A spoiler-filled discussion with writer/director Adrian Chiarella on his 2026 queer horror romance film, Leviticus . We discuss casting Mia Wasikowska, the film's sex scene, the implications of the ending, and the loss of support for LGTQIA stories, and the possibility of a sequel. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky , Instagram , Youtube , Letterboxd , or join the Horror Queers Discord to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: @tracedthurman (BlueSky)/ @tracedth...
Jun 26, 2026•23 min
Grab your favorite surgical knife and call your mobile knife sharpener because we're discussing our very first William Castle film in his 1961 Psycho homage (or rip-off...you decide) Homicidal ! Join us as we discuss the origins of William Castle, aka "The Gimmick Guy", before diving into a film that has a fantastic first and last 15 minutes, but also a middle hour filled with obscene amounts of exposition. And don't forget about the Fright Break! Plus: Alyssa Edwards chatter, humans drinking bo...
Jun 24, 2026•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 392
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on writer/director Adrian Chiarella's new queer horror classic, Leviticus (2026). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 23, 2026•5 min
Ignore that threatening email from Jane O'Brien media because we are discussing queer director David Farrier's thriller-y documentary, Tickled (2016). If you haven't seen it, watch the doc first because you won't believe where this exposé of "competitive tickling videos" goes and we are spoiling ALL of the reveals. Plus: Joe's discomfort with the Richard Ivey segment, pondering the extent of the empire, and debate about the ending Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky , In...
Jun 22, 2026•25 min
Slurp up that cummy bath water because we are talking about writer/director Emerald Fennell's divisive satirical thriller Saltburn (2023). From its sublime cast to its gorgeous visual aesthetic, there's a lot to love here. But does Fennell push her class critique hard enough and are these characters too despicable? Plus: "pug faced" (hung) king Barry Keoghan; Trace's hatred of Farleigh; wanting more Rosamund Pike; and debating why the film is so polarizing. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect wi...
Jun 17, 2026•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 391
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Backrooms , Kane Parsons' adaptation of his YouTube web series of the same name. Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 16, 2026•4 min
Get ready to tell us where you like it as we head to Medieval Times because we're discussing Ben Stiller's Jim Carrey-starring black comedy The Cable Guy (1996) for its 30th anniversary! Tagging in for the conversation are Patrick Hamilton and Gena Radcliffe of the Kill By Kill Podcast. Join us as we go all in on the oddly prescient (and highly media literate) film made famous by Jim Carrey's $20 million paycheck. From Carrey's incredibly creepy performance to a nightmare sequence straight out o...
Jun 10, 2026•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 390
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel Tier episode on The Vampire Lestat Episode 1 "Detroit." Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Jun 08, 2026•5 min
Practice your Egyptian accent and bare that midriff because we are talking the troubled "adaptation" of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned (2002). Directed by Australian Michael Rymer, this one was doomed by the suits before it was even greenlit (which happened AFTER all of the songs were written by Korn frontman Jonathan Davis). It's a bit of a clusterfuck. Plus: praising everything Aaliyah (RIP); critiquing everything Stuart Townsend (aside from his abs and leather pants); a soft queer reading of...
Jun 03, 2026•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 389
Brush up on your Shakespeare and protect those poodles because we're covering our very first Vincent Price film in Douglas Hickox's horror comedy Theater of Blood (1973), a personal favorite of both Price and Diana Rigg. Join us as we go all in on this somewhat episodic (but also educational!) proto-slasher, wondering if we're supposed to know that's Diana Rigg in hippie drag, and cackling at some of these murder set pieces. Plus, "Handsy Dickman," narcissistic gravestones, antisemitic stage mak...
May 27, 2026•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 388
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Curry Barker's breakout hit Obsession (2026). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
May 26, 2026•4 min
We sat down to interview Ginger Snaps director John Fawcett and stars Katherine Isabelle and Emily Perkins in celebration of the film's 25th anniversary and recent 4K release from Lionsgate. Up for discussion: the enduring appeal of the film, why it speaks to queer audiences, how the sequels came to be, and the possibility of a television show ( Ginger Snaps: Bailey Downs anyone?) Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky , Instagram , Youtube , Letterboxd , or join the Horror...
May 22, 2026•18 min
In honor of its fifth anniversary, we're chatting Canadian thriller The Retreat (2021), which pits a lesbian couple against homophobes at an isolated cabin in the woods. Screenwriter Alyson Richards and director Pat Mills' survival horror adds a queer element to a familiar premise, which doesn't entirely make the film stand out. Still, it's a good opportunity for Joe to revisit a film he had issues with. Plus: good gore; an untapped backstory for Renee (Tommie-Amber Pirie), and comparisons to ot...
May 21, 2026•19 min
Stay out of the pool and work on your singing because we're talking Edward Bianchi's The Fan (1981) starring Grand Dame Lauren Bacall and a twinky Michael Biehn. Joining us for the discussion is returning guest Michael Varrati, who dubs the film "parasocial peril" and praises Bacall's emotionally vulnerable performance as aging starlet Sally Ross. Look for adaptation questions about Bob Randall's pulpy source material; critiquing James Garner's autobiography; and highlighting the subway stalking...
