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“They/Them” Review: Peacock’s New Queer Slasher Is Too Timid for Its Talented Cast
For a movie that bills itself as a queer empowerment film, there is neither enough fighting back nor enough in-your-face queerness.
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The Queerest Horror Franchise Is and Always Has Been Chucky
Don Mancini has given us over three decades of queerness, from gender swapping and gay couples to killing John Waters and the cast of Bound.
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The 13 Gayest Things About the Supposedly Straight Horror Movie “Friday the 13th”
Happy Friday the 13th! I revisited one of my favorite slasher films of all time and came to this important conclusion: Mrs. Voorhees is mommi.
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Two Decades Ago, a Lesbian Slasher Movie Came Out — Then It Turned Into a Ghost
In 2004, there were two queer slashers making the festival rounds. But you’ve probably only heard of one.
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Sapphic Yearning, Horror, and K-Pop Blend Perfectly in “Gorgeous Gruesome Faces”
I’ve never really been a horror girlie, but in recent months, I’ve found myself intrigued by YA books that have a horror element.
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“It Came From the Closet” Gave Me New Appreciation for the Horror Genre
Because we’re so frequently othered, many LGBTQ+ people find ourselves in horror film monsters.
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What Three Horror Movies Capture Your Evil Essence, According to Your Sign
Take a look at both your sun and your rising sign, if you dare to peek behind the curtain and stare into the abyss that is your shadow side.
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Slasher-Comedy Cruise Ship Series “Wreck” Has a Wicked Twist and a Standout Queer Friendship
The central friendship on the series is between a gay guy and a lesbian, which I wish we saw more of on television!
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“Fear Street: 1978” Plays it Too Straight for a Queer Slasher
Fear Street Part Two riffs on the original Friday The 13th movie with its summer camp setting, and we trade in the 90s nostalgia of the first Fear Street for late-70s nostalgia.
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Shudder’s “Queer for Fear” Shows Horror Has Always Been So Gay
But sometimes it shows its work on only the most basic level.
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The Seduction of Aliens
When I saw a UFO, I was 18 and it was the night before prom.
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40 Female Horror Protagonists, Ranked by Lesbianism
The women featured on this list include Final Girls, monsters, and everything in between.
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“Fear Street: 1666” Brings The Trilogy to a Very Gay Close
Part origin story, part conclusion, the final film smashes together its timelines and serves up two distinct films at once that, despite their aesthetic and tonal differences, are inextricably bound.
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Queer Slasher “Fear Street: 1994” Delivers Trashy Fun, Gay Drama, and 90s Nostalgia
This movie isn’t reinventing the slasher, but it does expand the definition of who gets to be a final girl. It lets queerness sit inside of horror without being the source of said horror.
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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya on Writing a Lesbian Horror Protagonist Who Has Been to Therapy
Autostraddle Managing Editor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya’s debut book — Helen House, a queer horror novelette — comes out October 18.
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Autostraddle’s 30 Scariest Queer Horror Movie Moments
Drew Burnett Gregory and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya present the most skin-crawling, chilling, disquieting, grotesque, macabre queer and trans horror movie scenes of all time.
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Netflix’s New “Haunting of Hill House” Gave Us a Lesbian Who Lives, Took Our Whole Weekend
The new Netflix reboot of Shirley Jackson’s classic has made a lot of changes; one thing that’s stayed, though, is kickass horror lesbian Theo — now with a whole backstory of complicated family trauma!
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Top 10 Best Ghosts of 2016
7. The Ghost of Hope for the Future of America
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Spooked Ya: The Time I Met The Ghost Of The ‘Girl On Fire’
What followed was absolute chaos. Pure, unadulterated terror. Those haunted house reaction pictures at the moment of surprise come to life. Girls were shoving each other out of the way but where we were running was unclear. Off the earth? Possibly.
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“Mother May I Sleep With Danger?” Is The Best Movie I Have Ever Seen
Misandrist. Lesbian. Vampires.