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This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Camille Dunn's 2017 short Daisy (click the link to watch the 4-minute short) about a lesbian couple who moves into a new house only to discover that it's haunted by a vengeful spirit.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get your hand grenade cocktail ready because we're heading to the glorious city of New Orleans to pick apart queer director Bill Condon's(!) 1995 slasher sequel Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh! Joining us for the discussion is renowned professor and national speaker Doctor Jon Paul Higgins!As we walk along the parade route, we'll discuss the oft-used white savior trope (Seth Cohen's mom really wants to save these black teens!), family secrets involving mixed race genealogy and the always welcome presence of Tony Todd.Plus, lengthy shots of a snow cones, atrocious mid-'90s CGI, magic mirrors and the film's odd decision to double down on black pain. Oh, and why is this New Orleans school open on Mardi Gras?Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Jon: @DoctorJonPaulSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here's a sneak peak at our all new Patreon episode on Josh Boone's long-delayed comic book adaptation The New Mutants (2020), which is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD!Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy 100 y'all! We're celebrating 100 episodes in style (and with booze) as we reflect on our previous episodes, read out listener memories (clips included!) and even some bad reviews!So grab a drink, sit back and relax as we celebrate our milestone while also thanking you, dear listeners. Without you all we wouldn't be where we are today and we couldn't be more grateful. Here's to another 100 episodes!As a warning, we have included clips from the following episodes, so if you haven't listened to them, be prepared for potential spoilers:Ginger SnapsSeed of ChuckyMidsommar (Patreon)The DescentZombeaversHosel Part IIThe Rage: Carrie 2MartyrsWhat Keeps You AlivePsycho IIGood MannersJason XUrban Legends: Final CutVampParaNormanQuestions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hold onto your hips and lips because for our 100th episode, we're going Cruising! Along for the *ahem* ride, is film professor Andrew Scahill, who guides us through an academic deep dive of the 1980 William Friedkin film, which has been one of our most requested titles since we started Horror Queers!There's LOTS to talk about: the heavily protested production, the depiction of the gay community, the critique of the police, and the frank depiction of sex and community. Throw in the film's historical legacy and its reappraisal through a contemporary lens and there's plenty to sink our teeth into.Plus: Pacino's look of gay panic, The Velvet Rage, and a Rebecca/Cruising porn parody! Don't blame us - you made us do this!Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Andrew: @andrewscahill / WebsiteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Jensen Rule Tierra's 2014 short Harmful Sensations (click the link to watch the 16 minute short or...don't) about a gay man who contracts a venereal infection after a bad one night. Content Warning: transphobia, sexual assault, rape & self-harm.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Can four Americans on vacation in Mexico just disappear? We're here to find out as we discuss previous guest Carter Smith's 2008 pandemic creature feature The Ruins! Joining us is Bloody Disgusting's own Dax Ebaben!Join us as we discuss the Stephen King-approved source material (aka one of the scariest novels of the 21st century) and how it translates to the screen in the Ben Stiller(!)-produced film that most critics compared unfavorably to Little Shop of Horrors (those critics are dumb).Plus, sad handjobs, impromptu amputations, questionable German accents (sorry, Joe Anderson) and all the praise for Laura Ramsey's tragic performance.Source: "10 Years Later, ‘The Ruins’ Still Gets Under the Skin!", by Trace ThurmanQuestions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Dax: @DaxEbabenSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here's a sneak peak at our all new Patreon episode on Zoe Lister-Jones' witchy & woke sequel The Craft: Legacy, which is available to stream on PVOD services.Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Michael Zara's 2020 Possessed (click the link to watch the 6.5-minute-long short) a macabre musical short about a woman who becomes a little obsessed (er, possessed) with her Peloton instructor during the COVID-19 pandemic.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're comin' at ya this week with our Salem Horror Fest episode on Jon Amiel's vastly underrated (and under-seen) 1995 film Copycat! Joining us for the discussion is the director of the festival themselves: K Lynch!Join us as we wax poetic over the incredible performances of Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter and the implied lesbianism between their characters, raise our eyebrows at Harry Connick Jr's "squirrel covers"-obsessed serial killer, and debate whether or not killing off the only explicitly gay character is homophobic.Plus, we'll lament the fact that Copycat was released in the shadow of Se7en, which came out just a month prior. But never fear! We'll sing the film's praises and point out all the things it gets right, and why it should be remembered as a classic '90s thriller.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> K: @encyclophobiaSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing Sam Milman & Peter Vass' 2017 short Old MacDonald (click the link to watch the 9 minute short) about a queer couple and their girlfriend who pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre parody/homage.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

