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The Lair: Complete First Seasonx$16.55
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Suspicions arise when young men turn up murdered with mysterious wounds on their necks. Determined to solve the crimes, a young journalist discovers clues leading him to a private gentlemen's club called 'The Lair.' As he closes in on the truth, he becomes ensnared by a legion of vampires.
One would think there would be a diverse history of manly gay vampire films, after enjoying numerous lesbian classics like Vampyros Lesbos and Daughters of Darkness, but surprisingly, The Lair fills a void in this campy realm. Riffing on Dante's Cove, The Lair is a series in which vampires run an underground sex club employed by hunky, S/M vampires that like to engage in deadly, lascivious orgies. Not since Udo Kier as the Count in Andy Warhol's Dracula has the leader of a vampire cult, in this case Damian (Peter Stickles), been so horny. However, The Lair diverges from Dracula's story quickly, allying plot-wise more with The Lost Boys, in which a posse of hot men must secretly kill in order to keep the family alive. Over the course of the six half-hour episodes in The Lair: The Complete First Season, journalist Thom (David Moretti) and his boyfriend, Jonathan (Jesse Cutlip), get a little too close to discovering the vampires behind a series of anonymous John Doe murders, whose case is officially spearheaded by Sheriff Trout (Colton Ford). Sex scenes are as steamy as they can get for television, and The Lair, as melodrama, delivers wherever one would expect people to get naked and crawl into bed. As one would imagine, and hope, everyone involved in the series, save a couple surprises, ends up dead or a vampire. Not until episode three, after Jonathan has been bitten and Thom tries to hang himself under hypnosis, does the series begin to take more mystical turns, cluing Thom and his friends, like Laura Rivers (Beverly Lynne), into the fact that a coven exists on the island they live on. As Thom sleuths away to discover Jonathan's attempted killer, side plots evolve. Laura's boyfriend, Jimmy (Evan Stone), beats her up, and another vampire victim, Eric (Michael Von Steele), is recruited to The Lair's S/M late-night crew. During episodes four, five, and six, a mutiny forms amongst the vampires, masterminded by Kiefer Sutherland look-a-like, Colin (Brad Benton), and his lackey Frankie (Brian Nolan), who turn against Damian because he believes Thom is his old lover, Richard Devere, reincarnated 200 years later. The scene depicting Damian and Richard back in pre-colonial Boston, dressed in powdered wigs while Richard paints Damian, is hilarious. The dialogue is a schlocky mixture of Shakespearean posturing and gossipy club boy, such as when Colin brattily tells Thom, "Truth is, we're a coven of vampires, and when the sun sets again, you're going to die." The Lair is trashy, ridiculous, and lots of fun. —Trinie Dalton
MPN: 80536 - UPC: 796019805360
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"THE LAIR" Come Join The Club!!
By A8V74RZY8TIRJ on 2007-10-06
The Lair is a private gay club run by vampires, which use the club as a source for attractive young men to feed from. Thom (David Moretti), a local journalist in the small island town begins digging into the anonymous bodies turning up drained of blood, endangering his boyfriend and coming to the attention of the head vampire, Damian (Peter Stickles), who sees Thom as the reincarnation of his own dead lover. The Lair is an original series, from US specialty channel Here! TV with a first season of six 30-minute episodes. With similarities to Here! TV's "Dante's Cove" focusing on hot guys and the occult, "The Lair" is pure fantasy escapism and will definitely do more than merely entertain it's target audience! All World's Video fans will be pleased to see Brad Benton (a.k.a. Dylan Vox) in the role of Colin, as well as hunky Colton Ford as Sheriff Trout. Fans of "Dante's Cove" are encouraged to join me as I'll be pleased to add this guilty pleasure to my "Dante's Cove" Season 1 and Season 2 sets, and hopefully there'll soon be a release of "The Lair: Season 2," however the final episode gives no indication of the series continuing at all. I would have preferred "The Lair" to have been 1 hour episodes with more quality time and character developement spent on this creative show. It could've been as good as "Dante's Cove" if not even better! Still, Hot Stuff!
Bad, Just Bad
By A342EHO42V2G38 on 2007-10-17
THE LAIR is truly disappointing on so many levels, one has to list them:
1) If you're expecting hot guys like on DANTE'S COVE, forget it.
