‎Gay Vampir, a list of films by Jam • Letterboxd

Contents:

• FIRST KILL IS THE GAY VAMPIRE-HUNTER ROMANCE OF OUR DREAMS
• GAY VAMPIR
• FANS ARE HYPED FOR NETFLIX’S NEW GAY VAMPIRE ANIME

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

Horror films haven’t always been kd to gay characters, though LGBTQ viewers mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre.

GAY VAMPIR

There are a number of petg theori as to what’s behd this spe-tglg love affair — om intifyg wh the “otherns” of monsters to the lan subtexts of early works — but perhaps ’s jt an appreciatn for the fe art of non of queer horror tl has been slowly buildg over the past several s, aid by a number of recent die films that twist tradnal homophobic horror trop and a body of classic films that are beg re-read through a ntemporary queer there are many to choose om, here are 19 queer horror films to put toward the top of your watchlist for “Gay Christmas, ” otherwise known as Halloween. ”In this slasher film, lbian uple Renee and Valerie leave the big cy to go to a ral b to attend a weddg-planng retreat for their iends, a gay uple. The getaway be a leral retreat, as they are hunted, surveilled and tortured by a group of homophobic extremists.

”A year after gay Brooklyn, New York, party boy Danny is btally attacked by a stranger, he cis to give his social life another chance. ”Gay Londoners Marc and Fred went to war when they were refed a double bed at a remote Christian gut hoe. ”“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. 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. Rt assured that wh scen of leather bars, locker rooms and male scream queens — is pretty gay.

FANS ARE HYPED FOR NETFLIX’S NEW GAY VAMPIRE ANIME

Dpe leang on the homophobic horror trope of "gay man as killer, " the ntroversial film is worth a watch as a cultural time psule. Shot New York’s S&M bars and clubs and featurg the actual clientele as extras, “Cisg” provis an trigug glimpse to a pre-AIDS world of gay sex and sctn.

”Cema’s most prolific director of psychologil thrillers, Aled Hchck, never shied om employg gay stereotyp — a knife-wieldg killer who cross-drs as his ad mother “Psycho, ” a stylish psychopath who lur a wi-eyed athlete “Strangers on a Tra. ” But never was a Hchck film as homoerotic as “Rope. Looks like 's time for the 'Twilight' rurgence to make room, bee what was announced this month as one of Netflix's key productns for 2021, is a gay, vampire-themed TV show tled, First Kill, and we are extremely exced.

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.