airport, who managed to land the plane, with wind billowing through her hair, because "There's no one left to fly the plane."
Then, of course, a whole range of B-movies (from horror to trampy pics). Besides Trilogy of Terror, such delights as Killer Fish and Haunting Fear.
One of my favs is Invaders from Mars. Cross-eyed and crazy she tries to help save the world, as she battles Louise Fletcher and Lorraine Newman in the campy 1986 sci-fi remake.
And how did Karen Black come up in the conversation with the crazy Catholics into nasty bong water action?
Who's Karen Black..? What, were you too busy running around hugging trees in your Tevas?
Karen Black was the stewardess who ended up flying the plane in Airport. And, as you note, had a reeeeeally interesting role in 'Trilogy Of Terror.'
I think Karen Black really made it into the gay subconscious with the name of a late '80s hardcore band in NYC: "The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black." That was the name of the band. And way back then, the pairing of the words "voluptuous" and "horror"--which pretty accurately describes my sex life during the late '80s--had me and many other gay boys asking, "Who the hell is Karen Black?"
-Drew
Cardinal Hotster has been saving Choir Boy Semen for the last 20 years.
If you can't figure out how to Google "Karen Black Trilogy of Terror," that nasty man in the pink beanie is going to dunk your head in his vat of urine. But he'll do it with love.
Sometimes when I'm home alone I like to pretend I'm Karen Black being chased by an African Zuni fetish doll. It's fun for the whole family.
I dont think Karen Black is a so called "gay Icon*"
I think more in the realm as B-movie nobility
You ahve not seen Trilogy of Terror?!?!?! dear lord what sort of geek are you?
*what constitutes a gay Icon? cause I need to be informed given I was never issued a gay card. remember I was never assimilated into that collective.
And please can we get our crappy movie sequels straight? Stewardess Karen Black flew the plane in "Airport 1975" at least long enough for Charlton Heston to arrive and save the day...
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses where Karen Black stars as Mother Firely. Truly over the top.
Rent "Nashville".
Her part is small, but potent.
Oh, I'm dying with laughter here! I'm so glad I mentioned her to you on flickr. But gay icon? Agreed with Dax - she's more of a B-movie one.
She was also in Burnt Offerings - a very freaky, disturbing B-movie from the late 70's, that I rather enjoyed.
Karen Black probably cemented her star in the firmament of gay camp iconography when the L.A. club "Drag Strip '66" at the restaurant Rodolpho, had a Karen Black Film Festival costume event...and SHE SHOWED UP at the event!!!
She was a favorite of gay boys when her "Trilogy of Terror" ABC Movie of the Week first aired in the mid-to-late 1970's and gave us the most thrilling 30 minutes of television (the "Trilogy" was three separate movie-ettes crammed into one program.)
Trilogy of Terror was really gross. Karen Black got chomped. Check IMDB. She's on a Law and Order rerun this coming Sunday.
ok - someone's gotta say it:
BONG HITS 4 JESUS!
Hysterical.
Karen Black rocks tits.
Okay...that priest pic just creeps me out!!!