'Tis time, sistahs! For our Halloween episode, we're riding our vacuums to Salem to hang out with the Sanderson Sisters. Along for the ride is Laura Di Girolamo, co-director of The Bloody Mary Film Festival and self-proclaimed Hocus Pocus obsessive (how many times has she seen this?!)We're running amok, amok, amok praising Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and never-more-beautiful Sarah Jessica Parker, while throwing shade at Thackery Binx's work ethic and Omri Katz's atrocious Final Boy, Max.Plus: Joe's theory about virginity (courtesy of Aaron Wallace's Hocus Pocus in Focus), Kenny Ortega's history as a queer activist, the functionality of hair curlers and Trace's argument that the film is legitimate gateway horror (child death!)Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Laura: @laura_digi / WebsiteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Micro Queers we're discussing BJ Colangelo's 2019 superpowered revenge short Labrys (click the link to watch the ~7 minute short) about two women on a date who are harassed by a homophobe.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Keep those pumpkins lit and pass out the candy because this week on the pod we're discussing Mike Dougherty's 2007 (or is it 2009?) Trick 'r Treat.Joining us is fellow writer (and Trace's real life co-worker!) Marisa Mirabal, who agrees with Joe that this is the best horror anthology film, why she hates superhero films and why the film's score deserves more praise.Plus: which segments we prefer, Sam's ascent into the horror icon hall of fame (merchandising!) and the film's unfortunate connection to not one, but two shitty men!Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Marisa: @Marisa_Mirabal / @BlackMagicCoven PodSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here's a sneak peak at our all new Patreon minisode on the latest Clive Barker adaptation Books of Blood, which was directed by Salem co-creator Brannon Braga. Books of Blood is currently streaming exclusively on Hulu.Like what you hear? Head on over to www.patreon.com/horrorqueers and become a Patron for more exclusive bonus content today!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's time for another outing of Micro Queers! This week we're discussing Dominic Haxton's short Tonight, It's You (click the link to view the 17-minute-long short), which is a bad hook-up story between two men set in the Mid-West that has inspired polarizing reactions from audiences.Click the link to watch Tonight, It's Me, Haxton's 2014 short with frequent collaborator Jake Robbins, which is considered a spiritual predecessor.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the podcast, we're escaping into the movies (literally) to revisit queer screenwriters M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller's meta horror comedy The Final Girls. Joining us at Camp Bloodbath is Jenn Adams, co-host of Psycho Analysis Podcast and The Losers Club Podcast, who has a deep appreciation for the film's emotional beats.We spend plenty of time unpacking this comfort horror film, particularly the mother/daughter relationship between Malin Akerman and Trace's fave, Taissa Farmiga, and Vicki (Nina Dobrev)'s redemptive arc.Plus: disagreements over Adam Devine and Thomas Middleditch's humor, getting sidetracked talking about everyone's filmography and the apex of Joe's inability to pronounce names correctly.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Jenn: @jennferatuSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with another outing of Micro Queers, and this week we're discussing Dean Puckett's short The Sermon (click the link to view the 10-minute-long short), which is a folk horror tale about young woman’s secret that rocks an isolated church community.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremoteSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's episode, we're making our first foray into Hammer Horror with a journey to 19th century Styria in Roy Ward Baker's The Vampire Lovers. Joining us for the discussion is Scarred for Life co-host Mary Beth McAndrews, who brings her own passion for vampires to the episode.After a brief crash course on Hammer Horror, we'll laud the performances of Ingrid Pitt as the thrice-named anti-heroic vampire Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla, marvel at the unusual vampire lore (shrouds?!), and lament the lack of any interesting male characters (though that is undoubtedly the point).Plus, Mary Beth leads us in a frank discussion of bisexuality and the vampire sub-genre's relationship to it, which isn't too shocking considering this film is sexy af.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Mary Beth: @mbmcandrewsSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the pod, we're celebrating the 25th anniversary of (decidedly NOT a horror film) Showgirls. Along for the road trip to Vegas is Attack of the Queerwolf co-host Nay Bever, who delivers both laughs and insightful commentary.This probably isn't the episode you're expecting: sure we poke fun at the film's ridiculous elements, but we spend most of our time discussing the film's many terrible men, analyze the success of the film's satire, question who the film's intended audience is and deconstruct the implications of the controversial rape scene.It's not all serious though. Expect talk of titties, diva worship of both Gershon and Berkley and a laugh or two about the stage production of Goddess.Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Nay: @blakkcupcakeSupport the boys on Patreon and shop our online store for your very own Horror Queers merchandise!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.