Horror Queers

Our mothers told us never to do this but we just couldn't resist so we're having an in-depth discussion of Robert Harmon's 1986 classic The Hitcher. Join us as we discuss the gay panic of it all in this queer-coded cautionary tale. From Rutger Hauer's predatory queer to C. Thomas Howell's virginal twink, The Hitcher has it all!

Plus: the film's origins as a 190-page(???) script, lots and lots of saliva play, ferryman/fairy man and getting your car all kinds of wet.

References:

>Grierson, Tim. "INSIDE THE UNSETTLING, HOMOEROTIC TERROR OF ‘THE HITCHER’". Mel Megazine

> Lindenburg, Marcus. “How to Make a Monster: The Homosexual Experience in Horror and Thriller Cinema”. The Review: A Journal of Undergraduate Student, Vol 23, Article 4

> Harmon, Robert. China Lake (short film).

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon bonus episode on Tim Story's comedy horror film The Blackening (2022).

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Don't wig out, but prepare for a whiter-- *ahem* WIDER audience, because we're discussing Justin Simien's horror comedy Bad Hair (2020)! Weaving her way into this discussion is Fantasia International Film Festival programmer and horror journalist Carolyn Mauricette!

Join us as we try to figure out the many, many things this film is trying to do, praising the intent behind most of the creative decisions while lamenting the confused execution. Is it self-aware camp? Is it self-serious horror? Is it wasting Vanessa Williams? ....Yes?

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> Joe: @bstolemyremote

> Carolyn: @vfdpixie / Linktr.ee

> Recommended Reading: Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada's Black Beauty Culture, by Cheryl Thompson

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon minisode on the second season of Showtime's Yellowjackets.

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Micro Queers is back with a spoiler-filled dive into director Kelly Kali's Jagged Mind (2023), the Hulu feature adaptation of screenwriter Allyson Morgan's Bite Sized Halloween short First Date.

We're big fans of lead actors Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Shannon Woodward, who are imminently watchable in this time loop relationship thriller, though the narrative is a touch repetitive and we have questions about how the magic works.

Still: queer horror where the representation just is? It's a Pride miracle.

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Avoid triangles and watch your head because we're talking Ari Aster's Hereditary (2018) aka the film that we named our horror awards after!

We're joined by mega fans Jazz and Kat from Girl, That's Scary, who love the film, but wonder if Aster is ok?

It's all about Toni Collette's "bad mom", but also shout-outs to Alex Wolff and Ann Dowd.

Plus: a trans reading of Paimon, Dante's Inferno, secret clues, skittering and turkey noises, and the perils of making deals with the 8th King of Hell

References:

> Sasha Geffen. "Trans Horror Stories and Society's Fear of the Transmasculine Body." Them

> Carl Lewandowski. "The Shape of the Devil." Unwinnable

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> GTS: @GirlThatsScary

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new full-length Patreon bonus episode on Rob Savage's adaptation of the Stephen King short story, The Boogeyman (2023).

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Flock this way because we've spared no expense as we continue our dinosaur double bill with a gendered analysis of Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic Jurassic Park! Join us as we explore the "intense science-fiction terror" (thanks, MPA) of a land in which dinosaurs are capable of changing their biological sex!

Plus: a look at the revolutionary effects in the film, lots of Marvel talk, Deep Blue Sea comparisons and some horrible attempts at imitating the velociraptor calls.

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> Cold Crash Pictures' Video: Saurian Cinema: Gender & Jurassic Park

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Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon mini(ish)sode on the latest season of Shudder's queer Canadian horror series Slasher: Ripper (2023)!

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Prepare your tiny little puppet hands because we're discussing Stewart Raffill's cult classic Tammy and the T-Rex (1994). Along for the ride is director Erick Lorinc, who is such a super fan of the film that he's cried watching it!

This is a very funny, silly, and surprisingly heartfelt film with a genuinely good performance from Denise Richards.

Plus: gay best friend Byron and homophobic cops, ejaculating brains, worshipping Helga and Wendy, the Gore Cut vs the PG-13 cut, and sequels/spin-offs we would watch in a heartbeat.

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> Erick: @ErickLorinc

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