It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
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By Joe Vallese (Editor), Carmen Maria Machado (Contribution by), August Owens Grimm (Contribution by), Zefyr Lisowski (Contribution by), Richard Scott Larson (Contribution by), Sarah Fonseca (Contribution by)
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Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.
Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes—such as the circumspect and resilient “final girl,” body possession, costumed villains, secret identiti...


