54 min

Queer Horror with Kay Lynch Queers do Cinema

    • TV & Film

No film genre is more preoccupied with our culture’s sexual anxieties than Horror, so of course there’s a fine line between Horror and Queer Horror. We are joined by Kay Lynch, founder of the Salem Horror Fest, to unpack the complex history (and promising future) of Queer Horror. Since even the earliest horror films are laden with “horrific” depictions of gender and sexuality and camp in a way that makes it sometimes feel like all horror is Queer horror. But contemporary filmmakers have ditched the coding and consistently make explicitly Queer horror films on all budgets. Plus: Is there a Queer horror film that earns a comparison to “Get Out”? Our hosts debate!

No film genre is more preoccupied with our culture’s sexual anxieties than Horror, so of course there’s a fine line between Horror and Queer Horror. We are joined by Kay Lynch, founder of the Salem Horror Fest, to unpack the complex history (and promising future) of Queer Horror. Since even the earliest horror films are laden with “horrific” depictions of gender and sexuality and camp in a way that makes it sometimes feel like all horror is Queer horror. But contemporary filmmakers have ditched the coding and consistently make explicitly Queer horror films on all budgets. Plus: Is there a Queer horror film that earns a comparison to “Get Out”? Our hosts debate!

54 min

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