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Laura Calamy and Suzanne Clément lie in bed together. Clément looks at Calamy as Calamy looks off.

“The Origin of Evil” Is a Twisted and Twisty Queer Thriller

This is the best kind of genre filmmaking: smart but not so obsessed with its own intelligence that it forgets to be entertaining.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 22, 2023

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Billy in Jagged Mind with her chin resting on her wrist

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Lesbian Thriller “Jagged Mind” Is a Haunting Portrayal of Abuse

There’s something so scary about a time loop.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 16, 2023

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Jasmin Savoy Brown and Devyn Nekoda standing close and looking stunned in Scream VI

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Scream VI Review: Why Do Y’all Keep Picking Up The Phone?!

Scream VI is as queer as you were hoping it would be! Jump scares and gay smooching, let’s go!

A. Tony Jerome —

Mar 11, 2023

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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!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 7, 2023

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a still from Knock at the Cabin: two white men hold onto a young east Asian girl in the door of a cabin, looking afraid.

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“Knock at the Cabin” Understands the Limits of Queer Assimilation

Knock is equally about this one, queer family as it is about our relationships to everyone else, the connections we have through the fact of biology and culture, the fact…

Stef Rubino —

Feb 6, 2023

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Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt features a woman's face merged with a haunted house on the cover

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Alison Rumfitt’s “Tell Me I’m Worthless” Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life

In a time when so many popular examples of queer art have their edges sanded down, Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is all edge.

Esther Rosenfield —

Jan 17, 2023

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The doll M3gan reads Lady, a little girl with long brown hair, a book in a sunlit bedroom

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“M3gan” Invites Us to Hang Out for a While, or Forever, NBD

What we’ve got to remember is that girls from about age ten to about eighteen are simply the most terrifying beings to walk the planet.

A. Tony Jerome —

Jan 12, 2023

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Horror Is So Gay

Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane wears a tank and is surrounded by skeleton hands holding out flowers

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How it Ends

I begin to realize my relationship is over when my boyfriend starts cleaning his gun in our apartment.

Darcy —

Oct 30, 2022

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Anne in Knife+Heart wears a black vinyl trenchcoat

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“Knife + Heart” and the Thin Line Between Desire and Destruction

If they couldn’t appreciate porn as art, I couldn’t trust they’d see a slasher set in the world of its production as anything but a cheap thrill.

Chingy Nea —

Oct 30, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Two men from the movie Ravenous lay on the ground, bloodied. One is eating the other. Red demons creep in from the edges.

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The Horrors of “Ravenous” Are Difficult To Digest

The plotline, the script, and the direction of the film are all critical of not only the colonialism of the early U.S. settlers, but also of the U.S. military, of…

Stef Rubino —

Oct 28, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Two women make out in the woods, two other women make out in the woods, one woman holds a blow torch. There are demon hands clawing at all of the stills, which are from the movie Make a Wish.

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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.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 27, 2022

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Guinevere Turner says "I know some perfectly horrible homosexuals" in Queer for Fear.

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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.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 27, 2022

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Scream VI Review: Why Do Y’all Keep Picking Up The Phone?!

Slasher-Comedy Cruise Ship Series “Wreck” Has a Wicked Twist and a Standout Queer Friendship

“Knock at the Cabin” Understands the Limits of Queer Assimilation

Alison Rumfitt’s “Tell Me I’m Worthless” Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life

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The Horrors of “Ravenous” Are Difficult To Digest

Two Decades Ago, a Lesbian Slasher Movie Came Out — Then It Turned Into a Ghost

Shudder’s “Queer for Fear” Shows Horror Has Always Been So Gay