Horror Queers

‘Scooby-Doo’: A Compromised Parody Still Worth Watching On its 20th Anniversary [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Gunn, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Podcasts, Raja Gosnell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scooby Doo

Scrappy Scrote. After three weeks of films with objectionable content (real-life kangaroo murder in Wake in Fright, an injured actress and problematic killer in Incident in a Ghostland and “consensual rape” in Perdita Durango), we thought it might be nice to swamp out the dark and dreary for the…colorful and cheerful? That’s right, we’re heading back […]

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Breaking Taboos With Rosie Perez in ‘Perdita Durango’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Álex de la Iglesia, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, James Gandolfini, Javier Bardem, Perdita Durango, Podcasts, Rosie Perez

Rosie. F******g. Perez. We’ve been on a roll with films overshadowed by controversy lately, especially after witnessing the real-life kangaroo violence in Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright and the injuries sustained by the lead actress in Pascal Laugier’s Incident in a Ghostland (on top of a problematic queer killer). We’re keeping things similar this week as […]

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The Inexcusable Transphobia of Controversial ‘Incident in a Ghostland’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Crystal Reed, Emilia Jones, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Kevin Powell, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Mylène Farmer, Pascal Laugier, Podcasts, Rob Archer, Taylor Hickson

Shut Up, Pascal! May continues to be a month of extremes. Trace and I started the month with Jane Schoenbrun’s microbudget creepypasta film We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, followed by our usual Friday the 13th film,  Friday the 13: Jason Lives. Then last week we headed Down Under for notorious kangaroo-killing Ozploitation flick, […]

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On Masculinity and Kangaroo Hunting in the Ozploitation Classic ‘Wake in Fright’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Animal Violence, Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Podcasts, Ted Kotcheff, Wake In Fright

Kangaroo Killjoys. After checking out the CreepyPasta-centric film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair a few weeks ago, we went back to Crystal Lake for the third time to check in with meta-Jason in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. Now we’re heading Down Under to pick apart Ted Kotcheff‘s famed “lost film” Wake […]

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‘Friday the 13th’ Got Smart With ‘Part VI: Jason Lives’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett C.J. Graham, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jennifer Cooke, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Thom Matthews, Tom McLoughlin

Meta Jason We’re past the halfway point of May and Trace and I have already watched a number of unusual films and had great conversations! Last week we tackled the most contemporary film we’ve ever discussed on the pod with non-binary filmmaker Jane Schoebrun’s We’re All Going To The World’s Fair (2021) and the week […]

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The Dysmorphia of Being Online in ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Anna Cobb, found footage, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jane Schoenbrun, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Mary Beth McAndrews, Michael J Rogers, Podcasts, screen horror, We're All Going To The World's Fair

Baby Catfish April is firmly in the rearview, though Trace and I are still basking in the great conversations we had about Mexican sci-fi film The Untamed, 80s live-action/animation technical marvel Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and our pair of vampire films: Swedish teen coming of age ‘Let The Right One In and Western/Horror hybrid Near Dark. Now […]

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Internalized Homophobia and Tentacle Alien Monsters in ‘The Untamed’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Amat Escalante, Eden Villavicencio, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, mexico, Podcasts, Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, The Untamed

Tentacle Porn (no, really). After traveling all the way to Sweden to look at the evolving friendship between Eli and Oskar in Let the Right One In, we changed up the pace a little bit with an off-kilter pick in Robert Zemeckis’ 1988 masterpiece Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Now we’re making our first journey to Mexico […]

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The Self-Hating Queer Villain at the Center of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Judge Doom, Kathleen Turner, Podcasts, Robert Zemeckis, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Mistress Doom. After hanging with Jesse Hooker’s crew and analyzing the AIDS allegory in Kathryn Bigelow’s vampire western Near Dark, we traveled all the way to Sweden to look at the evolving friendship between Eli and Oskar in Let the Right One In. Now we’re changing up the pace a little bit with an off-kilter pick: […]

