Best gay horror films

From ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ to ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies,’ Them contributors select the best LGBTQ+ horror movies of all time. The less said, the better. There, the family are taken hostage by four strangers — led by Leonard Dave Bautista — who demand they make the ultimate sacrifice to avert the apocalypse.

Here was Whale, a gay man, building horror in his own image and having astounding box office success as some groups were lobbying Hollywood to censor queerness out of existence. A smart whodunnit akin to Scream, Bodies Bodies Bodies was lauded for its commentary on Gen-Z, subversion of classic horror tropes and satire on class and privilege.

Get Out star Allison Williams returns to the horror genre as Charlotte, a cellist who travels to Shanghai to reconnect with her former mentor Anton Steven Weber. Although it has a disastrous score on Rotten Tomatoes, High Tension is one of the most clever and terrifying slashers of the 21st century.

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Bored and frustrated with their lives as students at an obscure college in impoverished New Haven, Connecticut, they decide to teach a self-important classmate, Andy, a lesson by raping him. Gainey, Jimmy Jagger. Widely hailed as one of the best films of the decade, the film follows Franck Pierre Deladonchampsa nude beach regular who falls for Michel Christophe Paou.

Queerness and horror have always been intertwined. The film is notable for its queer storyline and bonkers twist, which has since influenced others in the same genre. The longest-running theatrical release in film history, spanning four decades, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a progressive camp classic that will endure time, space and the multiverse as one of the best musicals of all time.

Hunter Killian Brian Raetz returns home to Michigan with the support of his friends in New York to come out as gay to his disapproving conservative father. Fortunately, they weren’t creative enough to drive the big bad Other away.

Gay sex buddies Nathan and Justin are united by their passion for slasher, vigilante, serial killer and zombie films. For those who are somehow out of the loop, premise incoming: a young couple Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick stranded in the rain find themselves at a castle habited by strangers in fierce, androgynous costumes.

The winner of the Queer Palm Award, Stranger by the Lake is a dark, erotic thriller that is a must-watch for all queer horror buffs this Halloween. The fantasy-slashers, released over a span of three weeks on Netflix, stars Kiana Madeira and Olivia Scott Welch as Deena and Sam, gay lesbian lovers who find themselves at the centre of an ancient curse that has doomed their hometown of Shadyside for centuries.

Oscar winner Susan Sarandon stars as Sarah Roberts, a doctor specialising in sleep and ageing research who finds herself entangled in a love triangle with a vampire couple, played by Catherine Deneuve and the late David Bowie. Hannah soon learns that she somehow brings great power to the quartet.

Smart idea! One of the 90s most beloved horrors follows a group of four outcast teenage girls with supernatural abilities who pursue witchcraft for their own personal gain. There, the couple begin to suspect that the fundamentalist Christian owner, who went into debt after the horror sued them, is plotting their demise.

The horror-comedy stars Megan Fox as a cheerleader who becomes possessed by a succubus — a demon who seduces men, kills them and devours their film etc. Their leader, Dr. Frank N. Directed by Kurtis David Harder, this Shudder exclusive follows a same-sex couple who move to a small town in search of a better environment for them and their year-old daughter.

Nicole Maines of Supergirl fame plays a transgender teenage girl who moves in with her brother James Paxton in LA, looking to make a fresh start after her transition.

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Thanks to its dark and glamorous aesthetic, The Hunger has — like many other films on this list — found a cult following. Melancholy deserves to join Art the Clown in the Hall of Fame for modern-day horror icons. Pitchfork transforms from a coming-of-age drama into a full-blown slasher flick when the gang become hunted by a deranged, pitchfork-wielding lunatic with mummy issues.