Halloween is simply round the nook! So, naturally, we compiled an inventory of the best queer horror and thriller motion pictures for your upcoming movie marathon.
Newsflash: Horror is homosexual. If we're talking about underlying queer subtext (curse that darn Hays Code), it's been deliciously homosexual since the 1930s. In fact, without queer authors and filmmakers like Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, James Whale, and Clive Barker, the horror genre would not be what it's nowadays.
For the sake of our list, we are going to keep away from films which are brimming with queer subtext (with one exception), comparable to 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein and 2000's Ginger Snaps, and focal point on films with confirmed LGBTQ characters. Trust us, it's extremely tricky to not throw 2014's The Babadook into the mix, so just know that it's an honorable point out. Without additional ado, this is our listing of the best queer horror and thriller films for your spooky entertainment. Bloody illustration issues.
'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge' (1985)
Here's our one exception! Technically Jack Sholder's A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge doesn't boast any brazenly queer characters, however allow us to let you know ... it serves a heaping plate of camp. The sequel to Wes Craven’s 1984 horror classic best earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of 40 %, but since its unlock, it has turn into a bonafide LGBTQ cult classic.
Why? Well, the film sees Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) target top schooler Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton), proceeding his murderous spree by way of Jesse's frame. There's an "evil" within him that's determined to break away, regardless of how exhausting Jesse tries to suppress it.
Not best that, however the movie is crawling with sweaty, sculpted men, homoerotic scenes in leather-based bars and locker rooms, and Jesse's suggestive line, "Something is trying to get inside my body!”
Come on, Freddy even spits the words, "Daddy can not allow you to now!" Need we say extra?
'Seed of Chucky' (2004)
Don Mancini's Seed of Chucky is perhaps the most lighthearted film on our list. Though we don't recommend taking the Chucky franchise seriously, this 2004 sequel is actually chock-full of insightful themes pertaining to Hollywood's treatment of the queer community.
Being the horror genre's favorite possessed doll couple, Chucky (Brad Dourif) and Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly) learn what it means to parent a gender-queer child in Seed of Chucky. Lacking the desire to kill, doll child Glen/Glenda (Billy Boyd) is a nod to Ed Wood’s 1953 exploitation film Glen or Glenda, which was painfully ahead of its time.
Also, there's nothing gayer than Jennifer Tilly playing herself in an in-universe Chucky film. Not only do things get queer, things get meta.
'Jennifer's Body' (2009)
Every so often, film critics get it wrong. Karyn Kusama's feminist satire flick Jennifer's Body is a perfect example of this. On Rotten Tomatoes, the 2009 film boasts a frightening score of 45 percent. Over a decade later, however, Jennifer's Body is considered a genius film that was plagued by poor marketing (which targeted horny teenage boys instead of women).
Not only does the movie act as a bizarre ode to female companionship, but it has bisexuality written all over it. The tender makeout scene between Megan Fox's succubus Jennifer and Amanda Seyfried's nerdy Needy has over 413 million views on YouTube, and for good reason.
Though we witness the possessed Jennifer Check devour the flesh of teenage boys for much of the movie, this conversation speaks for itself.
"I assumed you best murdered boys," a frightened Needy says. "I am going both ways," Jen clarifies.
'The Perfection' (2018)
Don't even both attempting to predict where Richard Shepard's The Perfection will go. The surprisingly graphic Netflix film sees how far a person will go to achieve, well, perfection. It's kind of like Whiplash but for gorehounds.
Possessing a troubled past, musical prodigy Charlotte (Allison Williams) attempts to reconnect with her former mentors, disturbed to find that fellow cellist Lizzie (Logan Browning) has risen as an esteemed star. Though the two gifted women start an electrifying romantic relationship, sinister events await them. Make sure you strap yourselves in for this one.
'What Keeps You Alive' (2018)
Interestingly, Colin Minihan's SXSW thriller What Keeps You Alive was almost ... straight. We know, gasp. Because of a last-second casting decision, we were gifted with a blissfully tense lesbian horror story.
When Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) head to a quaint cabin in the middle of the woods for their first wedding anniversary, it soon becomes clear that one of the wives isn't who she says she is. It's time to activate that fight-or-flight response.
With wild twists and a thought-provoking flipping of heteronormative gender roles, What Keeps You Alive is a standout in the realm of queer horror.
'Titane' (2021)
Surely, no one anticipated a violent body horror movie a few girl with a automotive fetish to win the prestigious Palme d'Or in 2021, however right here we're! While it is admittedly no longer for everyone (it is for the ones with taste), Julia Ducournau's Titane includes a queer feminine lead, gender-bending topics, and undertones related to the unavoidable horrors of transitioning.
In brief, the film follows the unhinged journey of Adrien (Agathe Rousselle) — a murderous woman who developed a fetish for metal after having a titanium plate fitted in her head as a kid. While on the run, we watch Adrien grapple with her identification and battle to let others in. In a phrase, this movie is stunning.
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