I have to agree with SpectrumRider. Where did this pop-psychology belief that "repressed homosexuality" leads to "muderous desires" come from?

William Bonin, John Wayne Gacy, Patrick Kearny, Randy Kraft, Dean Corll (and a host of not so famous names) not to mention Jeffrey Dahmer, who merely had a murderous glimmer in his eye when Cruising was released. The fact that sexual repression and psychopathology can lead to murder can hardly be argued in light of these criminal careers. The one doesn't inevitably lead to the other, but in people who have a screw or two loose to begin with--it's volatile.

And to Jim (the poster above) you've got to be kidding--right? Surely this is an attempt at humor using ironic hyperbole? Your typos and misspellings are at odds with a capacity to formulate such trenchant wit, however.

My own memory of Cruising (I saw it in its original release) is positive. At the time, seeing gay people at all was better than the invisibility usually imposed by Hollywood. And as a film, it's better than Making Love or Ode to Billy Joe.