Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror

2022

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4 episodes
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Horror

A four-part documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer... More

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.

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Where to watch Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror is available... More to stream in New Zealand now on Shudder and AMC+.

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror episodes

Episode 1

Queer gothic writers Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker... More invent the horror genre.

Episode 2

Gay director James Whale makes four classics that pave the... More 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.

Episode 3

Werewolves, cat people, body-snatchers and doppelgängers are uniquely queer metaphors;... More 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.

Episode 4

The dangerous queer woman has been terrorizing horror audiences since... More 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."

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror | Ratings & Reviews

A fiercely enticing rebel spirit burns at the heart of this four-episode series. It cuts deep into the blood-drenched annals of LGBTIQA+ history within the horror genre, packed full of fabulous filmmakers, authors, drag stars and more outlining how they find sanctuary in dark tales.