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The Horror Queers Podcast Returns to Fantastic Fest with ‘A Decade of Queer Horror’ Live Event
The latest edition of Fantast Fest is set to commence at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX, from September 21st – 28th, unleashing a slew of face-melting premieres, cinema celebrations, and live events. That includes a special event from Bloody FM’s Horror Queers Podcast, marking their return to the festival.
“We are so thrilled to be returning to Fantastic Fest, the home of our first live show. And what better way to celebrate than to take a tour of the last decade of queer horror at the festival,” Horror Queers’ hosts Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman said in a statement.
Each week hosts Lipsett and Thurman discuss a horror film with LGBTQ+ themes, a high camp quotient, or both. For their special A Decade of Queer Horror Live Event, the hosts will take attendees on a tour of the past ten years of queer horror. More specifically, they’ll traverse Fantastic Fest-screened queer horror films starting in 2014.
“From the queer iconography of The Babadook to the fisting of Swallowed, the Horror Queers have you covered. After going through the decade, settle in for a lengthy discussion of 2014’s uber-queer remake/sequel, The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”
And that’s only the tip of the iceberg in this deep-dive examination.
A Decade of Queer Horror takes place on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 2 pm in Austin, and you can grab tickets to the live event here.
The Horror Queers previously appeared at Fantastic Fest in 2019, where they celebrated the 34th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge with special guests Mark Patton (Jesse), Robert Rusler (Grady), and Kim Myers (Lisa) for their live recording. This special event was included as part of Fantastic Fest’s queer horror sidebar programming.
Don’t miss this rare live appearance from the Horror Queers, and stay tuned for Bloody Disgusting’s festival coverage.
Heart-wrenching horror.
After kicking off May with discussions of Stephen Sommers’ perfect action-adventure-horror-romantic-comedy The Mummy (listen) and the iconic jump scare in the Audrey Hepburn-starring Wait Until Dark (listen), we’re delving into the real-life horrors of child sexual abuse in Gregg Araki‘s 2004 adaptation of Scott Heim‘s novel Mysterious Skin.
Mysterious Skin tells the story of how child sexual abuse affects the lives of two pre-adolescent boys in different ways. Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous sex worker, while Brian (Brady Corbet) retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction. The film is told in parallel narratives before culminating in a heart-breaking reunion that will change each boy’s life forever.
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Episode 282: Mysterious Skin (2004)
Look out for UFOs and stay away from Froot Loops because we’re discussing Gregg Araki‘s tender-yet-traumatizing adaptation Mysterious Skin (2004). Tagging in for the conversation is RogerEbert.com Assistant Editor and The Spool founder & EIC Clint Worthington.
Join us as we have many difficult conversations about a film filled to the brim with controversial subject matter. From Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet‘s heartbreaking performances to the accurate depiction of the long-term effects of child sex abuse, there’s no shortage of things to talk about.
Plus: a defense of the single working mother, praise for Michelle Trachtenberg, MPAA woes (again) and the journey of Scott Heim‘s source novel from page to screen.
Cross out Mysterious Skin!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re tackling another juggernaut filled (and some more male rape) in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic Alien!
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