61 ESSENTIAL QUEER HORROR FILMS

It is well known fact that for a very long time any direct depiction of homosexuality in Hollywood movies was strictly forbidden. The Hays Code, which went into effect in 1934, held firm a moral guideline in American cinema until a little over thirty years later when it was abandoned, allowing filmmakers to finally display a more accurate worldview of real life. 

Now that doesn't mean that during that restrictive era some clever cinematic creators found a way to inventively sneak in a bit of queer subject matter into their films by using subtle subtext. And one of the most perfect genres to utilize this was in the horror genre where the characters were already considered strange, dangerous and outsiders to society. In celebration of Pride month, Vulture has made a guide to queer horror cinema with the list recently updated.

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61 Essential Queer Horror Films