New Shudder series gives queer audiences a genre to call their own. ATXFestival
, which straight audiences might not remember as queer, or which queer audiences, like panelist Nay Bever, might remember feeling drawn to without understanding why: as producer Steak House quipped, “All the dykes love Mrs Danvers , let’s be real.”
Bever described how personally validating it was to look back and see the queerness in beloved media she loved in her childhood, and also spoke about the catharsis of seeing revenge narratives in horror as a trauma survivor. “When women are murdering people, I’m like ‘Yes. More of that.’”, and Fuller described it as Shudder’s project to serve the queer community the wayserved the Black community. However, he said the content really flowed from the interviews.
When asked what they hoped audiences will get out of the series, Steak House replied, “I hope they get some queer history.” Bever said she hopes the series gets people “rowdy”, starts discussions, and let queer people know that queerness in horror “isn’t new and there’s people can talk to about it.” Fuller added that he hopes that queer audiences leave the series feeling “pride and ownership in our genre, 'cause it is ours.
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