Horror Queers Podcast

A Queer Writer and a Stylish Director Join Forces to Give Us ‘Stoker’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Dermot Mulroney, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Park Chan Wook, Podcasts, Stoker, Wentworth Miller

St(r)oker. We closed out August with a look at the horror elements in the non-horror film Shiva Baby and the trans empowerment of Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers. Now, we’re looking at Park Chan-wook‘s English-language debut (which was written by queer screenwriter and actor Wentworth Miller): 2013’s Stoker. Stoker sees India (Mia Wasikowska) grieving after the death of her […]

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‘Sleepaway Camp 2’ Celebrates Its Trans Villain [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Michael A. Simpson, pamela springsteen, Podcasts, Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

Touch That Tush. August has featured an American giallo in Eyes of Laura Mars, a Spanish ghost story in The Others, and a Jewish horror comedy in Shiva Baby. Now it’s time to head back to literal summer camp with director Michael A. Simpson‘s very silly horror comedy: Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988). In […]

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‘Shiva Baby’ Is a Secret Jewish Horror Film [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Dianna Agron, emma seligman, Fred Melamed, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Molly Gordon, Podcasts, Polly Draper, Rachel Sennott

Sugar Goop. We kicked off August discussing the ins and outs of the photography industry in the American giallo Eyes of Laura Mars before getting serious with a discussion on the afterlife and religion in queer director Alejandro Amenábar‘s The Others. Now we’re somewhere in between drama and comedy with writer/director Emma Seligman‘s raucous comedy slash anxiety-driven Jewish […]

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Discussing the Afterlife and Religion in ‘The Others’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Alejandro Amenabar, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Nicole Kidman, Podcasts, The Others

Bitch, you dead. We closed out July with a look at Joshua Grannell’s 2010 campy horror comedy All About Evil, and kicked off July discussing the ins and outs of the photography industry in the American giallo Eyes of Laura Mars. Now we’re getting serious with a discussion on the afterlife and religion in queer director […]

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The Many Queer Readings of Norman Bates in ‘Psycho’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Martin Balsam, Norman Bates, Podcasts, Psycho, Vera Miles

Baters It’s nearly time to close out the month of July, which has been another scorching hot one for Trace and me. We kicked things off with Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) to coincide with our coverage of The Red Door, then we talked about another sequel to celebrate the two-year anniversary of Adam Robitel’s Escape Room: […]

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Dissecting Two Very Different Films With ‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Adam Robitel, Deborah Ann Woll, Holland Roden, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Indya Moore, Isabelle Fuhrman, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Logan Miller, Podcasts, Taylor Russell, Thomas Cocquerel

Physical Media 4Eva After tackling a contemporary sequel last week with Insidious: Chapter Two, Trace and I figured we should do it again. This week we’re dissecting the sequel to queer director Adam Robitel‘s immensely popular Escape Room, which was released in 2021 as Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. In the film, survivors Zoey (Taylor Russell) and […]

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The Boulet Bros. Chime in On ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Barbara Hershey, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Insidious, Insidious 2, insidious chapter 2, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Patrick Wilson, Podcasts, Rose Byrne

Cisgusting. We spent June discussing genderfluid dinosaurs, evil weaves and queer-coded hitchhikers, and we’re kicking off July with a discussion of the Sleepaway Camp of it all in James Wan‘s 2013 sequel Insidious: Chapter 2. Insidious: Chapter 2 sees Renai (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Patrick Wilson) Lambert recovering from their showdown with evil spirits that possessed their […]

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Analyzing the Queer-Coded Killer in ‘The Hitcher’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman C.Thomas Howell, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Podcasts, robert harmon, Rutger Hauer, The Hitcher

Fairy man. We spent June discussing a cisgender male demon trapped in a female body, genderfluid dinosaurs and evil weaves, so we’re kicking off July with a film that’s a bit more grounded: Robert Harmon‘s classic cautionary tale The Hitcher! In The Hitcher, Jim (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) while […]

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Killer Weaves and Muddled Commentary in ‘Bad Hair’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Bad Hair, Elle Lorraine, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Van Der Beek, Jay Pharoah, Justin Simien, Kelly Rowland, laverne cox, Lena Waithe, Podcasts, usher, Vanessa Williams

Wigging Out. We spent the first few weeks of June discussing a cisgender male demon trapped in a female body and genderfluid dinosaurs, and now we’re delving into the world of Black women’s hair in Justin Simien‘s (Dear White People, Disney’s upcoming Haunted Mansion) horror comedy Bad Hair. In the 1989-set film, an ambitious young woman named […]

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Revisiting a Contemporary Classic With ‘Hereditary’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Ari Aster, Gabriel Byrne, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Milly Shapiro, Podcasts, Toni Collette

Joanie, The Scammer After spending two weeks talking about dinosaurs with Tammy and the T-Rex and then Jurassic Park last week, it seemed like a good time to revisit a very serious, very somber contemporary classic: Ari Aster‘s 2018 family melodrama, Heredtiary, just in time for its 5th anniversary. In the film, grieving diorama creator Annie (Toni […]

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A Gendered Reading of ‘Jurassic Park’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman creature feature, Dinosaurs, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic park, Laura Dern, Michael Crichton, Podcasts, Sam Neill, Steven Spielberg

Spare no expense! After closing out May with the first half of our dino double feature in Tammy and the T-Rex, we’re kicking off June (and concluding the double feature) with a look at Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 classic Jurassic Park! In the film, wealthy businessman John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and a team of genetic scientists have created […]

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The Camp Appeal and Heartfelt Emotion of ‘Tammy and the T-Rex’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Denise Richards, Dinosaurs, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Paul Walker, Podcasts, Stewart Raffill, Tammy and the T-Rex, Terry Kiser, Theo Forsett

Puppet Arms We bounced all over the place in May, starting with Fred Dekker’s genre mash-up Night of the Creeps before getting deadly serious with Gus Van Sant’s pseudo-Columbine film Elephant, trippy with Alex Garland’s surreal Annihilation. Now we’re back in ultra campy territory with the silly and heartfelt Tammy and the T-Rex (1994). In writer/director […]

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Lady Scientists and a Mutant Bear in Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Alex Garland, Annihilation, Gina Rodriguez, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Podcasts, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny

Refraction action. After closing out April with a look at the hagsploitation classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, we kicked off May with a deathly serious look at Gus Van Sant’s pseudo-Columbine adaptation Elephant. Now we continue the month with a look at Alex Garland’s dense and trippy 2018 film Annihilation. Annihilation sees Lena (Natalie Portman), a […]

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The Feud at the Center of Camp Classic ‘What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Bette Davis, hagsploitation, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joan Crawford, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Cloche Following the double bill of vampire films with The Hunger and Ganja & Hess, Trace and I jumped into genre hodge podge last week with Fred Dekker’s delightful sci-fi homage, Night of the Creeps. This week we’re veering gently into camp territory with the birth of hagsploitation in Robert Aldrich‘s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The film […]

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A Reading of JC as the “Gay Best Friend” in ‘Night of the Creeps’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Fred Dekker, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jason Lively, Night of the Creeps, Podcasts, Queer Horror, Steve Marshall, Tom Atkins

This one bitch… After finishing April with back-to-back looks at stylish vampire films like The Hunger and Ganja & Hess, we’re kicking off May a film we’ve actually discussed before (in written form): Fred Dekker‘s 1986 classic Night of the Creeps! Night of the Creeps sees fraternity pledges Chris (Jason Lively) and JC (Steve Marshall) take […]

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