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THE HISTORY OF HORROR IS GAY
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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.
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Other gothic thors like Matthew Lewis, William Thomas Beckford, and Francis Lathom were all homosexual, and their liv greatly impacted the lens through which they wrote their work. Of urse, words like “homosexual” or “gay” are nowhere to be found their works, bee the words hadn’t yet even been vented.
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Septim Pretori, a licly fabulo gay character played by the famoly queer Ernt Thiger. Director Tod Browng has been scribed as an “alleged heterosexual, ” and both of his films Dracula and Freaks are drippg wh homosexual subtext.
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