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Contents:

• GAY VAMPIR
• 10 GREAT GAY AND LBIAN HORROR FILMS
• FIRST LOOK AT ICELANDIC GAY VAMPIRE MOVIE ‘THIRST’
• THIRST MOVIE: FIRST LOOK AT THIS ICELANDIC GAY VAMPIRE HORROR FLICK
• FIRST KILL IS THE GAY VAMPIRE-HUNTER ROMANCE OF OUR DREAMS

GAY VAMPIR

Before homosexualy was formally legislated out of existence Hollywood by the Productn Co — monly referred to as the Hays Co, which tablished mandat for “moral standards” motn pictur and banned pictns of “sexual perversy” — the legendary filmmaker Jam Whale was buildg the foundatn for Amerin genre cema wh films like Frankenste, The Old Dark Hoe, and The Invisible Man. Here was Whale, a gay man, buildg horror his own image and havg astoundg box office succs as some groups were lobbyg Hollywood to censor queerns out of existence.

Now we n choose om a lbian domtic drama volvg a baby werewolf Good Manners, a transfemist vampire movie B, or a French slasher set a gay porn muny wh Knife + Heart. Synopsis: A gay zombie (Jey Crisfar) manag to be st a horror film....

10 GREAT GAY AND LBIAN HORROR FILMS

Synopsis: In the summer of 1979, Paris-based filmmaker Anne is a producer of third-rate gay porn. Historilly, horror films haven’t always been kd to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people, though many members of the muny mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre. Thankfully, the non of queer horror tl has been slowly buildg over the past several s, aid by a number of recent die films that prrize cln and twist some of the character trop followed strictly more mastream there are many to choose om, here are 11 queer horror films to put toward the top of your watchlist for "Gay Christmas" — otherwise known as Halloween.

FIRST LOOK AT ICELANDIC GAY VAMPIRE MOVIE ‘THIRST’

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THIRST MOVIE: FIRST LOOK AT THIS ICELANDIC GAY VAMPIRE HORROR FLICK

”"Hellbent" was the first horror film aimed at gay dienc to succsfully break out of the film ftival circu. It me plete wh openly gay lead characters, drag queens and a scythe-wieldg maniac workout tights and a vil mask. ”A gay New Yorker brgs a group of his iends to his hometown, where he plans to e out to his ultra-nservative father.

Not before long, you fd yourself lookg around the room, wonrg whether you're projectg your gayns to the plot or if this is ed meant to read as gay. Sprkle a ltle David Bowie on the top, and you’ve got a thoroughly enjoyable, albe light on plot, queer vampire Sk I Live In (2011)Sony PicturFamed gay director, screenwrer and producer Pedro Almodóvar elevat the body terror genre wh a tale that chronicl the weird dynamic between a plastic surgeon, played by Anton Banras, and the woman he keeps locked away his lavish mansn. Dracula’s Dghter (1936)Dark passns and dangero sire are central them gothic stori – small wonr LGBTQ+ dienc, often tght om childhood that their sexualy is an aberratn, flock to gothic cema for reprentatn (even the Twilight movi have a voted gay tween followg).

FIRST KILL IS THE GAY VAMPIRE-HUNTER ROMANCE OF OUR DREAMS

Early horror cema, ma when homosexualy was regard at bt as unspeakable, at worst as an abomatn, embraced the sexual viants as another means to unnerve their dienc. Sce then, gay gothic films have flourished, and ntue to break barriers.

ParaNorman (2012), the first children’s film wh an openly gay character, is steeped gothic horror nventns, albe wh a PG certifite. Mischief and a sly sense of humour permeate a lot of gay horror films, vergg om sneaky subversn to bawdy parody.

The tillatg blend of horror and homosexualy has lead to a untls number of lbian vampire movi, ma mostly for a straight male dience. It’s even ma s way to porn – see 1983’s Gayracula (actually don’t, ’s ls fun than sounds). Many of the films were ma when reference to homosexualy on screen was forbidn, yet shrewd directors and screenwrers were able to dodge the censors through suggtn and metaphor.

So clutch your ccifix and jo on our dark voyage to the gothic unrworld of gay horror films…. The Old Dark Hoe (1932)Ls than five years to the talki, and the gays are already hijackg the horror film.

In a poignant moment at the end of the film, a homosexual relatnship is suggted between two unlikely characters, while a key role of an ancient man is played by one Elspeth Dudgeon, an early cematic example of a woman donng male drag.

It wouldn’t be the last time openly gay director Jam Whale queered the horror film…. Meanwhile, his creator is also endurg a night steeped gay metaphor. Some crics sneer at the queer readg as beg a morn folly, but the film’s sensibily is unniable, while Whale and Thiger (and, has been moured, Clive) were gay.