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The “Weird” Appeal of Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alec Baldwin, Beetlejuice, Catherine O'Hara, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Michael Keaton, Podcasts, Winona Ryder

Live in this World After spending August discussing Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s Raw follow-up Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s comfort classic Critters (listen), we wrapped up the month with a look at Tim Burton‘s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice! In the film, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) are perfectly content […]

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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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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 Queer Undertones of Stanley Kubrick’s Masterful ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Eyes Wide Shut, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Nicole Kidman, Podcasts, Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise

Kubrick Edging June proved to be a wild month: we talked about the wacky space antics of Leprechaun 4: In Space (listen), the underseen-but-very-good trans vampire film Bit (listen), the first half of Grindhouse’s double-bill, Planet Terror (listen) before closing the month with Shinya Tsukamoto’s Japanese cyberpunk masterpiece, Tetsuo: The Iron Man (listen). Now it’s […]

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The Male/Male Metal Romance Behind ‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett extreme cinema, japanese cyberpunk, Kei Fujiwara, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tomorowo Taguchi

Audio Assault. June proved to be a wild month: we talked about the wacky space antics of Leprechaun 4: In Space (listen), the underseen-but-very-good trans vampire film Bit (listen), and Robert Rodriguez’s first half of the Grindhouse double-bill, Planet Terror (listen). To kick off July, we’re racing over to Japan to discuss the 35th anniversary […]

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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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Ableism, Representation, and Perverse Sexuality in ‘Wait Until Dark’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, disability horror, Frederick Knott, Horror Queers Podcast, Jack Weston, Julie Herrod, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Richard Crenna, Samantha Jones, Terence Young

After concluding April with discussions of Ciarán Foy’s Eli (listen) and David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (listen), we kicked off May with a revisit of Stephen Sommers’ delightful 1999 film, The Mummy (listen). Now we’re headed into the past with Terence Young‘s adaptation of Frederick Knott‘s “disabled woman in danger” play, Wait Until Dark (1967). In the film, recently blind […]

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The Double ‘Othering’ of David in ‘An American Werewolf in London’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett An American Werewolf In London, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Landis, John Woodvine, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts

After concluding March with Raja Gosnell’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and James Whale’s The Invisible Man (listen), we kicked off April with a discussion of  Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (listen). Now we’re checking off another classic with John Landis‘ 1981 werewolf film, An American Werewolf in London. In the film, American best friends David (David Naughton) […]

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Netflix’s ‘Ripley’ Series Is a Gorgeous, Methodical Adaptation [Review]

Joe Lipsett Ann Cusack, Bokeem Woodbine, Dakota Fanning, Eliot Sumner, Johnny Flynn, Kenneth Lonergan, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Maurizio Lombardi, Netflix, Reviews, Ripley, Robert Elswit, Steve Zaillian, The Talented Mr Ripley, Tom Ripley

Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, is a watershed thriller for its critique of class, its queer undertones, and its enduring legacy. The novel inspired multiple sequels, as well as several film adaptations, the most significant of which was Anthony Minghella’s Oscar nominated 1999 film of the same name. Showtime commissioned a series […]

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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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The Queer-Coded Villain in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train

Carousel After spending time with Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen) and Olivier Assayas’ Kristen Stewart starring 2016 thriller Personal Shopper (listen), it’s time to revisit Alfred Hitchcock with a look at his 1951 film, Strangers on a Train. In the film, eccentric and unbalanced Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) approaches successful tennis player Guy Haines (Rope‘s […]

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Celebrating the Best Horror of 2023 with the Hereditary Awards Winners! [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Hereditaries, hereditaries 2023, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, The Hereditaries

Back in December, Trace and I opened up voting in the fifth annual “Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), our version of the horror Oscars. Our supporters on Patreon helped us narrow down the shortlist in 20 categories and then the public at large, including folks on this site, voted on the winners throughout December 2023. Going […]

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Craving Camp In Neil Jordan’s May/December Stalker Film ‘Greta’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Chloe Grace Moretz, Colm Feore, Greta, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, isabelle huppert, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Maika Monroe, Neil Jordan, Podcasts, Stephen Rea

Box Play We’ve spent February discussing Albert Lewin’s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), the perfectly serviceable remake of Friday the 13th (listen), and Pedro Almodóvar’s controversial 2011 thriller The Skin I Live In (listen). Now we’re wrapping up the month with Neil Jordan’s wacky May/December stalker film, Greta (2018). In the […]

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Revisiting the ‘Friday the 13th’ Remake On Its 15th Anniversary [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Arlen Escarpeta, Damian Shannon, Danielle Panabaker, Derek Mears, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th (2009), Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jared Padalecki, Jason Voorhees, Julianna Guill, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Mark Swift, Platinum Dunes, Podcasts, Ryan Hansen, Travis Van Winkle, Willa Ford

Stupendous Tits After dipping into the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator (listen) and checking out an early adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), somehow we’re already on our third episode of February. And while the holiday doesn’t line up, we couldn’t pass up a chance to revisit Friday the 13th (2009) for […]

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Herbert West’s Mad, Queer ‘Re-Animator’ Scientist [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Barbara Crampton, Bruce Abbott, David Gale, H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert West, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jeffrey Combs, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon

Silly Done Right January featured plenty of highs and lows on Horror Queers. We started with the brilliant sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (listen) and the silly subversiveness of German film Killer Condom (listen). Then we descended into trash for two weeks with The Covenant (listen) and The Roommate (listen). Thankfully we wrapped the month on a high with Stuart Gordon‘s […]

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