Two lads from Belfast stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of "gainful employment," the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidize their respective giros.

Nine dead gay guys are the result of the ensuing caper as the lads begin the search for the bed.

During screenings people's reaction to the film was extreme: either they loved it or walked out in disgust.

[1] Critical reception of 9 Dead Gay Guys was very negative, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of 18 out of 100, based upon 22 aggregate reviews.

However Dave Kehr wrote for The New York Times that "the film strains mightily to be flashy and hip but finishes more in the realm of the merely distasteful," though Andy Klein of Variety stated "9 Dead Gay Guys, a dark comedy in the John Waters tradition, takes place in such a cartoonish, good-natured universe it's hard to imagine anyone taking offence.