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Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
★ 6.2/10•2022•1h 0m•Documentary
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A four-part documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer horror community as a whole.

Tara Anaïse · Director

Tara Anaïse · Writer

Tom Maroney · Writer

Tom Maroney · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 30, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E147m

Episode 1

Queer gothic writers Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker invent the horror genre with "Frankenstein," "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Dracula"; when cinema arrives, queer director F.W. Murnau shocks the world with his queer-coded "Nosferatu."

Sep 30, 2022

Episode 2 - Episode 2E261m

Episode 2

Gay director James Whale makes four classics that pave the way for all Hollywood horror movies after, but his career was dimmed by anti-gay sentiment; Alfred Hitchcock uses queer characters and queer coded stories to keep audiences in suspense.

Oct 7, 2022

Episode 3 - Episode 3E355m

Episode 3

Werewolves, cat people, body-snatchers and doppelgängers are uniquely queer metaphors; from the classic "The Wolf Man" to queer-authored "Cat People," the monsters of the 1940s express shame and seek to rid themselves of the secret self.

Oct 14, 2022

Episode 4 - Episode 4E464m

Episode 4

The dangerous queer woman has been terrorizing horror audiences since before the dawn of cinema; the lesbian vampire sucks the lifeblood from women and men alike in the gothic novella "Carmilla" and films like "Dracula's Daughter."

Oct 21, 2022

Actors

Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado

Self

Kimberly Peirce

Kimberly Peirce

Self

Briana Venskus

Briana Venskus

Self

Emily St. James

Self

Alonso Duralde

Alonso Duralde

Self

Renée Bever

Self

Justin Simien

Justin Simien

Self

Harry Benshoff

Self

Leslye Headland

Leslye Headland

Self

Tommy Pico

Tommy Pico

Self

Lea DeLaria

Lea DeLaria

Self

Liv Hewson

Liv Hewson

Self

Bryan Fuller

Bryan Fuller

Self

Lachlan Watson

Lachlan Watson

Self

Bruce Vilanch

Bruce Vilanch

Self

Jewelle Gomez

Self

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World War II with Tom Hanks
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Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Natural World
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