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Hello, underwear fans!  The weekend is coming, and if you're in the U.S.A., it means a long holiday week of television repeats is at your doorstep as well as barbecues, alcohol binges, and partying.  But ... if boredom ensues, what better way to fill up the time than with the guilty pleasure 1313 films of David DeCoteau?

DeCoteau is a prolific American and Canadian film producer/director who got his start through Roger Corman.  He made his first film in 1986 and has since produced and directed almost 100 pictures, a majority of them fitting squarely in the "horror/homoerotic" genre.  (Translation: lots of hot young guys walking around in their undershorts getting offed - not getting off ... an important distinction, as that's porn - in a variety of ways.)

DeCoteau owns his own production company, Rapid Heart Pictures, which distributes to Paramount, 20th Century Fox and other big-name studios.  The films prefixed with 1313 are the ones you'll want to zero in on, prime real estate for the underwear fetishist.

I give fair warning: if you're a true film buff, don't expect Hollywood/Shakespearean thespians.  That's not what these films are about.  The vast majority of the actors are young studs coming into their own (and again, you'll get an eyeful of swimwear, boxer briefs, pecs, quads and the like), but these films fall squarely into the "Acme School of Bad Acting" category.  Take for example the 2011 gem 1313: Wicked Stepbrother.  With the exception of the scene/screen shot below, I'd say 75 of the 90 minutes are filled with guys in various states of undress - either walking through an empty, fabulously-decorated Beverly Hills mansion calling out, "Hello?" while being stalked - or in the pool, the shower, the hot tub, etc.  (And the stepmother?  Totally creepy.)

Take a gander at Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_DeCoteau) or the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213983/) to get a full list of his productions.  You'll be glad you didn't pay full-price at the cinema, but there's eye candy galore!  Cheap B-movies with lots of skivvies and swimwear are a great thrill!

I'll be having company during the Fourth of July week, and so won't be posting.  But worry not, underwear fans ... I'll be back to you guys as soon as humanly possible!  Stay tuned for more information, thoughts, and waxing philosophic on underwear and the men who wear it!