First Look at Icelandic Gay Vampire Movie 'Thirst' - Bloody Disgtg

Contents:

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

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.... Synopsis: In the summer of 1979, Paris-based filmmaker Anne is a producer of third-rate gay porn. Horror films haven’t always been kd to gay characters, though LGBTQ viewers mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre.

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.

10 GREAT GAY AND LBIAN HORROR FILMS

”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.

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

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.

FIRST LOOK AT ICELANDIC GAY VAMPIRE MOVIE ‘THIRST’

Rt assured that wh scen of leather bars, locker rooms and male scream queens — is pretty gay. 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.

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). 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.

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

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.