129 - Queer for Fear! - An Interview with Heather Petrocelli

Welcome back to Fright School! This week we are joined by Heather Petrocelli, a researcher working on her PhD in Film Studies at the Gothic Centre in Manchester Metropolitan University. She is also the person behind QUEER FOR FEAR a massive research project and important examination of LGBTQ+ people and their relationship to horror. We are beyond excited to welcome her into our remote learning center. Everyone took a trip to the drive-in this week: Joshua and Joe saw THE NEW MUTANTS and Heather went to a screening of DEATH BECOMES HER! Joe, staying on brand, shelled out his 30 bucks for MULAN. We dive into Heather's history with horror, her connection to The Wizard of Oz, The Queer Gaze, and her current project/survey QUEER FOR FEAR! FOLLOW US! Facebook Twitter Instagram Recommended Reading: From Subtext to Text: Queered Gothic & Horror Film Through Time [QUEER FOR FEAR: INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER O. PETROCELLI](https://morbidlybeautiful.com/queer-fear-heather-petrocelli/ EXTRA CREDIT CHECK OUT OUR LIVE VIDEO FOR DEMON KNIGHT WITH PROFESSOR T.J! Support The Okra Project! Check out GEEKSCAPE'S latest show MFK ULTIMATE! with Joe and Delia! We were so happy to be judges for Under_Score Productions weekly script competition! We want to encourage all of our friends and fans who love to write to contribute: FINAL WEEK!! The week of 31 August to 12 September 2020 is the Final Week. The final week's competition will consist of multiple categories, with the main competition being an open-theme script, with a $150 main prize! Please submit your script, of any genre, to the Twenty-second and final week of the Under_Score Productions script writing contest. This gives you two weeks to create and work your final's week script! Three other small competitions will be running as bonuses to those that have submitted in the past week's competitions. Submit to: underscorescripts@gmail.com CONTEST WEBSITE Fright School Recommended Texts: The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Robin R Means Coleman Projected Fears by Kendall R. Phillips The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells Support FRIGHT SCHOOL by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/fright-school Find out more at https://fright-school.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices