If You Liked These 10 Horror Movies, Then Watch The Queer Versions
Happy Pride Month from all of us at Ginger Nuts! You know what that means – besides rainbow flags, celebrations and protest, every horror blog you know will be writing up listicles of fantastic queer horror you need to add to your watchlists. And, of course, we are no exception. But what if we offered you a little twist: this time around we’ll list some horror movies you (probably) already know and love… then offer you a gayer version to satisfy all your cravings.
If You Liked These 10 Horror Movies, Then Watch The Queer Versions
Love Jennifer’s Body? Watch: All Cheerleaders Die
Now I know what you’re thinking… Jennifer’s Body? The one where the eponymous Jennifer survives a sacrifice and hunts down boys while having something of a love story with her best friend Needie (not to mention her infamous “I go both ways!” line)? Wasn’t that already quite gay? I hear you! But All Cheerleaders Die is even gayer. After an accident leads to tragedy for a small-town cheerleading squad, it’s down to the girlfriend of one of the dead girls to bring them back with Wiccan magic. The girls are soon seeking supernatural revenge on the football jocks who caused the accident with dire consequences.
Love Eden Lake? Watch: What Keeps You Alive
Eden Lake is an infamously bleak film depicting a couple whose picturesque getaway in the woods is interrupted by a group of violent teens. What Keeps You Alive also follows a couple on an intimate getaway in the woods to celebrate their one-year anniversary… except this time the danger comes from within. The lesbian married couple have far too many secrets for their own good and Jackie (portrayed by the superb Hannah Anderson) is out for blood. What follows is a tense psychological thriller as Jules (Brittany Allen) does everything she can to survive.
Love Green Room? Watch: The Ranger
Green Room is another very bleak (but excellent) watch featuring a punk band who accidentally book a Neo-Nazi venue only to see something they shouldn’t have and find themselves locked in the green room with no way out. The Ranger plays with a little more humour but it also features a group of punks and a fight to survive, this time stuck in a cabin in the woods with a crazed park ranger out to get them. Among the main cast are a gay couple – Jerk (Jeremey Pope) and Abe (Bubba Wiler) who look out for each other in the midst of the chaos.
Love The Conjuring? Watch: 32 Malasana Street
Just like The Conjuring, the Spanish film 32 Malasana Street follows a family who seek the help of paranormal investigators when inexplicable events stalk them in their new home. However, in 32 Malasana Street it transpires that the ghost haunting them is a trans woman who was mistreated by her family. Now, it’s important to mention that this film is not a positive representation – there is a lot of transmisogyny packed into the premise. Still, the film treats its trans ghost with more empathy than I would have anticipated and for that, I think it makes for interesting Pride Month viewing.
If You Liked These 10 Horror Movies, Then Watch The Queer Versions
Love Tucker and Dale vs. Evil? Watch: Slay
We all know Tucker and Dale for its satirical twisting of horror tropes as a pair of hillbillies must defend themselves from a horde of clueless college kids. If horror comedies featuring redneck stereotypes are your thing, then you might enjoy Slay, a Tubi original starring Drag Race icons Trinity The Tuck, Heidi N Closet, Cara Melle and Crystal Methyd. A quartet of drag queens arrive at a backwoods bar by mistake intending to put on a show… only to find themselves and their new redneck associates under siege by vampires. What follows is a silly, fun and surprisingly heartfelt horror-adventure.
Love Us? Watch: Knock At The Cabin
Jordan Peele’s second film Us tells the story of a family who are attacked by their own doppelgangers in their holiday home exploring identity, family and what makes us, us. Similarly, Knock At The Cabin follows a family on holiday as they are attacked by strangers who tell them the world is ending and the only way to stop it is for them to sacrifice one of their own. Based on the book The Cabin At The End Of The World by author Paul Tremblay, the film stars Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff as the two dads, highlighting queer fear and family.
Love Hostel? Watch: Hostel 2
I’ll concede that this one is a bit of a cheat but if you loved the torture porn craze of the noughties and always wanted to see a queer final girl survive the horrors… then the second Hostel movie is for you. In the first film, we watch frat bros on holiday stay in the wrong hostel and wind up being sold to a syndicate who provide torture victims to rich visitors. Hostel 2 follows the same set-up with a fresh batch of victims but our protagonist, Beth (Lauren German) is canonically queer – so if you wrote this franchise off after the first time now is your chance to fix that!
Love Black Swan? Watch: The Perfection
Black Swan had its own (possibly hallucinated) moments of queerness, in the midst of a tight thriller-drama following an ambitious young ballet student whose part as the Swan Queen devolves into a violent unravelling of her psyche. Netflix Original, The Perfection also deals with the ambition and talent of young women, following a former champion violinist (Allison Williams) and the new star pupil of her old school (Logan Browning). This time, the queerness is front and centre with the two women embarking on a relationship that will spiral into violence and revenge.
If You Liked These 10 Horror Movies, Then Watch The Queer Versions
Love Scream? Watch: Hellbent
Scream and the ubiquitous Ghostface is perhaps the most famous slasher movie out there. Meanwhile, Hellbent is perhaps the most underrated. And it’s gay AF. It’s what They/Them wished it could be. A group of gay men are out celebrating the West Hollywood Halloween Festival only for men to keep turning up dead… and anyone could be next. With a lover’s lane opening, party setting and big cast of queer characters, Hellbent is packed full of your favourite slasher tropes, male-on-male gaze and great kills – what more could you want?
Love Rosemary’s Baby? Watch: Lyle
And last but not least: we all know the classic Rosemary’s Baby in which a husband sells his unborn child to a satanic cult amidst the increasing paranoia of his wife about the neighbours in their new apartment building. Lyle (directed by Stewart Thorndike of recent Bad Things fame) is close enough to seem like a modern remake. The film follows a woman whose grief over her toddler’s death turns into paranoia about the possible satanic connections of her neighbours, only for her wife to be caught up in the web.
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