2) Bad acting and insipid plots.
3) Overall production quality is worse than either DANTE'S COVE or the quality-production of the detective series set in Albany, also a HERE! product.
4) If there was FF male nudity, I didn't notice it, perhaps too busy FFing thru the episodes, mysteriously 6 half hour segments split between two DVDs, I suppose to justify a Boxed Set format, which is more prestigious.
5) The gay vampire club masquerading as sex club in THE LAIR is also manned by the same bleached blond "actor" and looks and operates like the sex club featured on season two of DANTE'S COVE. Why? Don't know.
To sum, for camp fun and better production values and great-looking guys, far better to stick with DANTE'S COVE, even if it is a long wait between seasons.
Anything New?
By AJXO21PNTV8QA on 2007-10-24
To all those reading this, I hope you take the time to consider. I will not say that this video is a waste of your time and money. I will say it was a waste of mine though. The concept was a good idea. However, they fell short of the supposed intended target. This series is severely lacking in the detail work that makes a series great. Their hero is painted a hero from the beginning, he isn't made to stand the trails that make a hero. While the "bad-guy" (in my opinion, the hottest guy on the show) lacks the depth and definition that made him a villian.
This show is only focusing on the young and shallow. If they wanted to attack all genres of the community, a little action, a dash of humor appropriately placed, and a well-served villian who knows how to act with a flair. Garnish the serving with some well placed hi-jinxs that is sure to keep the audience feeding out of their hand. That, and you could have picked a better looking hero.
One of the key differences between DANTE'S COVE and THE LAIR is that THE LAIR has no cliff-hangers or segways. Everything here is cut and dry as you would expect a vampire to act. Undead or alive, this series lacks the backbone to make it a true cult classic in the gay community. Hope they have better luck next time around.
Loved visiting The Lair
By A1P8D7UI9OMUDR on 2007-10-20
I really enjoyed the first season of this series. It is so much fun to watch. It has horror, gay vampires with hot bodies, uncensored nudity and really gets you invovled with the story. It is from the makers of Dante's Cove. I am looking forward to a second season. There was a very exciting season finale.
Gay Horror
By A3Q1GB17EH17UD on 2007-12-03
"The Lair" on Here! TV
Gay Horror
For those of you lucky enough to have cable and get Here! TV then you are already familiar with the new series, "The Lair". For those of you aren't quite that lucky maybe you should think about subscribing. Not only will you get "The Lair" but you will get other fine programs. Now you can buy the first season of "The Lair" on a two disk DVD set.
"The Lair" is an unapologetic look to the horror film but with a gay point of view. It is a vampire series that will have you on the edge of your seat for two reasons--the story and the beautiful men and sex. Here! TV does not shy away from male frontal nudity and the eyes are extremely good looking and the script is literate and well performed.
Somewhere in a small town on an island young handsome men are being discovered after they are dead. They all have very nasty neck wounds. Thom, a young journalist, sets out to investigate what is going on with the very mysterious "John Doe" murders. He receives a lead that takes him to a local sex club called "The Lair". It appears that the dead guys are I some way linked to the club and Thom is determined to find out what is going on.
When Thom meets with a very strange young man named Jonathan, he hears of "The Lair" for the first time. His curiosity takes him on a journey of finding out the truth about the club and to see if, indeed, the club has anything to do with the murders. The beautiful photography and the musical soundtrack add greatly to the suspense of the series and many of the issues that are dealt with are very true and real. Some of the intrigue we get in the first season, which is all I have seen, will undoubtedly be explained in later episodes. During the first episode we meet the main characters, Thom, Jonathan, Damian and others.
In the second episode, Jonathan's body has been found facedown in the river bank but unlike the others before him, he is still alive but in a coma. After being transported to a hospital, he lays comatose. Damian, a vampire, and head of the Lair lets others know that he wants to finish Jonathan off. Thom, having little knowledge and almost totally unaware of what is going on, soon finds out that vampires are in his midst but first he stops by the hospital to pay his unconscious boyfriend a visit and to hope that he Jonathan will come around.
