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VISITING HOURS (1982) DIR. JEAN-CLAUDE LORD

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Gabriette as Tyler Trevino in I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

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I saw this and so will you...

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BODY BAGS (1993) DIR. JOHN CARPENTER, TOBE HOOPER

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Whoever this is can axe me to little pieces

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Emma Roberts for Scream Queens (2015)

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MAXXXINE (2024) DIR. TI WEST

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for years, we've seen the queer community be represented in horror media, but it's beautiful to look back and see how hollywood has went from a small nod to the gays, to entire movies centered around the queer experience!

it's extremely common for people to feel comforted by horror movies... for many reasons-- having the ability to control your fear while also being in a safe environment, all while getting that epic dopamine rush; but i think it's important to talk about the love of horror that comes from queer communities specifically!

i think it's super amazing to see that i'm not the only queer person who was drawn to horror movies BECAUSE of my queerness. looking from the outside in, there are so many experiences in horror movies that are comparable to many queer experiences/the way queer people live. we see a lot of characters being treated like outcasts, a lot of representation of a marginalized experience with these main characters commonly not being believed or being the 'loser' and the 'weirdo'-- mirroring an experience that so many queer people have lived and are still living. however, the main thing, to me, is the amazing theme of overcoming these struggles as our final character escapes the killer, which can be seen as shedding a light of resilience and hope on the gay community, something that a lot of us desperately seek.

when you've spent such a long time using a genre as a means of distraction from the hate you experience in real life, seeing your own community being represented in that same genre can feel like a breath of fresh air. we've seen a lot of queer coded horror and many, many nods to the community in horror movies such as Seed of Chucky (2004), Jennifer's Body (2009), and Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (1985)-- these movies being known for their queer coded-ness but not outright being queer movies. i think it's fun to look back on those movies when we look forward at all of the outright GAY horror we have in 2025.

when talking about some of my favorite queer horror pieces of all time, i have to start with the Fear Street trilogy (2021). these movies give us some really fun kills, interestingly thick plot, and a really sad telling of queer experience-- specifically looking at Fear Street part 3: 1666 where the audience sees a historic, heartfelt and painful telling of living life as a lesbian during the 17th century or... any time period.

we see some super fun, camp kills in Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), a movie bringing a new take to gay horror with a super fun twist. when we look at gay media in general, we see a lot of fun comedic takes that you typically wouldn't see in most medias, but Bodies x3 really had a way of encompassing that fun queer humor without being too over the top with nonsensical jokes and tropey stereotypes. this movie has super fun and modern monologue with gay leads!

in I Saw the TV Glow (2024), the viewer can see this horrific sadness and fear in owen, a misunderstood teen, from the jump. we see owen open up, try to make sense of things and we ultimately see them experiencing this 'egg cracking' and from then on battling that repression throughout the film; that repression working to make it even more real and terrifying to any queer person watching it.

we see owen struggling with the decision of conforming in a way that those around them wish them to be or being their true self-- this being filmed in a way that will make your skin crawl while making your heart feel heavy. knowing the battles that a queer person faces within themselves is a topic that is rarely talked about, let alone mentioned in film; i think the representation of that struggle has left a lot of viewers wondering if there really is still time (there always will be). this is an amazing film to watch for a devastating queer experience.

i think overall, we have so many amazing queer horror movies and even more amazing queer actors that are making their way in hollywood-- which is only going to grace us more and give us even more representation. queer horror has always been around, the queer community has always had the horror community to lean on, and i think it's only a matter of time before we see some truly huge queer horror movies break box office records.

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The jealousy in his eyes needs to be studied!

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COSTAS MANDYLOR AS MARK HOFFMAN IN SAW IV (2007)

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EVIL DEAD RISE (2023) DIR. LEE CRONIN

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EVIL DEAD RISE (2023) DIR. LEE CRONIN

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LAID TO REST (2009) DIR. ROBERT HALL

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JAWBREAKER (1999) DIR. DARREN STEIN