Since the project was announced nearly a year ago, there’s been a lot of talk about King Cobra, the murderous tale of lust, greed and crime set against a wholesome gay adult film backdrop.
And though we’ve seen images and a clip and even heard from the real life Brent Corrigan about how he’s portrayed, we’ve oddly still been waiting on a trailer.
Related: First Look At Disney Star Garrett Clayton As Brent Corrigan In James Franco’s Gay Biopic
Well the wait is over.
Hype can be a real killer when expectations are catapulted into the clouds above reality — and this film has seen nothing but hype — but we’ve got to say, the trailer makes the film look entirely watchable.
Check it out below:
The film tells the story of Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis’ murder by two of his stars, Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes, in 2007. Naturally, James Franco is also involved, taking a producing and acting credit.
Both killers were sentenced to life in prison, and the gruesome details of the story inspired the book Cobra Killer: Gay Porn Murder.
Related: Disney Star Cast As Brent Corrigan In Retelling Of Gay Adult Film Industry’s Most Notorious Murder
According to the investigating coroner, Kocis was stabbed 28 times and his throat was cut, nearly decapitating him. His body was left in his house before it was set on fire. Officials had to use dental records to identify Kocis because his body was burned beyond recognition.
Kocis’ involvement and subsequent legal battle with a then-underage Brent Corrigan, aka Sean Lockhart, added an unhealthy dose of scandal to the already-insane story.
And now the whole sordid mess is coming to a theater near you! It’s kind of like Brokeback Mountain with few more twists and turns. Except not at all. It’s all fairly horrifying.
Related: The 5 Lives Of Sean Paul Lockhart, AKA Brent Corrigan
Slater has signed on to play Kocis, and Ringwald has been cast as Kocis’ sister.
King Cobra comes to theaters on October 21st.
scotshot
Gee, another movie portraying gays as unspeakable monsters. Immoral, wanton, unable to control themselves, etc,etc,etc.
scotshot
PS: The preview isn’t bad, maybe I will see it.
ingyaom
Looks all right.
MarionPaige
like Sean Lockhart (aka Brent Corrigan),
I too can’t wait for people to see the movie and,
to see all of what the movie isn’t.
The movie could put The Bryan Kocis Murder back in the public discussion. I mean,
The Luzerne County Court System (that convicted Harlow Cuadra) was held by a federal judge to be a racketeering enterprise.
Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes had their own companies (Boybatter and Norfolk Companions), they didn’t work for Cobra Video.
MarionPaige
Snapped: Killer Couples does a better job of showing the true events and,
it features the infamous workout video clip Harlow Cuadra sent to the bitchless blog
https://youtu.be/wGGUEoPrw4g
broadshoulder
Looks OK, haven’t seen a good gay film in ahes
MacAdvisor
@scotshot:
scotshot: “Gee, another movie portraying gays as unspeakable monsters. Immoral, wanton, unable to control themselves, etc,etc,etc.”
Given many of the nasty, mean, spiteful, and plain horrible message posted on Queerty, we seem to do our best be unspeakable monsters. Immoral, wanton, unable to control ourselves.
jdboston617
@scotshot: YAAAS!!!! But this time it’s with former teenage has-beens like Molly Ringwald, Christian Slater, and Alicia Silverstone. 🙁 JK. Yeah, yawn.
jdboston617
@MacAdvisor: Scot makes a completely fair criticism.
Terrycloth
Why is it filmed so dark..hardly see much..I’ll wait for dvd..
Hank
worth it only by Garrett Clayton.
ShowMeGuy
@scotshot: No……a movie which tells a story about real events which actually happened in real life. If the characters are portrayed as unspeakable monsters…..hello…..some real people behave like unspeakable monsters….and some of those people are gay.
ShowMeGuy
Molly Ringwald ! ! ! ! ! ! !