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33 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies
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As extended as there possess been horror films, there have been queer horror films. Before homosexuality was formally legislated out of existence in Hollywood by the Production Code — commonly referred to as the Hays Code, which established mandates for “moral standards” in motion pictures and banned depictions of “sexual perversity” — the epic filmmaker James Whale was building the foundation for American genre cinema with films like Frankenstein, The Old Obscure House, and The Invisible Man. Here was Whale, a gay man, building horror in his own image and having astounding box office success as some groups were lobbying Hollywood to censor queerness out of existence. Fortunately, they weren’t creative enough to drive the big bad Other away.
In the century since America became the world’s commander in horror motion picture production, the genre became a bastion for the outsiders, the marginalized, the people made monsters by self-appointed adjudicators of sin, and who saw themselves in the su
Gays have always loved the horror genre, but enormous studios haven&#;t always been the kindest to gays &#; especially when it comes to representation. Scan the recesses of your mind. Besides a rapid admission in Scream 4 and the achingly horrible stereotypes in Halloween Kills, when was the last time you saw a gay main character in a scary movie that wasn&#;t a woman. This is also why the Chucky television show is so important.
We&#;re in the middle of Halloween season, and it&#;s hard to find a good scary movie, let alone one that features gay characters as more than side characters used for unclean humor. Unless you think about titles from David DeCoteau to be scary. You can find at least a hundred films from this specific director that are supposed to be frightening, but really, they&#;re just buff, shirtless men dying in their underwear every 10 minutes. (OK, maybe I own a few.)
So! If you crave to watch a horror film, add some to your queue from my list below. I truly believe the industry belongs to independent filmmakers, and as such, none of these entries are going to have a b
Babes, it’s the most marvelous time of the year: Halloween!!! In honor of Witch Season, we’re celebrating horror, cinema’s queerest genre. Horror deals with the concept of “the other,” so it’s possible to have a queer understanding of almost every horror movie, but we’re not going to list every single horror movie, sweetie. The selected films own LGBTQ+ characters, writers, directors, or just a certain je ne sais gender non-conforming. To narrow things down, I omitted films that are famously hated by LGBTQ+ communities, or that employ too much of a straight/cis gaze to queer situations.
Some of the films I included stretch the definition of horror, but they’re all spooky enough to fit under the Halloween umbrella. Because “the market” has so intently focused on satiating the heterosexual male gaze, boy-on-boy action is much rarer than the ubiquitous (quasi-)lesbian depictions readily available. Even finding openly gay characters before the s is quite a hunt. Pre-code horror has tons of queer vibes, but the vibes are all kind of awful, which is to be expected in a day when being gay was illegal
19 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies To Add To Your Halloween Watchlist
Master of horror Clive Barker's works have always been queer. From his initial Hellraiser, seeped in BDSM imagery, to the modern Hulu remake, starring trans representative Jamie Clayton as queer representative Pinhead, his masterpiece about the pleasures of pain have changed how we think about horror.
His other works, including Nightbreed, about a group of monsters trying to escape humanity, have always focused on themes that contain attracted queer people to horror, with alienation, otherness, and the grittiness of our world all being transformed into magnificently haunting works from Barker.
For those daring enough to dive into the pain of pleasure, check out any of these films for some truly standout queer horror.
The Hellraiser is available to stream on Hulu, with its original creature available on Amazon Prime, AMC+, Hoopla, and Shudder.
Nightbreed is available to stream on Peacock, AMC+, and Shudder.