Another character named Eric joins the group at The Lair and Damian initiates him and brings him to the "inner sanctum" which is full of many hunky men who have risen from the dead (or is it that they were never dead?). Thom makes a visit to The Lair soon afterwards, trying to get information on what caused his boyfriend to lay in a coma. Damian puts him into a trance, one that is near fatal, but a friend, Laura, finds him before it is too late. The two of them approach two others to try to get some answers but instead get only more questions. While this is going is going on, Damian is going for Jonathan.
Thom meets Damian in Jonathan's hospital room and it appears that Thom reminds Damian of a certain Richard Devere, a man who had painted his portrait two centuries before. Devere was the only man that Damian ever loved and it was Devere that gave Damian immortality by giving him the bite of the vampire and the capacity for evil. Damian eventually killed Devere but he believes that Thom is a reincarnation of the man.
And this is where season one ends.
The production of the series is lush and keeps you watching from episode to episode. It is a new genre in gay film that you do not want to miss.
- better than i thought
By A3VQZQLPH7DOZ5 on 2007-11-06
I have to admit i didnt think this show would impress me, but was i ever wrong. Ya, the acting is not spectacular, just like in the first couple of episodes of Dante's Cove, but it picks up and gets interesting very quickly. The only thing that bothered me was Dylan Vox, he played Colin running a sex club on Dante's Cove and now Colin running a sex club on this show, only now he's a vampire. I think we need an explaination lol. Gotta say though i was very impressed, and the season ender was a big surprise!!
- Lair lacks flair: A step above watching corn grow
By A22PTINDA2VXG3 on 2007-11-13
I laughed when I watched Lair - and not because there were any intentionally funny segments. There was only one person with any acting skills was Brian Nolan, but his Frankie charactor was unbelievable starting with the first scene he was in. The laughable moments continued with another character getting bitten on the right side of his neck in one scene - and then he is shown in the hospital with a bandage on the left side of his neck. Nobody was paying attention to the writing, the acting or editing it seems.
Maybe it is because I'm spoiled with great television entertainment like BTVS Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel and Tru Calling. Did Lair make it beyond season one? I saw mention of Season Two being scheduled to air. I'm very surprised. If it makes it further than Tru Calling did, I'll be very upset. A waste of time and money in my opinion. I'd be embarrassed to try to sell my Lair season one.
- The Lair: Complete First Season [2 Discs] DVD / NR / 2007
By A36Y09MTC569AT on 2008-02-08
In a small island town, the bodies of young nameless men are turning up dead with grisly wounds to their necks. As Season One of The Lair begins, a young journalist named Thom is investigating the mysterious John Doe Murders. Clues lead Thom to a private gentlemen's club called The Lair, where the darkest desires are fulfilled. As Thom gets closer to solving the mystery, he finds himself ensnared in a blood thirsty coven of vampires. As the story unravels, a lost love fulfills its destiny and old alliances are betrayed. This supernatural soap is as dark as it is erotic and will leave fans wanting to return to The Lair again and again.
- Excellent
By A218B9RJ1WFBI4 on 2007-11-07
This show, as it was so well advertised, is the perfect addition to any gay man's horror collection. Never before has there been such a well done show. Granted there were times where I was slightly bored, but overall it was an entrancing show. Quite bewitching if you catch my drift :). Personally, I can't wait for a second season!
- Extremely Enjoyable
By A1N3KWWQ3KW6Y7 on 2008-01-03
Love this series. Wish my cable company carried Here TV!
Can't wait for the subsequent seasons to become available.
Recommending it to all my friends.
- Loved It.........
By AT6XNDIZ7W91W on 2008-02-22
Its really nice to see gay vampires,and when i mean gay i mean male gay vampires.So much of horror is focused on female worship,and female vampires I think it is due to the large straight male dominance of horror films.I also recommend Hellbent and Dante's Cove.Not quality acting but defintely great eye candy,it will surely keep you entertained.Hope to see more gay horror,keep up the good work Genuis Entertainment.
- Fantastic
By A3SJA7WNOYP8LD on 2007-11-15
I loved it.
Yes, it was kinda cheesy, but aren't all soaps?
I loved the twist at the end, and it made me want a second season even more!
