Caaaaandy Caaaaaane. September was all over the map, with episodes on influential slow burn It Follows, A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s wacky “final” entry Freddy’s Dead, David Lynch’s surreal LA satire Mulholland Drive, and classic lesbian vampire film Dracula’s Daughter. Now that we’re into October, it’s time to bring out some big titles, starting with director John Dahl‘s […]
Horror Queers Podcast
The Reluctant Queer at the Center of ‘Dracula’s Daughter’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Dracula’s Daughter Said ACAB. After getting anxious with the frightening apparition in It Follows, we got campy with the much-maligned late franchise entry Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. After that we toured the streets of Los Angeles in David Lynch’s masterpiece Mulholland Drive, but now we’re going all the way back to the ’30s to check […]
Debating Camp vs Trash in ‘Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Looney Tunes. After back-to-back weeks of visually sumptuous horror films with Germany’s Der Samurai and Detroit‘s It Follows, Trace and I are tackling a franchise entry with the 30th anniversary of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Joining us is Mark O. Estes, host of the Midnight Social Distortion podcast, who has strong nostalgic feelings for the […]
The Dreadful Comfort of Slow Burn Horror and ‘It Follows’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Bait Bus. We’re deep into September after an August filled with queer dinner parties, bees and flies. After last week’s escape to Germany with Der Samurai, we’re back on US soil and firmly rooted in the suburbs of Detroit with David Robert Mitchell‘s contemporary classic, It Follows. We’re joined by Trace’s hubbie Ari Drew, who helps […]
The Literal Battle of Gender Identity in ‘Der Samurai’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Draw Two. After getting fancy (and super duper queer) with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope, we entered the gooey world of David Cronenberg in his masterpiece The Fly and we unpacked the white privilege in Bernard Rose’s Candyman. Now, we’re wielding our katanas and visiting the small German village at the center of Till Kleinert’s psychosexual thriller Der Samurai. Set in […]
The AIDS Allegory at the Center of David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
He’s a squirter. First we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real, then we got hot with the 1981 parody Student Bodies before getting fancy (and super duper queer) with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. Now, we’re getting weird, gooey and tragic with David Cronenberg‘s masterful remake of The Fly! In the film, […]
Just How Queer Is Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’? Very Queer. [Horror Queers Podcast]
Rope-a-dope. After queering up the castle in James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein, we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real before getting hot in the 1981 parody Student Bodies. Now we’re going back in time again to check in with the sociopathic (and possibly definitely queer) duo in Alfred Hitchcock‘s […]
Why ‘Student Bodies’ Gets Us Hot [Horror Queers Podcast]
Do you need to insurance boobs? After queering up the castle in James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein, we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real. Now we need something that’ll really get us hot, and the 1981 parody Student Bodies just might do the trick! In the film, an anonymous […]
‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ as the Epitome of Queer Horror [Horror Queers Podcast]
RPDR Universal Monster Edition After tackling coming-of-age cannibals and killer escape rooms, we’re digging into old Hollywood horror (for the second time in as many months!) with another iconic Universal Monster movie. Last time commenters rioted when we covered Creature From The Black Lagoon, so it’ll be interesting to see how folks respond to The […]
‘Fear Street’ Co-Writer Phil Graziadei Talks Queer Representation with the Horror Queers! [Podcast]
Queer Street. It’s not often that a popular IP gets adapted with explicit queer content added in, but that’s exactly what happened with Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy, a groundbreaking event that puts two queer characters front-and-center in a major horror release. Now that all three films have been released, we’re releasing a spoiler-filled interview with the […]
The Standout Set Pieces in the ‘Saw’-lite ‘Escape Room’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Justice for Woll. After visiting the lovely, bitchy ladies of Sorority Row and enjoying the French countryside in Julia Ducournau’s cannibalistic debut film Raw, we’re celebrating the release of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions with a release of our exclusive Patreon episode of the original Escape Room! In the film, six adventurous strangers (Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, […]
Horrific Hazing Rituals and Multiple Metaphors in ‘Raw’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
A film that presupposes that women are people… After traveling to the Amazon to check in with the Creature From the Black Lagoon, we visited the lovely, bitchy ladies of Sorority Row before falling prey to a pimped-out tire iron. Now, we’re getting serious with a deep dive into Julia Ducournau‘s cannibalistic debut film Raw! In the film, […]