Why Queer People Love Horror | A Horror Movie Video Essay

Horror has always been a place where we can channel our deepest fears. But did you know that queer people tend to love horror movies? LGBTQA audiences have been avid fans of horror, and horror has reflected a ton of LGBTQA themes from the dawn of the genre.

From Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula to Don Mancini's Chucky and Clive Barker's Hellraiser, from the Dark Universe of Universal Monsters to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, let's explore queer horror and its legacy.

Joining me are my two guests: friend of the channel Chrystal Williams and Dread Central editor/filmmaker Mary Beth McAndrews.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 The Two Horror Stories You Can Tell
1:05 The Internalized and Externalized LGBTQA Horror Story
3:11 Interview Introductions
4:17 The Babadook (Only Time I'm Mentioning It)
4:42 Horror Has Always Been Queer (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein)
10:59 The Vampire and Gothic Horror (Carmilla, Dracula)
16:30 Sexual Repression (Bram Stoker, Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde)
20:02 Vampires in the 70s and 80s (The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice, Fright Night)
24:08 The Hayes Code and the Relatable Monster (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
26:33 Psycho and the Human Monster
31:38 Back to the Campfire
35:04 The Importance of LGBTQA Horror Development (Chucky, James Whale, Nightmare on Elm Street 2)
42:31 Independent Horror and Bold Queer Cinema
45:47 Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Rawhead Rex, Nightbreed)
49:01 Horror is Gayer Than Ever Before (Knife + Heart, I Saw the TV Glow, They/Them)
51:27 The Reactionaries vs. Gay Horror
54:31 Horror Recommendations List
56:38 Thank You