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

“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

first person

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

movie features

“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.

movie features

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.

movie features

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.

tv reviews

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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Horror Is So Gay

Dana Scully stands in front of an open car trunk

first person

The Seduction of Aliens

When I saw a UFO, I was 18 and it was the night before prom.

Nico —

Oct 25, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

A bunch of demons encroach on a creepy being holding a knife in a window

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Can You Survive This Horror Movie?

Autistics, lend me your ears! Horror is our genre.

A. Tony Jerome —

Oct 22, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

A still of a woman making a frightened face in the movie Symptoms

movie features

Long Live Eurosleaze

For all the queer art being made now, for all the films and the television shows and the webseries, I never feel as loved as I feel watching some micro-budget…

Alison Rumfitt —

Oct 21, 2022

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Aisha Dee in the woods on her phone. SISSY in red letters.

movie reviews

Finally, Horror Is For Black Queer Girls in Aisha Dee’s “Sissy”

Cecilia reminds us that whatever was living in you before you grew up doesn’t just vanish into thin air; it mutates and resides in your bones until it decides your…

A. Tony Jerome —

Oct 20, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

book features

A Queer Woman’s Place Is in the Horror Story

Domestic horror is gay as hell.

Daven McQueen —

Oct 20, 2022

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A bunch of vampires bare their fangs and are surrounded by red demons

movie features

Interview With a Tranpire

It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 12, 2022