Horror Queers

The Family-Friendly Antics of ‘Critters’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Critters, Dee Wallace, Don Opper, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Scott Grimes, Stephen Herek, Terrence Mann

Kill Krites. After kicking off August with discussions of Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (listen) and Julia Ducournau’s confronting Raw follow-up Titane (listen), we’re dialing things back a bit with a comfort watch of Stephen Herek‘s 1986 cult classic (and franchise originator) Critters! Critters sees an fuzzy alien race known as the Krites flee a prison […]

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Car Sex and Serial Killing in ‘Titane’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Agathe Rousselle, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Julia Ducournau, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Vincent Lindon

Metal Baby August has been a wild ride so far. Between art house discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (listen) and Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (listen), we squeezed in a look at screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen). Now we’re ready for more contemporary foreign content with Julia Ducournau‘s sophomore feature, Titane (2021). In the film, after […]

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A Diva Dracula in Paul Morrissey’s ‘Blood for Dracula’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Andy Warhol, Blood For Dracula, Dracula, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joe Dallesandro, Paul Morrissey, Podcasts, Udo Kier

Wirgin Worries. After kicking off August with discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (listen) and the screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen), we’re returning to the world of Andy Warhol with a look at Paul Morrissey‘s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (1974). In the film, the deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling Anton […]

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The Mean Prescience of ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alexa Mansour, Andrew Lees, Betty Gabriel, Colin Woodell, Connor Del Rio, Douglas Tait, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Screenlife, Stephanie Nogueras, Stephen Susco, Unfriended, Unfriended: Dark Web

Mateo After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re tackled our first Alejandro Jodorowsky film with Santa Sangre (listen). Now we’re back on American soil for our first Screenlife horror film on […]

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The Beautiful Horror of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Santa Sangre’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Alejandro Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Sabrina Dennison, Santa Sangre

Elephants, Eagles & Chickens, Oh My! After wrapping up July with a Jan de Bont double feature discussing the movie magic of Twister (listen) and the laundry list of problems with his 1999 remake of The Haunting (listen), we’re heading down to Mexico City to discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (1989). Santa Sangre sees Fenix […]

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Marveling at the Movie Magic in ‘Twister’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jami Gertz, Jan d e Bont, Podcasts, Twister, Twisters

Cowtastrophe. After kicking off July with discussions on the badass babes of Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror (listen) and the queer undertones of Stanley Kubrick’s final film Eyes Wide Shut (listen), we’re taking a vacation from heavy analysis and having fun with Jan de Bont‘s 1996 special effects extravaganza Twister! In the film, a series of intense storms […]

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The Badass Babes of Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Planet Terror’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Bruce Willis, Freddy Rodriguez, Grindhouse, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Marley Shelton, Planet Terror, Podcasts, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rose McGowan

Oh, balls. After concluding June with discussions of the wacky space antics (and commando drag queens) of Leprechaun 4: In Space (listen) and the underseen-but-very-good trans vampire film Bit (listen), we’re heading into grindhouse cinema with Robert Rodriguez‘s first half of the Grindhouse double-bill: Planet Terror (2007)! In the film, an experimental bio-weapon is released that turns the […]

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The Drag Queen Soldier and Penisbursters of ‘Leprechaun 4: In Space’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Brian Trenchard-Smith, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Leprechaun, Leprechaun 4: In Space, Podcasts, Warwick Davis

Lunar luck. After concluding May with a discussion of Lisa Brühlmann’s female coming-of-age tale Blue My Mind (listen) and kicking off June reevaluating the unfairly maligned third act of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine (listen), we’re…..staying in outer space to marvel at the wacky antics of Lubdan the Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) in Brian Trenchard-Smith‘s 1997 sequel Leprechaun 4: In Space! […]

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Defending the Controversial Last Act of Danny Boyle’s ‘Sunshine’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alex Garland, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Danny Boyle, Hiroyuki Sanada, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Michelle Yeoh, Podcasts, Sunshine

Payload. After heavy discussions of Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin (listen) and Lisa Brühlmann’s Blue My Mind (listen) – with a stop-over to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Alien (listen) – we’re headed to space with Danny Boyle‘s 2007 collaboration with Alex Garland: Sunshine. The film features an all-star international cast, including Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle […]

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The Feminine Rage and Body Horror of ‘Blue My Mind’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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Let’s bounce. After concluding May with discussions of Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin (listen) and Ridley Scott’s Alien (listen), we’re delving back into the world of female coming-of-age tales with Lisa Brühlmann‘s 2017 body horror film Blue My Mind. Blue My Mind sees 15-year-old Mia (Luna Wedler) face an overwhelming transformation which calls her entire existence […]

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The Real-Life Horrors of Gregg Araki’s ‘Mysterious Skin’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Gregg Araki, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mysterious Skin, Podcasts, Scott Heim

Heart-wrenching horror. After kicking off May with discussions of Stephen Sommers’ perfect action-adventure-horror-romantic-comedy The Mummy (listen) and the iconic jump scare in the Audrey Hepburn-starring Wait Until Dark (listen), we’re delving into the real-life horrors of child sexual abuse in Gregg Araki‘s 2004 adaptation of Scott Heim‘s novel Mysterious Skin. Mysterious Skin tells the story of […]

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The Bisexual Energy of the Cast of ‘The Mummy’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Arnold Vosloo, Brendan Fraser, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez, Podcasts, Rachel Weisz, Stephen Sommers, The Mummy

Romancing the Mummy. After concluding April with discussions of Ciarán Foy’s Eli (listen), a horror version of The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, and the pseudo-sequel to Videodrome in David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (listen), we’re kicking off May with a revisit to one of our favorite years for cinema: 1999! The film we’ve selected is Stephen Sommer‘s action-adventure-horror-romantic-comedy The Mummy! […]

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The Demon Twink Lives On in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Anthony Minghella, Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Patricia Highsmith, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Podcasts, The Talented Mr Ripley

Boring! After concluding March with a discussion of Velma’s queer erasure in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and a revisit to the world of James Whale in The Invisible Man (listen), we’re heading to the ’50s to analyze Anthony Minghella‘s 1999 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. The 1950s-set film sees Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), […]

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James Whale Delivered the Meanest, Most Egotistical Universal Monster with ‘The Invisible Man’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Claude Rains, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, invisible man, James Whale, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, The Invisible Man, universal monsters, william harrigan

Gay Flowers. March featured a variety of conversations, including the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen), Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), and Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen here). After previously covering The Old Dark House and Bride of Frankenstein, we wrapped the month up with another James Whale classic, The […]

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Velma’s Queer Erasure in ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Alicia Silverstone, Freddie Prinze Jr., Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Gunn, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Podcasts, Raja Gosnell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scooby Doo, Scooby-Doo 2, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, seth green

Mystery Mistress. After kicking off March with discussions of the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen) and Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), we’re getting a little silly with a deep dive into Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) for its 20th anniversary! In the film, canine sleuth Scooby-Doo (Neil Fanning) once again […]

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