- The Lair
By A2PEJJXVME6CKA on 2007-12-16
WE both enjoyed the show.Yes it needs better scripting, but the roles looked believeable and we were not dissapointed overall. looking forward to season 2
- awesome season
By A3ECOJ9D6027UC on 2008-01-02
i initially bought this season because colton ford is in it, however, this is a VERY good show. you should definately consider buying it
- Good to watch
By AU09R6NNEFGU1 on 2008-01-21
This was really in keeping with Dante's Cove, acting not to hot but convincing and it does have a bit of a story line.
Did enjoy the first series will buy the next
- If you want to see good looking guys!
By A1O5P6VVJE4L4Q on 2008-03-31
I would say that if you are looking for a story? this would not be your ideal DVD. But if you are looking for some great looking guys. VERY GOOD LOOKING GUYS! You should buy this.
- Average
By A2S8T7J76ES0CN on 2008-04-07
Hey,
Well there's not to much to say about this one. Everyone compares it to Dante's Cove which i do love, But this is no where near. If you are buying this for a Dante's Cove type feel of a drama don't you will be disapointed tremendesly. Now for the good side it is still a guilty pleasure and has very good scenes in it. All in all it is ok and worth around the price its sold at.
- could have been worse
By A1DA6E4FNRSAWN on 2008-05-23
As far as entertainment goes this is not the worst serial I have ever come accross but it smells rank like lost opportunities.
Set somewhere in the US, presumably along the coast in a not too large town, the serial -each episode ends with a cliffhanger- tries to mesh small town thriller, vampire flair, soft core gay sex and some social issues in the pot of gay subculture and underworld.
All this is done by a very low budget: in a time when we are accustomed to expensive special effects this forces the viewer to adjust his expectations, but personally speaking I do not find it too difficult,
provided the other forces at play are up to the task.
Here such forces cannot be rated too highly but the general result is acceptable. More or less.
The first thing I wish to pinpoint is that the six short (about half an hour) episodes that make up the first "season" are unfortunately divided in two, the first three being by far better done.
In the second part, where atmosphere creation, settings establishing and character building leaves the place to action, the script becomes much more hurried; acting, filming and direction become less and less convincing as if time and money had been at an end by then.
Not that acting or script were THAT good in the first place: one can hardly point out an original scene or conversation; as far as actors are concerned, the only one I could watch with no complaint was Beverly Lynne -the only woman- as Laura: she is pretty, she has a pleasant voice and appears at ease in front of the camera. Truth to be told she is served with the best character and by the best lines of the script.
Former gay porn star Colton Ford as the Sheriff is such a handsome stud as to make one nearly forget the silly lines he is given: he does not appear to have had a great training as an actor but he can be watched without pain and I am not telling this because he is gorgeous: he is the only main character in the show who is always fully dressed.
Brian Nolan would not be bad were he not constantly over the top.
Dylan Vox as Colin has some good moments, especially when he manages to keep his voice soft and expressive, elsewhere he is mediocre and not quite as handsome as most of the cast -body builders, all buff, all quite attractive_ is.
Jesse Cutlip and David Moretti are simply there, they pronounce their lines and that is all. Though I suppose they could be considered good looking, even their looks left me cold.
Peter Stickles was presumably cast because of his actor skills, being far from handsome, but his performance is convincing only at times and sounds overwrought or shabby everywhere else.
This serial can be entertaining if watched with little expectations and no intermission between the six parts. It can be a couple of hours of simple fun spoilt by the the rather longish previews and by the sloppy production and editing: one reviewer has rightly mentioned wounds that move from one spot to the other but this is not the worst slip by far.
- weak
By A2RC66X64SRC6B on 2008-07-13
This was pretty good for gay fare but it started out a little weak. Hopefully since they get to do another season they will come out stronger and bolder. If you are going to be able to do stuff like this, really dig in and go at it and don't just put out something to be putting it out. This series has potential.
- A Bit Corny but Fun
By A1BOGH3YAKA1IY on 2007-11-06
The series is fun but if your looking for serious acting then I would suggest this is not for you. There is lots of skin but the "orgy" gets a bit tired in every scene as they never do anything much. I will not purchase season 2.
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