Horror Queers

Just in time for Singles Awareness Day, we're losing our hearts to the 1981 Canadian slasher, My Bloody Valentine ...or at least Joe is. Trace is more lukewarm on the George Mihalka film, which suffers from an uninspired villain reveal and too many characters. We discuss the size (and deliciousness?) of hearts, why TJ's narrative is important for small town Nova Scotians, the cost of dirtying up a...

Our month of 3s has ended, so we're kicking off February with a discussion of Vincenzo Natali's supremely messed up sci-fi horror film (and secret Dark Castle film) Splice, which also acts as an early celebration of Joe's birthday! Joining us for the chat is Prince Jackson, host of our sister podcast Knight Light! Before we get to it, just a heads up if you've never seen the film: we're issuing co...

This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing John Clayton's short Schism (click the link to view the 8-minute-long short), an animated personification of the fear of public intimacy. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , Letterboxd and/or Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Sup...

Our month of 3s comes to a close with David Fincher's Alien 3 (1992), which may take the prize for most convoluted production history. Here to help us make sense of the Assembly Cut ( not the theatrical cut) is returning guest Sade Sellers (see previous episode Orphan ), who has issues with the film's treatment of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and sexual assault (content warning!) Plus: our secret con...

Here's a sneak peek at our Patreon episode on the first six (of nine) episodes of the new adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand , which is now streaming on CBS All Access! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers  and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...

We're in our third week of 3s, and what better way to celebrate than with good ol' Norman Bates himself in Anthony Perkins' directorial debut Psycho III ? Despite the film's iconic opening line, there has to be a God, right? otherwise we wouldn't have this darkly comedic entry in the Psycho franchise! Join us as we delve deep into the closeted life of Anthony Perkins, look for queerness in his uni...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Emerald Fennell's polarizing debut feature Promising Young Woman (2020), which is now in theaters and on VOD! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers  and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing Monika Estrella Negra's short Flesh (click the link to view the 15-minute-long short), which follows a young, Black queer woman (Esther Matthews Alegria) in the DIY Punk scene in Chicago. Feeling entrapped by her own community, she seeks to destroy what ultimately is destroying her. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram...

Our month of 3s continues with Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth , the third entry in the Hellraiser franchise and who better to join us than mega fan Bryan Christopher? In the 1992 Anthony Hickox-directed film, the action shifts from the UK to New York (cough North Carolina cough) as Doug Bradley's Pinhead channels Freddy and Wishmaster while tempting a playboy club owner, a homeless runaway and an a...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode revealing the 2020 winners of our version of the horror Oscars, the Hereditaries! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers  and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ab...

The third year of the pod kicks off with our annual tradition: a Scream film! Scream 3 (2000) is arguably the least popular film in the franchise, but it's due for a critical reappraisal as we unpack all of the its challenges, including no script, an in-demand Neve Campbell, post-Columbine timing, a move to comedic Hollywood and studio interference (The Weinsteins again!) Thankfully we have Parker...

This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing Blake Mawson's revenge short Pyotr495 (click the link to view the 15-minute-long short), which sees an app hookup go horribly wrong, only for the tables to be turned on the assaulters. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , and/or Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @trac...

Happy New Year, everyone! We're hopping aboard a party train to ring in the new year with Roger Spottiswoode's Jamie Lee Curtis-starring slasher film Terror Train ! Joining us for the bash are Chris Moore and Kevin Jones, the co-hosts of the Homos on Haunted Hill podcast! Join us as we discuss the slasher go-to of pranks being the reason for someone killing a bunch of horny dumb-dumbs, read into t...

Here's a sneak peek of our all new Patreon minisode as we celebrate our favorite horror films - in this case Joe's #2 pick for the year - and bid 2020 a long-overdue farewell! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers  and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz comp...

This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing William Lott's queer holiday short What's In The Box? (click the link to view the 9-minute-long short), which finds a queer man struggling with his impulse control when an unexpected gift arrives on his doorstep on Christmas Eve. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , and/or Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get...

Happy holidays, everyone! We usually take this week off, but we had an extra episode in the Horror Queers archives that we recorded back in October for the Nightstream Film Festival, and we thought we’d release it as a little holiday treat for all of you. That treat comes in the form of a discussion of all things J. Lo in Tarsem Singh's The Cell ! Join us as we enter the mind of a killer and try t...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Chris Landon and Michael Kennedy's body swap comedy horror Freaky (2020), which is now available on VOD! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers  and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adsw...

This week on Micro Queers, we're discussing Tim Sullivan's 2011 anthology short I Was a Teenage Werebear (part of Chillerama , available on Amazon Prime and Tubi) starring former (current?) gay porn star Brent Corrigan/Sean Paul Lockhart in a Grease, The Lost Boys, Rebel Without a Cause musical parody. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , and/or Facebook , or...

This week on the pod, we're wrapping up the holiday season with queer writer/director Chris Peckover's 2016 film Better Watch Out . We're joined by returning guest Ariel Fisher and...well let's just say that both the film and the discussion go places that you might not expect. Big, flashing SPOILER WARNINGS for the film, as well as We Summon The Darkness . Also: TRIGGER WARNING. We get into some h...

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Tom Frederic's 2017 short Sauna the Dead (click the link to watch the 20-minute short) which looks at a zombie outbreak set at a gay bathhouse. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , and/or Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote Support t...

Here's a sneak peek at our all new Patreon episode on Brandon Cronenberg's twisty sci-fi thriller Possessor (2020), which is now available on VOD, Blu-Ray and DVD! Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers  and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

Our Angel of Death awaits as we enter the dark streets of Gotham City to discuss the first (and only?) Batman slasher film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ! Joining us for the discussion is Batman expert (and all-around swell gal) Lindsay Traves! We'll delve into the film's rushed production and failure at the box office. Joe compares the Bruce/Andrea romance to a similar one in On Her Majesty's Secr...

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Daniel Sterlin-Altman's 2017 short "Hi, It's Your Mother" (click the link to watch the 4-minute short) about a distracted mother, a kitchen knife, the Bossa Nova, her gay son and his boyfriend. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , and/or Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trac...

We're kicking off the holiday season by hunkering down in a snow globe with YouTube star Bobby Torrez and a screening of Michael Dougherty's Krampus (2015). The film has an all-star cast (Toni Collette! Adam Scott! Allison Tolman! David Koechner!), but doesn't manage to nail its balance of tones like Trick 'r Treat did. Thankfully the film has a great score (suck it Joe!) and a fantastically unner...

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Camille Dunn's 2017 short Daisy (click the link to watch the 4-minute short) about a lesbian couple who moves into a new house only to discover that it's haunted by a vengeful spirit. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter , Instagram , and/or Facebook , or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @traced...