Episode 14: Queer Horror

Episode 14: Queer Horror This episode was recorded on October 17, 2023 and posted on December 2, 2023. Content Warning: Light vulgarity. Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 14 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Chris Vecchio of Queer Horror High & Alix Moad, co-director of Field of Screams Today's Topic: Queer Horror Discussion of Queer Horror Defining queer horror Why is this subgenre integral to highlight when we talk about the horror community? Brief History of Queer Horror Major themes of queer horror including queer subtext, vampires, queer femininity, body horror vs. bodily autonomy  Worst & Best Representations of Queer Horror Spoilers ahead! Worst Dressed to Kill (1980) - Chris Hide and Go Shriek (1988) - Chris Sleepaway Camp (1983) - Alix Best The Fear Street Trilogy (2021) - Alix Freaky (2020) - Alix Knife+Heart (2018) - Chris Hellbent (2004) - Chris Stranger by the Lake (2014) - Chris The Haunting (1963) - Chris Thelma (2017) - Chris Suzie's Deep Cuts Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB.  Make a Wish (2002) Bad Things (2023) The Boulet Brothers Dragula Closing Thoughts Where do you hope the horror genre takes the future of queer films? Thank you to our guest!  Check out Chris & Nickey on Queer Horror High and on Instagram @queerhorrorhigh Follow Alix on Instagram @modestmug and her film Field of Screams on Instagram @fieldofscreamsfilm. Support the film on Kickstarter! Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile_varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources & Additional Reading Archer Magazine. (2023, March 7). Queer horror films: Our traumas deserve to be explored. https://archermagazine.com.au/2022/09/queer-horror-film-trauma/ Coates, T. (2015, November 1). "A nightmare on elm street 2" is the gayest horror movie ever made. Decider. https://decider.com/2015/11/01/nightmare-on-elm-street-gay/ Collis, C. (2022, June 30). Get out: The rise and rise of queer horror. EW.com. https://ew.com/movies/rise-of-queer-horror-hannibal-chucky-shudder/ Crucchiola, J. (2022). 33 essential LGBTQ+ horror movies. Rotten Tomatoes 33 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies Comments. https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/lgbtq-horror-movies/ Hernandez, J. A. (2021, October 18). A beginner's Guide to Queer Horror. Gayming Magazine. https://gaymingmag.com/2021/10/a-beginners-guide-to-queer-horror/ Holmes, L. (2022, February 23). LGBT History month: Queerness and Horror. University of Aberdeen. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/students/student-channel/blog/lgbt-history-month-queerness-and-horror/ Hubbard, T. (2022, October 7). What is queer subtext?. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News (SDGLN). https://www.sdlgbtn.com/what-is-queer-subtext/ Kaiser, V. (2019, September 26). Let the right one in is a queer vampire love story. Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories. https://vraikaiser.com/2019/09/26/let-the-right-one-in-is-a-queer-vampire-love-story/ Kelleher, P. (2021, December 13). Anne Rice's legendary interview with the vampire is a queer-coded masterpiece. PinkNews. https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/12/13/anne-rice-interview-with-the-vampire-lgbt/ Lodge, G. (2022, October 31). Visibly horrified: The coming out of queer terror cinema. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/31/queer-horror-cinema-babadook-frankenstein Northeast Regional Library. (2022, April 11). How a teenage girl became the mother of Horror. https://nereg.lib.ms.us/how-a-teenage-girl-became-the-mother-of-horror/#:~:text=Mary%20Shelley%20combined%20science%20and,grew%20into%20a%20worldwide%20phenomenon. Rude, M. (2023, October 24). 25 Gay Horror Films & TV shows to stream this Halloween. Out Magazine. https://www.out.com/film/2022/10/28/gay-lgbtq-queer-horror-films-and-tv-shows-streaming-halloween-season#rebelltitem21 Swinburne News Team. (2023, June 1). Out of the coffin and the closet: Gay vampires are no longer sub-text, they're just text. Swinburne University of Technology. https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2022/11/out-of-the-coffin-and-the-closet-gay-vampires-are-no-longer-sub-text-theyre-just-text/ Wallace, L. L. (2022, September 30). Queer for fear explores the history of LGBTQ horror. Time. https://time.com/6218901/queer-for-fear-horror-documentary/