May 20, 2026•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 387
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Simon McQuoid's sequel/franchise kourse korrection Mortal Kombat II (2026). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
May 19, 2026•5 min
Climb that metallic Christmas tree and follow that renegade reverend because we're going to Hell (upside down!) in Irwin Allen's production of Ronald Neame's The Poseidon Adventure (1972)! Tagging in for the conversation is horror blogger and Final Girl After Dark podcast host Stacie Ponder. Join us as we tackle a movie filled with Academy Award winners both in front of and behind the camera. We laud its era-defining (and Oscar-winning) special effects, while sobbing over all things Shelley Wint...
May 13, 2026•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 386
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on Damian McCarthy's third feature, Hokum (2026). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
May 08, 2026•3 min
Pack your taxidermy kit and catch the night train because we are discussing writer/director Gregory J. Read's Like Minds (2006). The film explores the Gestalt relationship that develops between two boys, Nigel and Alex (Tom Sturridge and Eddie Redmayne - in his feature debut) at a boarding school, as well as a series of murders that forensic psychologist Toni Collette (and her bangs) is investigating in the present. It's a wild ride, filled with way more bizarre shit than expected. Expect plenty...
May 06, 2026•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 385
Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisodes (that's plural!) on recent shark disaster movies Thrash (dir. Tommy Wirkola) and Deep Water (dir. Renny Harlin). Which one comes out on top? Or are they both equally sharktastic? Listen and find out! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com...
May 05, 2026•6 min
Prep your photo wall and cancel the room service because we're talking Mark Romanek's One Hour Photo (2002). C/W: Childhood sexual abuse Starring Robin Williams, this combination character study/thriller finds the comedian playing against type as an awkward photo technician who fantasizes about the perfect life of one particular family. Plus: Detective Photographer; 2000s hairdos; early influencer horror; and plenty of debate about when and how the "twist" is used (with comparisons to other text...
Apr 29, 2026•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 384
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026), otherwise known as Evil Dead Rise: The Egyptian Redux . Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Apr 28, 2026•5 min
Prepare for a colossal culling and try to stay ahead of the wind because we're discussing M. Night Shyamalan's much-maligned film The Happening (2008) in celebration of Earth Day! Tagging in for the conversation is Pajiba senior critic Lindsay Traves. Join us as we offer up not a defense of the film, but rather a desire to see a paradigm shift in the way people view it (meaning: we want you to dislike it for the "right" reasons). This is Shyamalan's self-proclaimed "best B-movie you’ve ever seen...
Apr 22, 2026•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 383
Don't open that sarcophagus and prepare the fainting couch because we're discussing Karl Freund's The Mummy (1932). Continuing the tradition of Universal Monster films, this Boris Karloff chiller is short and sweet, but we think it has one of the best female characters in Zita Johann's Helen/Princess Anck-es-en-Amon. Plus: hating on David Manners' Frank; comparisons to Stephen Sommers and Tom Cruise's remakes; Karloff's painful (but great) make-up effects; and a queer reading about hiding who yo...
Apr 15, 2026•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 382
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on Kirill Sokolov's ( Why Don't You Just Die! ) hyper-stylized English-language debut They Will Kill You (2026)! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertisin...
Apr 14, 2026•4 min
A spoiler-y interview with director/co-writer Daniel Goldhaber ( Cam , How to Blow Up a Pipeline ) and co-writer Isa Mazzei ( Cam ) on their long-delayed reboot Faces of Death (2026), the importance of queer representation in horror and lamenting all things censorship. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , Youtube , Letterboxd , Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bsto...
Apr 13, 2026•22 min
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon Requel episode on the somewhat divisive finale of Mike Flanagan's acclaimed series The Haunting of Hill House (2018). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Apr 10, 2026•5 min
Pack your box lunch and hand us a piece of that possum over there because we're talking James Gunn's hilariously goopy directorial debut Slither (2006) for its 20th(!!!) anniversary! Join us as we lament the box office bomb status of this clever little creature feature (you better believe we were both in the theater back in 2006, though!) and laud the impressive practical effects on display. Plus: marveling at the Brenda blob, gagging (literally) at the Society -esque Grant Grant blob, laughing ...
Apr 08, 2026•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 381
Heated Rivalry 's Connor Storrie starring in a Verizon ad directed by Nia DaCosta?! What's going on with Look Behind You (2026) Watch the 4.5 minute ad here or on YouTube Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on BlueSky , Instagram , Youtube , Letterboxd , or join the Horror Queers Discord to get in touch with other listeners. > Trace: @tracedthurman (BlueSky)/ @tracedthurman (Instagram) > Joe: @joelipsett (BlueSky) / @bstolemyremote (Instagram) Be sure to support the boys on P...
Apr 03, 2026•9 min
Prep your Critter ball because we are celebrating Easter with Mick Garris' feature directorial debut, Critters 2: The Main Course (1988). Two years after the events of the first film, the town of Grover's Bend is once again beset by alien Critters and bounty hunters, but this time the fight expands to include the whole town and Lee has adopted a sexy Playboy image (we have thoughts!) Plus: Justice for skeleton man, death for little Cindy, statutory rape charges for Megan, practical FX from the C...
Apr 01, 2026•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 380
Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon episode on episode 8 of Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House, "Witness Marks" (2018). Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Show Art: Travis Falligant / Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Mar 31, 2026•5 min
