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The Queer Horror Blerd: Robin Buckley and The Art of Finding Your Identity

After parlaying with the 1962 roster of the Losers’ Club in IT: Welcome to Derry, I skipped my happy ass back to Stranger Things to join the Hawkins Hellfire Club as they make their last adventure into the Upside Down. While I already prepared myself for some tearful moments (Stranger Things always makes my face

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How ‘Dear X’ Exposes the Appetite for Female Suffering

Here’s the thing everyone seems to be missing about Dear X: Ah-jin (Kim You-jung) survives the crash and escapes alone, choosing not to rescue Jun-seo (Kim Young-dae). She’s the one who walks away. She’s the last one standing. She is the final girl. But let’s talk about the absolute audacity of watching people online cape

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The Anxiety of ‘The Monkey’ and ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’

There’s nothing quite like the crippling dread that comes with an anxiety disorder. There’s an almost unexplainable fear that something truly terrible is just around the corner, and your whole body reacts. No one else seems afraid, which makes it worse somehow. Why can’t they see the danger? Quite a few horror films over the

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Latino Representation in Horror // The Expendables

Recently, I have been rewatching my favorite comfort horror movies—a sign of the times. I think I went through Elvira’s entire catalogue, and I watched quite a bit of Spanish-language horror. My favorites, though, are slashers all day. Good times, except that I found myself growing increasingly annoyed. Is this all we’ve got in terms

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The Queer Horror Blerd: “They Saved Me!” When Offbeat Villains and Anti-Heroes Save Baby Queers in Horror

On August 8th of this year, the secretive horror film Weapons unleashed more than a memorable movie experience on its unsuspecting audience. Gays and horror fans alike were introduced to the enigmatic figure of Aunt Gladys, played to perfection by Amy Madison, and overnight, the gays adopted Gladys as one of our own. While we

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