Doyle on In My Skin, Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer's Body, Jude Ellison S. It Came from the Closet features twenty-five original essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world. Common tropes-such as the circumspect and resilient "final girl," body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet-spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. 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. Doyle. Through the lens of horror-from Halloween to Hereditary-queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences. In addition to the editor, other panelists include: Sumiko Saulson, Richard Scott Larson, Addie Tsai, and Jude Ellison S. This event takes place on crowdcast, Charis' virtual event platform. Register here.Ĭharis celebrates It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror edited by Joe Vallese.
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