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As most of us know, queer
horror is not a field that has been fully adopted by Hollywood. While
queer movies are just beginning to be accepted, there's not a lot of
room for 'genres.' However, here is a compilation of queer horror movies
that I am aware of existing. If there are other ones that I haven't included
in the full list of queer horror movies,
please send me as much information about the
movie as you have available and I'll add it in.
The best of...
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Top recommendations for queer horror movies include:
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Bad, bad, bad
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For most movies in the genre, you'll have to have
a strong stomach. Disembowelings are nothing compared
to the downright awful.
The best of the worst are...
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Know of another
movie to include?
Please, send any information on
additional movies to include to me.
I will add the movie to the list of movies to confirm.
Before I include a movie here,
its queer and horror contents have to be confirmed. The
fastest way is either to point me to a review of the
movie included on a mainstream site, or send a copy of
the movie to me yourself.
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Classics
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A number of classic horror movies have
spoken strongly about what it is to be queer in society,
without actually showing any same sex physical attraction.
A few include:
- Frankenstein (1931) - two men bring a 'child'
into the world.
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - an even campier
movie than the original.
- Dracula (1931) - a monster seduces and destroys
the innocent
- Island of Lost Souls (1933) - two men create
'unnatural' life
- Dracula's
Daughter (1936) - we start to see the beginnings
of the lesbian vampire
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) - a man has a
secret life that no one must know about.
- Return of the Vampire (1943)
- The Lodger (1944) - Jack the Ripper with homosexual
overtones.
- King Kong (1933) - A misunderstood 'monster'
in a cruel world.
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A full listing of all queer horror
movies is also available.
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For more information on queers and horror movies, see "Monsters
in the Closet - Homosexuality and the Horror Film" by Harry
M. Benshoff and "Vamps: an Illustrated
History of the Femme Fatale" by Pam Keesey.
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