Horror Queers

Queer Bitchery Fuels the 1973 Whodunnit ‘The Last of Sheila’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Anthony Perkins, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Stephen Sondheim, The Last of Sheila

Bitchy, Bickering Bitches. It’s been a pretty wild December, with us covering off-kilter films like the much-maligned Batman & Robin and the not-as-bad-as-you-think Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings. Now for a special holiday treat, we’re covering Herbert Ross‘ 1973 mystery The Last of Sheila, which not only inspired Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (review) and Glass Onion […]

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BD’s ‘Horror Queers’ Celebrate the Best Horror of 2022 with Fourth Annual “Hereditaries” Awards; Vote Now!

Joe Lipsett Editorials, Hereditaries, Hereditaries 2022, Horror Queers, Podcasts, The Hereditaries

Three years ago, following the lack of recognition at the Oscars for horror films, Trace Thurman and I created “The Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), a series of horror awards to acknowledge all of the great work being done in the genre. We’re now up to the fourth annual Hereditaries (click here to vote), which celebrates […]

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Worshipping at the Altar of Uma Thurman in ‘Batman & Robin’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Alicia Silverstone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, Batman & Robin, Chris O'Donnell, George Clooney, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joel Schumacher, Podcasts, Uma Thurman

Holy Ice Puns, Batman! After ending November with the better-than-the-original sequel Addams Family Values and Jacques Tourneur’s queer-coded Cat People, we’re kicking off December with an annual discussion of a Batman film…only this time it’s queer filmmaker Joel Schumacher‘s much-maligned sequel: 1997’s Batman & Robin! The film sees Batman (George Clooney) and his partner, Robin (Chris O’Donnell), attempting […]

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Repressed Lesbianism and Otherness in Val Lewton’s ‘Cat People’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Cat People, Editorials, film noir, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jacques Tourneur, Jane Randolph, Kent Smith, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Val Lewton

Get Fucked Oliver It was a busy November as Trace and I bounced from Jennifer Reeder’s female-centric text Knives and Skin to Paul Verhoeven’s anti-war satire Starship Troopers. Then we dipped over to Japan for Satoshi Kon’s gorgeously animated Perfect Blue before tackling Thanksgiving queerness in Addams Family Values, which proved, yet again, that straight […]

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The High Camp and Overt Queerness of ‘Addams Family Values’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Anjelica Huston, Barry Sonnenfeld, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joan Cusack, Podcasts, Raul Julia, The Addams Family, Wednesday

MA-LI-BU BAR-BIE! It’s already the end of November, but we had a wild ride this month discussing the dream-like pastel world of Jennifer Reeder’s women-centric Knives and Skin and the 25th-anniversary fascist machismo world of Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. Then last week we made our second foray into animated fare (after ParaNorman) with Satoshi Kon‘s stunning first […]

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‘Starship Troopers’ and the Case of the Secret Satire [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jake Busey, Michael Ironside, Neil Patrick Harris, Paul Verhoeven, Podcasts, Starship Troopers

Would you like to know more? After hanging with two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon to praise the camp classic Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, we got a bit more abstract with the ethereal noir-ish antics of Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin. This week, we’re delving into Paul Verhoeven‘s not-so-secret satire Starship Troopers in celebration of its […]

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The Horror Queers Chat ‘Elvira: Mistress of the Dark’ With Special Guest Jinkx Monsoon! [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Cassandra Peterson, Edie McClurg, Elvira, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Elvira's Movie Macabre, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jinkx Monsoon, Podcasts

Déjà Vu! We’ve spent spooky season checking in with an infamous psychopathic bisexual, revisiting a horrendous slasher sequel and heaping all the praise on one of the best genre films of the 2010s. Now, we’re celebrating Halloween by heading to the quaint, puritanical town of Fallwell to hang with Elvira in James Signorelli‘s camp classic […]

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Celebrating 200 Episodes With a New Logo and Karyn Kusama’s Perfect ‘The Invitation’! [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Emayatzy Corinealdi, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, John Carroll Lynch, Karyn Kusama, Lindsay Burdge, Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman, Podcasts, Tammy Blanchard, the invitation

Masterclass It’s not every day that your podcast hits 200 episodes or gets a brand new logo, so it’s been a big week for Trace and me over at Horror Queers. We’ve had an incredibly busy October on the pod, what with an extended conversation with Don Mancini about the last 30+ years of the […]

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Living in a Fanbase Divided: An Analysis of ‘Halloween Kills’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Anthony Michael Hall, David Gordon Green, Halloween, Halloween Ends, Halloween Kills, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jamie Lee Curtis, michael myers, Podcasts, slasher

Halloween Stinks. After closing out September with a discussion on one of the best horror remakes and a candid chat with Chucky creator Don Mancini, we kicked off spooky season by checking in with an infamous psychopathic bisexual and reevaluating the controversy surrounding that film’s release. Now, just after Halloween Ends (review) divided fans, we’re […]

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The Queer Horror of “Chucky”: Episode 2.03 – “Hail, Mary!”

Joe Lipsett Bjorgvin Arnarson, Brad Dourif, Chucky, Don Mancini, Editorials, Horror Queers, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, They/Them, Zackary Arthur

Each week Joe Lipsett will highlight a key scene or interaction in S02 of Don Mancini’s Chucky series to consider how the show is engaging with and contributing to queer horror. With the action cutting back exclusively to the School of Incarnate Lord, this week’s “Chucky” delivers an hour focused solely on the kids. And […]

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“Chucky” Creator Don Mancini Joins the Horror Queers for a Chucky Extravaganza!

Trace Thurman Bride of Chucky, Child's Play, Chucky, Cult of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, Don Mancini, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifer Tilly, Podcasts, Seed of Chucky, Syfy, TV

Bitch, it’s Don Mancini! September has been a very busy month for us Horror Queers! First, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure before heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his infamous directorial debut, Hellraiser. Last week, we’re doing a […]

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Mothers, Daughters and German Autumns in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ Remake [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Dakota Johnson, Dario Argento, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Luca Guadagnino, Mia Goth, Podcasts, Suspiria, Tilda Swinton

Eat my c**t. After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Ron Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure before heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his infamous directorial debut, […]

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The Hedonistic Pleasures of Clive Barker’s ‘Hellraiser’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Cenobites, Clare Higgins, Clive Barker, Doug Bradley, Hellraiser, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, pinhead, Podcasts, the hellbound heart

Frank, ya basic! After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Rob Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure. This week, we’re heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his […]

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The Dark Fairytale of Polish Mermaid Musical ‘The Lure’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Agnieszka Smoczynska, Horror Musical, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, mermaids, musical, Podcasts, Polish, The Little Mermaid, The Lure

Ariel Would Never We’re finally into September after a wild and diverse August filled with professional women, queer Chosen Families, owl-headed slashers, horny lighthouse keepers, and highly controversial homoerotic underground monsters (which begs the reminder: listen to the podcast instead of just commenting on the post). Trace and I, along with special guest Jessica Scott, […]

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Homoeroticism Beneath The Surface of ‘Tremors’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Brent Maddock, creature feature, Finn Carter, Fred Ward, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Kevin Bacon, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Michael Gross, Podcasts, reba mcentire, Ron Underwood, SS. Wilson, Tremors

Ass Blasters After a month of divergent picks ranging from John Carpenter’s made-for-TV movie Someone’s Watching Me! to Clive Barker’s sprawling Nightbreed to Michele Soavi’s Italian slasher Stage Fright to Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse, Trace and I are ready to wrap up August with an American classic. It’s time for Tremors, y’all! Although the film was […]

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