Horror Queers

The Drag Queen Soldier and Penisbursters of ‘Leprechaun 4: In Space’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Brian Trenchard-Smith, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Leprechaun, Leprechaun 4: In Space, Podcasts, Warwick Davis

Lunar luck. After concluding May with a discussion of Lisa Brühlmann’s female coming-of-age tale Blue My Mind (listen) and kicking off June reevaluating the unfairly maligned third act of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine (listen), we’re…..staying in outer space to marvel at the wacky antics of Lubdan the Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) in Brian Trenchard-Smith‘s 1997 sequel Leprechaun 4: In Space! […]

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Defending the Controversial Last Act of Danny Boyle’s ‘Sunshine’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alex Garland, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Danny Boyle, Hiroyuki Sanada, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Michelle Yeoh, Podcasts, Sunshine

Payload. After heavy discussions of Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin (listen) and Lisa Brühlmann’s Blue My Mind (listen) – with a stop-over to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Alien (listen) – we’re headed to space with Danny Boyle‘s 2007 collaboration with Alex Garland: Sunshine. The film features an all-star international cast, including Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle […]

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The Feminine Rage and Body Horror of ‘Blue My Mind’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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Let’s bounce. After concluding May with discussions of Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin (listen) and Ridley Scott’s Alien (listen), we’re delving back into the world of female coming-of-age tales with Lisa Brühlmann‘s 2017 body horror film Blue My Mind. Blue My Mind sees 15-year-old Mia (Luna Wedler) face an overwhelming transformation which calls her entire existence […]

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The Real-Life Horrors of Gregg Araki’s ‘Mysterious Skin’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Gregg Araki, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mysterious Skin, Podcasts, Scott Heim

Heart-wrenching horror. After kicking off May with discussions of Stephen Sommers’ perfect action-adventure-horror-romantic-comedy The Mummy (listen) and the iconic jump scare in the Audrey Hepburn-starring Wait Until Dark (listen), we’re delving into the real-life horrors of child sexual abuse in Gregg Araki‘s 2004 adaptation of Scott Heim‘s novel Mysterious Skin. Mysterious Skin tells the story of […]

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The Bisexual Energy of the Cast of ‘The Mummy’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Arnold Vosloo, Brendan Fraser, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez, Podcasts, Rachel Weisz, Stephen Sommers, The Mummy

Romancing the Mummy. After concluding April with discussions of Ciarán Foy’s Eli (listen), a horror version of The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, and the pseudo-sequel to Videodrome in David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (listen), we’re kicking off May with a revisit to one of our favorite years for cinema: 1999! The film we’ve selected is Stephen Sommer‘s action-adventure-horror-romantic-comedy The Mummy! […]

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The Demon Twink Lives On in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Anthony Minghella, Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Patricia Highsmith, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Podcasts, The Talented Mr Ripley

Boring! After concluding March with a discussion of Velma’s queer erasure in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and a revisit to the world of James Whale in The Invisible Man (listen), we’re heading to the ’50s to analyze Anthony Minghella‘s 1999 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. The 1950s-set film sees Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), […]

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James Whale Delivered the Meanest, Most Egotistical Universal Monster with ‘The Invisible Man’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Claude Rains, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, invisible man, James Whale, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, The Invisible Man, universal monsters, william harrigan

Gay Flowers. March featured a variety of conversations, including the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen), Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), and Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen here). After previously covering The Old Dark House and Bride of Frankenstein, we wrapped the month up with another James Whale classic, The […]

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Velma’s Queer Erasure in ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Alicia Silverstone, Freddie Prinze Jr., Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Gunn, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Podcasts, Raja Gosnell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scooby Doo, Scooby-Doo 2, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, seth green

Mystery Mistress. After kicking off March with discussions of the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen) and Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), we’re getting a little silly with a deep dive into Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) for its 20th anniversary! In the film, canine sleuth Scooby-Doo (Neil Fanning) once again […]

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The Queer-Coded Villain in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train

Carousel After spending time with Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen) and Olivier Assayas’ Kristen Stewart starring 2016 thriller Personal Shopper (listen), it’s time to revisit Alfred Hitchcock with a look at his 1951 film, Strangers on a Train. In the film, eccentric and unbalanced Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) approaches successful tennis player Guy Haines (Rope‘s […]

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Terrifying Texts in Olivier Assayas’ ‘Personal Shopper’ Starring Kristen Stewart [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Kristen Stewart, olivier assayas, personal shopper, Podcasts

Airplane Mode off… After closing out February with discussions of Pedro Almodóvar gender-bending thriller The Skin I Live In (listen) and Neil Jordan’s not-campy-enough stalker film Greta (listen), we’re entering the heady world of Olivier Assayas in his 2016 chiller Personal Shopper, which features a stellar lead turn from Kristen Stewart. In the film, a personal […]

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Celebrating the Best Horror of 2023 with the Hereditary Awards Winners! [Horror Queers Podcast]

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Back in December, Trace and I opened up voting in the fifth annual “Hereditaries” (named after Toni Collette’s Hereditary omission), our version of the horror Oscars. Our supporters on Patreon helped us narrow down the shortlist in 20 categories and then the public at large, including folks on this site, voted on the winners throughout December 2023. Going […]

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Craving Camp In Neil Jordan’s May/December Stalker Film ‘Greta’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Chloe Grace Moretz, Colm Feore, Greta, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, isabelle huppert, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Maika Monroe, Neil Jordan, Podcasts, Stephen Rea

Box Play We’ve spent February discussing Albert Lewin’s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), the perfectly serviceable remake of Friday the 13th (listen), and Pedro Almodóvar’s controversial 2011 thriller The Skin I Live In (listen). Now we’re wrapping up the month with Neil Jordan’s wacky May/December stalker film, Greta (2018). In the […]

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Navigating the Controversial Gender Politics of Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Skin I Live In’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Marisa Paredes, Pedro Almodovar, Podcasts, The Skin I Live In

I am Vicente. After kicking off February with discussions of Albert Lewin’s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen) and the perfectly serviceable remake of Friday the 13th (listen), we’re delving into the twisted mind of Pedro Almodóvar with his 2011 thriller The Skin I Live In. In The Skin I Live In, […]

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Revisiting the ‘Friday the 13th’ Remake On Its 15th Anniversary [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Arlen Escarpeta, Damian Shannon, Danielle Panabaker, Derek Mears, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th (2009), Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jared Padalecki, Jason Voorhees, Julianna Guill, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Mark Swift, Platinum Dunes, Podcasts, Ryan Hansen, Travis Van Winkle, Willa Ford

Stupendous Tits After dipping into the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator (listen) and checking out an early adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), somehow we’re already on our third episode of February. And while the holiday doesn’t line up, we couldn’t pass up a chance to revisit Friday the 13th (2009) for […]

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Straightening Out ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Hurd Hatfield, Oscar Wilde, Podcasts, The Picture of Dorian Gray

British Buggery. After closing out January with the very gay (and very terrible) The Covenant (listen) and the pseudo-remake of Single White Female: The Roommate (listen), we kicked off February with journey to the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator. Now, we’re traveling back in time to discuss Albert Lewin‘s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray. In The […]

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