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Over time, as a horror fan, you’ll learn horror movies have more subgenres than they do scares. So it’s no surprise queer horror stands tall as its own beautiful monster. In the always spooky subredditr/horror, Reddit users are sharing what queer horror movies are worth watching. Here are just some of the entries:
1.“Knife+Heartis a must watch!”
2.“Sissywas a lot of fun. Most of the characters are somewhere in the LGBTQ+ community.”
3.“Knock at the Cabin.”
4.“There’s a French movie calledHigh Tension(akaSwitchblade Romance) from the early 2000s. It’s really well done, but don’t watch it if you’re squeamish.”
5.“Jagged Mindis an amazing lesbian horror movie from last year!”
6.“Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
7.“Crime-thrillerCruising(1980) has to rank near the top.”
8.“Huesera: The Bone Womanis great!”
9.“Hellraiser(Clive Barker).”
10.“Lyle(2014). Micro-budget but very effective. To avoid spoilers, I’d call it ‘supernatural’ and leave it at that.”
11.“TheFear Streetfilm series.”
12.“Freaky.”
13.“Thelma. She has repressed feelings for her friend, which causes psychokinetic powers to emerge.”
14.“The British psychological thrillerSaint Maud.”
15.“I feel likeThey/Themis the obvious answer. It’s a summer camp slasher taking place at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp.”
16.“Hellbent. It’s a slasher film featuring gay male characters.”
17.“The Hunger(1983).”
18.“Let the Right One In(2008).”
19.“The originalFright Nighthas queer coding all around.”
20.“Mulholland Drive(2001). As a David Lynch fan, I feel he explores a lot of queer themes in his work, especially breaking with gender stereotypes. How intentional versus incidental is up for interpretation.”
21.“Bodies Bodies Bodies.”
22.“Spiral(2019) was pretty damn good.”
23.“LGBTQ+ horror I can think of would be…Stranger by the Lake.”
24.“For good reason,Jennifer’s Bodyhas earned some serious cultural reconsideration.”
25.“Bride of Frankenstein.”
26.“I’m not sure if this is a popular opinion, butA Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.”
27.“Ginger Snaps.”
28.“TheChild’s Playseries is full of queer subtext. The main voice behind the series, Don Mancini, is openly gay, and as the series progresses, he incorporates that into it more and more. The main character of theChuckyTV show is outright gay.”
29.And lastly, “I’ve got this on my watchlist but have not watched it yet:Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror(2022).”
Anything missing on the list that you think is worth watching? Comment below!
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“She has repressed feelings for her friend, which causes psychokinetic powers to emerge."
