Queer for Fear's Bryan Fuller, Steak House, and Kimberly Pierce Discuss LGBTQ+ Voices in Horror
16Horror belongs to queer people and Shudder's new docuseries Queer for Fear is ready to show you exactly how ingrained LGBTQ+ people have been in the genre since its inception. At San Diego Comic-Con, I was thrilled to get the chance to speak with a few of the voices behind the upcoming docuseries. As a queer horror nerd, it was an absolute pleasure to chat with producers Bryan Fuller (Hannibal), Steak House (Launchpad), and docuseries interviewee/series consultant Kimberly Peirce, who wrote and directed Boys Don't Cry and the 2013 remake of Carrie, about how queer history and horror go hand in hand.
Shudder is the go-to streaming service for horror fans and in recent years the platform has taken to lifting up marginalized voices within the genre. In 2021, Shudder brought us Horror Noire, exploring the history of Black people in horror films and how their relationship with the genre has changed over time. Now, the streamer is set to deliver a four-part documentary series unpacking the connection between horror and thriller works and the LGBTQ+ community. Queer for Fear covers everything from LGBTQ+ authors Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and Oscar Wilde bringing the genre to life to queer actors and creatives continuing to influence the genre today. Throughout the documentary's four episodes, we'll see how the real-life experiences of queer people have been linked to what we see in horror since its inception including homophobic fears surrounding the pansy craze, the lavender scare, and the AIDS crisis ushering in Universal Monsters, alien invasion films, and 80s vampire thrillers.
During our conversation at SDCC, we spoke about the importance of LGBTQ+ voices in media and some of the interviews featured in Queer for Fear including commentary from Peirce, Oz Perkins, the cast of Yellowjackets, and more. We also discussed what makes horror, in particular, so inherently queer, why queer people often find themselves drawn to genre fiction, their favorite reflections of queerness in horror, and their favorite horror movies.
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