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Nightwood by Djuna Barnes surrounded by lips with a split tongue emerging from them

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The Unspeakable Shadows of Nightwood

You fear Nightwood because of what it reveals about you.

Autumn Fourkiller —

Oct 10, 2022

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Jamie Clayton as Pinhead in the Hellraiser 2022 remake

movie reviews

New “Hellraiser” Replaces Queer Subtext With Queer Characters With Mixed Results

The much anticipated Hellraiser (2022) starts off like a great first kiss.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 10, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

The following books: Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, and What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

book lists

10 Queer Haunted House Books

Let’s get gay and scared!

Casey —

Oct 9, 2022

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya takes a mirror selfie, surrounded by copies of her novelette HELEN HOUSE. A small ghost comes out of her phone.

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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.

Nico —

Oct 6, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Lauren Beatty as Grey in Bloodthirsty and Teagan Johnston as Catherine in The Strings wear headphones. A skeleton hand holding a flower reaches between them.

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Slow Takes: The Year of Queer Indie Musicians Creating in Solitude and Losing Their Minds

Horror has always been the most democratized genre.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 6, 2022

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essay collection

It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

lgbt book reviews

“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.

Abbie Jones —

Oct 4, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Nancy in Nightmare on Elm Street sleeps while something presses through the ceiling.

movie features

Elm Street Was a Nightmare Before Freddy Made It One

Elm Street was just another part of a society — our society, where people are taught to care very little for each other.

Stef Rubino —

Oct 4, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Three girls hide under a blanket while watching a scary movie in bed. A fanged monster woman's face hovers over them and creepy green hands with black nails reach from the corners

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Revisiting the Scary Movie Sleepover

Horror movies are for the depressed and anxious gays.

Valerie Anne —

Oct 3, 2022

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Horror Is So Gay

Welcome to Horror Is So Gay, a series of essays, lists, and fearsome explorations of queer and trans horror, running throughout the month of October.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 3, 2022

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Bee and Sophie in Bodies Bodies Bodies embrace outside, and Bee is holding wrapped zucchini bread.

movie reviews

Rich Friends Turn on Each Other in Queer Horror-Meets-Comedy-of-Errors “Bodies Bodies Bodies”

At a hurricane party gone wrong, increasingly fraught group dynamics have deadly consequences — for people who largely aren’t very used to experiencing consequences at all.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 16, 2022

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A still from They/Them in which Veronica [Monique Kim], a bisexual Asian woman with dyed red and black hair buzzed short on one side and Kim [Anna Lore] a white lesbian with long blonde hair, sit on a dock on a lake at a gay conversion camp. They have looks of deep concern and worry on their faces.

movie reviews

“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.

Nico —

Aug 5, 2022

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Patricia Wants To Cuddle by Samantha Allen features a furry arm with painted red nails holding a white woman with blonde hair, sun hat, and sunglasses who is taking a selfie.

lgbt book reviews

Did Somebody Say Lesbian Sasquatch Horror-Comedy “Bachelor” Parody?

An epistolary lesbian love story, monster horror, final girl thrills, and sharp commentary on reality television and social media collide in this bloody, hilarious, chilling novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 1, 2022