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The Bullying at the Center of ‘Let the Right One In’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett coming of age, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Let the Right One In, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Tomas Alfredson, Vampires

Kill Your Bullies We’ve been bouncing around the decades ever since we wrapped up our ‘Underseen or Underrated’ theme, with stops in 1960 London for Peeping Tom, 2010’s boobies and blood Piranha 3D and 1987’s Near Dark last week. Our unofficial vampire double bill continues this week with Swedish adaptation Let the Right One In, which brings us back […]

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Glass Ceilings and An(other) AIDS Allegory in ‘Near Dark’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton, Eric Red, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jenette Goldstein, Jenny Wright, kathryn bigelow, Lance Henriksen, Near Dark, Podcasts, Tim Thomerson

Bet on Bigelow. After reaching the end of the road on our Underseen or Underrated?” theme with the queer, DIY aesthetics of Death Drop Gorgeous, we then returned to our regular programming with an analysis of Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom and a Spring Break celebration with Alexandre Aja’s 2010 schlock-fest Piranha 3D. Now we head back […]

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Doused With Bikinis, Boobs and Blood in ‘Piranha 3D’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Adam Scott, Alexandre Aja, Christopher Lloyd, Elisabeth Shue, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jerry O’Connell, Piranha, Podcasts, Richard Dreyfuss

Spring Break Boobies. After reaching the end of the road on our “underseen or underrated?” theme with the queer, DIY aesthetics of Death Drop Gorgeous and returning to our regular programming with an analysis of Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, we’re going to celebrate Spring Break a little late with bikinis and boobs in Alexandre Aja‘s 2010 schlock-fest […]

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The Voyeuristic Pleasures of Proto-Slasher ‘Peeping Tom’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Anna Massey, British horror, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Maxine Audley, michael powell, Moira Shearer, Peeping Tom, Podcasts, Psycho, voyeurism

Not Your Grindr’s Voyeurism We spent the better part of 2.5 months exploring an “underseen or underrated?” theme, including Gaspar Noé’s Climax and Kurtis David Harder‘s Spiral before wrapping up with Michael J. Ahern, Brandon Perras and Christopher Dalpe‘s independent film Death Drop Gorgeous last week. Now that we’re free of the 2010s, Trace and I are jumping back to 1960 […]

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The DIY Gay Aesthetics of ‘Death Drop Gorgeous’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Brandon Perras, Christopher Dalpe, Complete Destruction, Death Drop Gorgeous, Drag Queen, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Matthew Pidge, Michael J. Ahern, Michael McAdam, Podcasts, Providence, Wayne Gonsalves

Dick in 5 Minutes. We’ve reached the end of the road on our “underseen or underrated?” theme. For the last three months we’ve been discussing films of the 2010s using that barometer and after a month that included Darren Aronofsky‘s mother!, Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation, Gaspar Noé’s Climax and Kurtis David Harder‘s Spiral, we’re finally up […]

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Talking Through Internalized Homophobia in ‘Spiral’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Ari Cohen, Chandra West, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, June Laporte, Kurtis David Harder, Lochlyn Munro, Podcasts, Shudder, spiral

Open Your Heart, Baby Joe and I are nearing the end of our “Underseen or Underrated?” theme that we’ve been working through in 2022, and the last few weeks have been a bit intense, to say the least. For 2017, we revisited Darren Aronofsky‘s religious/eco horror thriller mother! before doing it for the lulz in […]

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‘Climax’s Mad Dancing Descent Into Hell [Horror Queers Podcast]

Joe Lipsett Climax, Gaspar Noé, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, LGBT, LGBT Horror, lgbtq, LGBTQ Horror, Podcasts, Sofia Boutella

Trace and I are closing in on the end of our “underrated or underseen” theme. After spending February looking at films from 2016 – 2018, including Aussie coming-of-age film Boys in the Trees, Darren Aronofsky’s allegory-heavy mother! and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson’s controversial Assassination Nation, we’re now up to 2019. And we’ve <gulp> decided to […]

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