Episode 14: Queer Horror

Dec 02, 2023•2 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 14

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Episode 14: Queer Horror

This episode was recorded on October 17, 2023 and posted on December 2, 2023.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

Welcome to No Bodies Episode 14
Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
Introductions to our guests Chris Vecchio of Queer Horror High & Alix Moad, co-director of Field of Screams
Today’s Topic: Queer Horror

Discussion of Queer Horror

Defining queer horror
Why is this subgenre integral to highlight when we talk about the horror community?
Brief History of Queer Horror
Major themes of queer horror including queer subtext, vampires, queer femininity, body horror vs. bodily autonomy

Worst & Best Representations of Queer Horror

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

Best

Suzie’s Deep Cuts

Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.

Closing Thoughts

Thank you to our guest!

Check out Chris & Nickey on Queer Horror High and on Instagram @queerhorrorhigh
Follow Alix on Instagram @modestmug and her film Field of Screams on Instagram @fieldofscreamsfilm. Support the film on Kickstarter!

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Sources & Additional Reading

Archer Magazine. (2023, March 7). Queer horror films: Our traumas deserve to be explored. https://archermagazine.com.au/2022/09/queer-horror-film-trauma/

Coates, T. (2015, November 1). “A nightmare on elm street 2” is the gayest horror movie ever made. Decider. https://decider.com/2015/11/01/nightmare-on-elm-street-gay/

Collis, C. (2022, June 30). Get out: The rise and rise of queer horror. EW.com. https://ew.com/movies/rise-of-queer-horror-hannibal-chucky-shudder/

Crucchiola, J. (2022). 33 essential LGBTQ+ horror movies. Rotten Tomatoes 33 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies Comments. https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/lgbtq-horror-movies/

Hernandez, J. A. (2021, October 18). A beginner’s Guide to Queer Horror. Gayming Magazine. https://gaymingmag.com/2021/10/a-beginners-guide-to-queer-horror/

Holmes, L. (2022, February 23). LGBT History month: Queerness and Horror. University of Aberdeen. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/student-channel/blog/lgbt-history-month-queerness-and-horror/

Hubbard, T. (2022, October 7). What is queer subtext?. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News (SDGLN). https://www.sdlgbtn.com/what-is-queer-subtext/

Kaiser, V. (2019, September 26). Let the right one in is a queer vampire love story. Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories. https://vraikaiser.com/2019/09/26/let-the-right-one-in-is-a-queer-vampire-love-story/

Kelleher, P. (2021, December 13). Anne Rice’s legendary interview with the vampire is a queer-coded masterpiece. PinkNews. https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/12/13/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-lgbt/

Lodge, G. (2022, October 31). Visibly horrified: The coming out of queer terror cinema. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/31/queer-horror-cinema-babadook-frankenstein

Swinburne News Team. (2023, June 1). Out of the coffin and the closet: Gay vampires are no longer sub-text, they’re just text. Swinburne University of Technology. https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2022/11/out-of-the-coffin-and-the-closet-gay-vampires-are-no-longer-sub-text-theyre-just-text/

Wallace, L. L. (2022, September 30). Queer for fear explores the history of LGBTQ horror. Time. https://time.com/6218901/queer-for-fear-horror-documentary/