When nobody believes him, he seeks the help of a TV show host named Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who played a vampire hunter in films. The film follows Charley (William Ragsdale) and his fixation on the fact that his next-door neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. Fright Night (1985) (Columbia Pictures)Īn absolute horror classic that not only explores queerness (even when it’s hard to watch because of certain allegories) but has several (confirmed) gay actors in it. And the ways it depicts desire and pleasure.
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But where The Hunger lacks in a strong plot, it makes up for in how very queer the movie is. Naturally, there’s a love triangle, betrayal, and sex. The plot overall isn’t very complex, it’s mainly about a vampire couple and a doctor that specializes in research about sleeping/aging. And this one has David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, and Catherine Deneuve in it.
Erotic horror movies are, after all, an experience. One of the sexiest high fashion or perfume commercials ever? Quite possibly. And are some of the best as far as throwbacks go-here are my favorite LGBTQ+ horror movies from the 1970s and ’80s.
I’ve chosen some older horror movies that are most certainly queer. But there are also ones that are legendary. Some older horror movies haven’t aged well and some don’t break the problematic thermometer. Revisiting throwback horror that’s queer (whether explicit or coded) is part of understanding what’s contributed to queer culture. But queer characters still deserve to triumph and survive. Ignoring that horrible Scream 4 (2011) quote of how if you want to survive a modern horror movie, you have to be gay-queerness still means danger in some horror content and that’s more reflective of real life than anything else. Doesn’t matter if they are the victim, antagonistic, the villain, etc. Nor are the portrayals of LGBTQ+ characters always free of stereotypes or bigotry. While I believe horror, at its very core, is queer in general, the characters who are either explicitly queer or queer-coded don’t always survive their movies. The depiction of queerness in horror is complicated. And creators and artists have long used every kind of genre to explore and celebrate queer identity and history. Knowing what came before helps shape the present-the future. In a perfect world, Pride Month is every month. Taking the time to understand your history as part of the LGBTQ community, or the role allies must play, is continually important every day of the year. Celebrating queer horror movies shouldn’t be solely for the month of June.