5 Queer Themes In Modern Horror with Gareth Dimelow

Screenwriter Stuart Wright listens to story consultant & blogger Gareth Dimelow talk about 5 QUEER THEMES IN MODERN HORROR
You'll find Gareth on twitter at @gdimelow

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (1985, dir. Jack Holder)

NIGHTBREED (1990, dir. Clive Barker)

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994, dir. Neil Jordan)

HAUTE TENSION (2003, dir. Alexandre Aja)

MIDNIGHT KISS (2018, dir. Carter Smith)

Other key texts referenced:

THE CELLULOID CLOSET a book by Vito Russo, made into documentary (1995) of the same name & directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

MONSTERS IN THE CLOSET: HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE HORROR FILM, a book by Harry Benshoff

MEN, WOMEN and CHAINSAWS: GENDER IN THE MODERN HORROR FILM, a book by Carol J Glover

SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET documentary on Shudder directed by Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen

A Queer Horror Documentary from the Makers of HORROR NOIRE is coming soon to Shudder tbc
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