Horror Queers

In the first Patreon exclusive episode of April, the boys discuss whether a personal connection to the material is necessary to grasp the horror, Joe proposes that the material is "grief for dummies" and Trace goes to bat for Amy Seimetz's performance as Rachel. Other topics on the table: can this new film stand on its own feet, or is it doomed to suffer comparisons to previous iterations? How muc...

The boys have got pipes and they're FIERCE! That's right, this week they're headed to Center Stage: Camp for the Performing Arts to audition for the revival of "The Haunting of the Opera"! We're discussing Jerome Sable's slasher musical comedy  Stage Fright ! But mostly, we just want to know what went wrong with this film. It's neither funny nor scary, and it doesn't even have any good songs! How...

Joe and Trace catch a train to France to spend time in a deserted hotel and drink milky blue liquor, picking up special guest Ale Gonzalez en route. The threesome can't help but gush over Delphine Seyrig's iconic performance as the Countess while gently mocking Blond Cher...er...Valerie (so bland!) and emasculated sissy Stefan. Ale shares her encyclopedic knowledge about lesbian vampire films, Joe...

In the final March Patreon episode, Joe and Trace discuss Jordan Peele's sophomore effort  Us . Is it a better film than Get Out ? Does it matter? Join them as they debate the effectiveness of the comedy in the film, admire Lupita Nyong'o's powerhouse performance and try to decipher just what the rules of The Tethered are (and why the movie doesn't seem to care about sticking to them). Oh, and the...

Who's hungry...for a little man on man action? Joe and Trace trek to Northern California to stay at a delightful gay resort in the mountains where the soup is hearty and the men have a certain glow about them. That's right, it's the 20th anniversary of Antonia Bird's  Ravenous ! The boys dig into yet another problematic production history (what's up with you, 1999-2000?), probe the positive/negati...

It's a regular Hymen Holocaust this week as Joe and Trace detour into Cherry Falls , a place where no virgin is safe and problematic cross-dressing serial killers reside. They pick up special guest Brennan Klein (co-host of  Scream 101  podcast and producer of Blumhouse's  Attack of the Queerwolf! ), who chimes in with his thoughts on all things related to Michael Biehn's "Biehn-pole." The guys di...

Since the boys got a late start to Women in Horror Month, they've decided to continue it into the first week of March! Next up is Katt Shea's under-appreciated and ahead-of-its-time film The Rage: Carrie 2 . Join Joe and Trace as they take a deep dive into the troubled production of this much-maligned sequel. Topics on the table include but are not limited to: the truly despicable teenage characte...

We return with a brand new Patreon-exclusive episode on Dennis Iliadis' remake of Wes Craven's seminal horror film The Last House on the Left , which is celebrating it's 10-year anniversary. We know, we know. We said we were only going to cover recent theatrically-released films for Patreon episodes, but March is a desert wasteland for new horror films, and Joe simply refused to watch Greta again...

Join Joe and Trace on their weekend getaway to Big Sur as they try not to murder each other out of fame jealousy! That's right, we're watching Sophia Takal's Always Shine ! This chilling look into a very troubled female friendship between two competing actresses (portrayed by Caitlin FitzGerald and Mackenzie Davis) force the boys to ask some difficult questions: Why are outspoken women automatical...

Just in time for the back half of Women in Horror Month, the guys are joined by the one and only Stacie Ponder (of Final Girl and Gaylords of Darkness Podcast fame) for a threeway discussion of Stewart Thorndike’s Lyle , aka “lesbian Rosemary’s Baby”. Stacie educates the guys on the film’s connection to lesbian web series F to 7th , Trace gets increasingly defensive about Sleepless in Seattle and...

This clip contains a minor spoiler - don't listen if you're completely averse. Ready to laugh until you die? On the second patrons-only bonus episode of February, the guys tackle Christopher Landon's 2019 sequel to his Groundhog Day slasher which is...much more of a comedy than a horror film! Join us as we tackle the highs (Rothe's performance, the increased role of Danielle and a brand new montag...

Join Joe and Trace as they relive Happy Death Day , then die. Join Joe and Trace as they relive Happy Death Day , discuss why Jessica Rothe is so great, then die. Join Joe and Trace as they relive Happy Death Da y, discuss why Jessica Rothe is so great, review “out” director Chris Landon’s career, then die. Ok, you get the idea. The guys talk about 2017’s fun slasher entry, Joe tries not to laugh...

Joe and Trace dress as $10 hookers and enter uncharted vaginal territory with David Cronenberg's gynaecological horror film  Dead Ringers ! Listen as Joe schools Trace on all things Canadian horror, including a crash course on the Canadian identity (whatever that means). The boys get up to their elbows in discussions of vaginal mutilation, gay panic and that absolutely bonkers surgery sequence fea...

Happy February! On the first patrons-only bonus episode of the month, the boys are discussing Dan Gilroy's ( Nightcrawler ) shockingly mediocre killer art satire  Velvet Buzzsaw .  It's a film that tries to do satire and horror and doesn't really succeed at either. Also, why cast Jake Gyllenhaal as a bisexual man but have him paired with a woman for 95% of its NEAR 2-HOUR RUNTIME?! This episode is...

Squeeze into your Speedo because Joe and Trace are getting wet with Swimfan , the “baby Fatal Attraction” wannabe starring America’s 2002 boyfriend, Jesse Bradford, and the far-too-good-for-this-nonsense, Erika Christensen. Join us as we try to unpack the film’s many, MANY plot holes, laugh as Joe explains to Trace how pagers work and drink - at your own risk - whenever Trace says “panties”, “vagi...

Joe and Trace hit the Carousel for the ‘Low Shoulder’ concert and a lengthy chat about Jennifer’s Body , the horror classic from 2009. The guys break down the misunderstood film’s original reception by the "boy-run" media, its recent (re)appropriation by the horror community, its completely obvious queer intentions, as well as Karyn Kusama’s preferred “Unrated/Extended” cut. Cross out the hatred b...

Here's a sneak peek of the guys' all-new full-length Patreon exclusive episode on M.Night Shyamalan's Glass . The guys break down the film's box office prospects, its controversial twist ending(s) and Joe shares his theories on a possible queer element...that Trace doesn't buy. To download the full show, head over to our Patreon page and sign up today! For signing up, you'll also get our episode o...

Three episodes in and Joe and Trace are already ready for a vacation…in straight white homophobic hell. That’s right, we’re RIPPING into Eli Roth’s notorious 2004 torture porn flick Hostel , drilling down into the Josh/Salad Fingers relationship and questioning if Roth, the film or the characters are homophobic. Mostly the guys just lament how much better Part Two is.  Plus: in this week’s game Jo...

"Straight" out of the gate, Joe and Trace tackle the biggest horror film franchise of the 90s: Wes Craven's 1996 revisionist slasher  Scream . Join the guys as they unpack all of the film's queer elements, including its metatextual references, its strong (read: bitchy) female characters, its "out" queer screenwriter and Billy & Stu's beautiful bro-mance of a love that dare not speak its name. Also...

Welcome to Horror Queers, a queer horror podcast based on Joe Lipsett & Trace Thurman’s long running article series on Bloody Disgusting . In this first episode, the guys introduce the Pod and themselves with a series of (overly personal) questions, “Speed Dating” style. Discover their most anticipated horror films of 2019, who Trace’s first celebrity crush was, which gay sports Joe *doesn’t* play...