Horror Queers

Courting Controversy on the 50th Anniversary of ‘Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Podcasts, Salò

Nothing is more contagious than evil… After kicking off November with a look at James Whale’s Frankenstein (listen) and the Kate Hudson-starring The Skeleton Key (listen), we’re finally(?) tackling one of the most controversial films ever made for its 50th anniversary: Pier Paolo Pasolini‘s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975). In Salò, four wealthy, corrupt libertines (a […]

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The Campy Delights and Dicey Racial Politics of ‘The Skeleton Key’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Ehren Kruger, gena rowlands, gothic horror, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Iain Softley, John Hurt, joy bryant, Kate Hudson, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Peter Sarsgaard, Podcasts, Southern gothic

After spending the last few weeks on J.A. Bayona’s ghost story The Orphanage (listen), Jack Nicholson’s commanding performance in George Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick (listen), and a timely discussion of James Whale’s Frankenstein (listen), we needed some mid-aughts comfort food. Enter Iain Softley’s 2005 film The Skeleton Key, a Southern Gothic tale about Caroline (Kate Hudson), an impressionable […]

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The Empathetic Creature of James Whale’s ‘Frankenstein’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Boris Karloff, Frankenstein, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Whale, Podcasts, universal monsters

It’s alive! It’s alive! It’s aliiiiiiiiiive! After wrapping up October with a look at the queer-leaning throuple in Killer Klowns From Outer Space (listen), the shifting genres of J.A. Bayona’s The Orphanage (listen), and the feminist(ish) antics of George Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick (listen), we’re kicking off November with a celebration of the Netflix […]

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The Shifting Genres of J.A. Bayona’s ‘The Orphanage’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, J.A. Bayona, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Roger Príncep, The Orphanage

Scary Sad. Horror Queers Podcast has spent October celebrating 30 years of To Die For (listen), 50 years of Cronenberg’s feature debut Shivers (listen) and the ingenuity of the Chiodo Brothers’ Killer Klowns from Outer Space (listen). Now we’re closing out scary season with a classic contemporary ghost story with J.A. Bayona‘s The Orphanage (2007). In the […]

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The Rampant Sexuality of David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Barbara Steele, David Cronenberg, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Lynn Lowry, Paul Hampton, Podcasts, Shivers

Taxpayer Funded Sex Slugs. After wrapping up September with Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (listen), debating the merits of The Strangers: Chapter 1 (listen) and celebrating 30 years of To Die For (listen), it’s time for a David Cronenberg milestone: 50 years since his genre feature film debut, Shivers (1975). In the film, Starliner Tower is an exclusive, isolated […]

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The Biting Satire of ‘To Die For’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joaquin Phoenix, Nicole Kidman, Podcasts, To Die For

Ice, ice, baby…. After wrapping up September with a look at the fowl queerness of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (listen) and debating the perils of reviewing 1/3 of a movie in The Strangers: Chapter 1 (listen), we’re kicking off October with a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Gus Van Sant‘s biting satire To Die […]

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The Perils of Reviewing 1/3 of a Movie with ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Froy Gutierrez, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Letizia Fabbri, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Madelaine Petsch, Matúš Lajčák, Olivia Kreutzova, Podcasts, Renny Harlin, The Strangers, The Strangers: Chapter 1

1/3 of a Movie. After celebrating our 350th episode with From Dusk Till Dawn (listen), revisiting Katsuhiro Otomo’s iconic anime Akira (listen), and stopping over in Bodega Bay for Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Birds (listen), Trace and I have opened the Horror Queers Patreon vault to release our full-length episode on Renny Harlin‘s The Strangers: Chapter 1. […]

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In Its Finale, ‘Alien: Earth’ Creates A New World Order [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Adrian Edmondson, Alien franchise, Alien: Earth, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Lily Newmark, Migizi Pensoneau, Noah Hawley, Podcasts, samuel blenkin, Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant

Spoilers for Episode 8 (“The Real Monsters”) of Alien: Earth to follow. It’s finale time for Noah Hawley‘s Alien: Earth and all Trace and I can say about the ending is that this better only be the season one finale because we need another season ASAP. Written by Hawley & Migizi Pensoneau, “The Real Monsters” starts […]

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Two Horror Icons Were Born in 1984’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Amanda Wyss, freddy krueger, Heather Langenkamp, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, nick corri, Podcasts, Robert Englund, Ronee Blakley

Go To The Fucking Boiler Room. After seven weeks of our Icons and Anniversaries theme, which included titles like Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (listen), Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons (listen), and Robert Zemeckis’ Death Becomes Her (listen), we’re ready to wrap things up with Wes Craven‘s iconic slasher entry, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In the […]

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The Devious Divas at the Center of ‘Death Becomes Her’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Bruce Willis, Death Becomes Her, Goldie Hawn, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Meryl Streep, Podcasts, Robert Zemeckis

Now, a warning. After wrapping up October with discussions of horror classics like Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (listen) and Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons (listen), we’re checking in with two of cinema’s fiercest divas in Robert Zemeckis‘ Death Becomes Her (1992). In Death Becomes Her, novelist Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) loses […]

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The Double Divas at the Heart of ‘Night of the Demons’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett amelia kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Kevin Tenney, lance fenton, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Linnea Quigley, Night of the Demons, Podcasts

Weirdo Angela Our run of Gay Icons and Anniversaries continues. After kicking off October with discussions of David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen), Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), and Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas (listen), we’re celebrating Halloween early with Kevin S. Tenney‘s Night of the Demons (1988). In the film, Judy (Cathy Podewell) is […]

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Progressive Portrayals of Women in Bob Clark’s ‘Black Christmas’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Andrea Martin, Black Christmas, Bob Clark, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Podcasts

Bitchin’ Barb. After kicking off October with discussions of David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen) and Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), we’re tackling another juggernaut of horror history with a look at Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas. Black Christmas follows sorority sisters Jess (Olivia Hussey), Barb (Margot Kidder) and Phyl (Andrea Martin) as they begin to […]

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Cool Girls and Gender Politics in ‘Gone Girl’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Ben Affleck, Carrie Coon, David Fincher, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Horror Queers, Missi Pyle, Podcasts, Rosamund Pike

Pike-y perfection. After closing out September with a re-do of Jennifer’s Body (listen), a film we covered in one of our earliest episodes, and a discussion of Jonathan Glazer’s controversial Birth (listen), we’re continuing our theme of Anniversary/Diva Worship with a look at David Fincher‘s Gone Girl (2014). Gone Girl sees Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), the inspiration […]

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‘Birth’ Was So Much More Than Its Notorious Bathtub Scene [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Anne Heche, Arliss Howard, Danny Huston, Horror Queers, Jonathan Glazer, Lauren Bacall, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Nicole Kidman, Peter Stormare, Podcasts

The Bath Tub Scene We spent the first half of September with discussions of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (listen) and Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All the Gifts (listen) before celebrating our 300th episode (and the start of a six-week theme on Divas/Anniversaries) with a revisit of Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body (listen). Next up: Nicole Kidman in Jonathan Glazer‘s […]

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Celebrating 300 Episodes With the Misunderstood ‘Jennifer’s Body’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Amanda Seyfried, Diablo Cody, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifers Body, Karyn Kusama, Megan Fox, Podcasts

“Needs moar bewbs.” After kicking September off with discussions of Tim Burton’s classic Beetlejuice (listen) and the modern zombie film The Girl With All the Gifts (listen), we’ve finally reached our 300th episode! To celebrate this milestone, we’re doing a 6-week theme month of Diva/Anniversary worship (running all the way through Halloween), and we’re starting by revisiting a […]

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