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Queer for Fear

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror is a 2022 television documentary series from the AMC-owned streaming network Shudder and Steakhaus Productions, executive produced by Bryan Fuller and Steak House.


Queer for Fear
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
Docuseries
Bryan Fuller (episodes 1–2)Tom MaroneySam Wineman
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Harry Benshoff
Michael Feinstein
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Mark Gatiss
Kimberly Peirce
Karyn Kusama
Peaches Christ
Carmen Maria Machado
Emily St. James
Alonso Duralde
Justin Simien
Leslye Headland
Tommy Pico
Lea DeLaria
Bryan Fuller
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Bruce Vilanch
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Mark Nubar
United States
English
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Bryan Fuller
Sam Wineman
Shudder
Steakhaus Productions
Shudder
September 30 (2022-09-30) –October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror is a 2022 television documentary series from the AMC-owned streaming network Shudder and Steakhaus Productions, executive produced by Bryan Fuller and Steak House.

The series uses interviews with various LGBTQ+ creators to explore LGBTQ+ representation and queer coding in the horror genre throughout history, as well as influences from the Pansy Craze and the Lavender Scare to how 1980s vampire films were influenced by the AIDS epidemic.

The first episode looks at Gothic fiction such as Frankenstein and Dracula and its underlying queer and personal conflict themes; the second considers Pre-Code Hollywood and films made in the early years of the Production Code Administration, especially work by F. W. Murnau, James Whale and Alfred Hitchcock; the third highlights different sub-genres of horror, specifically transformation horror and body replacement; the fourth and final episode discusses the portrayal of lesbians and the predatory female trope.

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
"Episode 1"Bryan FullerBryan FullerSeptember 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)
Queer gothic writers Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, and Bram Stoker invent the horror genre.
"Episode 2"Bryan FullerBryan FullerOctober 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)
Legendary gay director James Whale makes four classics for Universal that paved the way for all Hollywood horror movies after.
"Episode 3"Tom MaroneyTom MaroneyOctober 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)
Werewolves and aliens are uniquely queer metaphors.
"Episode 4"Tara AnaïseTara Anaïse and Tom MaroneyOctober 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)
The dangerous queer woman has been terrorizing horror audiences since before the dawn of cinema.
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