Horror films are fascinating for what they reveal about the cultures which created them. The history of queer representation within the genre extends well beyond film as a medium, seen in literary works like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla (1872) and, of course, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), which have literally shaped horror films as they’ve always been known. If we understand that the monster is a symbol or metaphor for social anxiety, then the vampire is perhaps most notoriously queer. Nevertheless, the subject of queerness in horror extends well beyond this one …
You've never seen a small-town mystery movie quite like this one. The buzzy festival hit Knives and Skin finally has a trailer so you can get a glimpse at the beautiful, bonkers movie. Of all the films I"ve been lucky enough to catch at the festival circuit in 2019, Knives and Skin is without a doubt the hardest to describe. But I'll try. It's the avant-garde, sing-a-long, John Waters-meets-David Lynch, fashion-forward, queer teen neon-noir you didn't know you needed. It's a one-of-a-kind film, …
Welcome to The Witching Hour! Collider’s horror podcast, co-created and co-hosted by Editor and Horror Lead Haleigh Foutch and Senior Editorial Producer Perri Nemiroff. On this week’s episode, we head up to the North Bend Film Festival, tucked away in Twin Peaks territory in North Bend, Washington, for The Witching Hour's first live podcast. In honor of the occasion, we welcome Jennifer Reeder, director of the NBFF Centerpiece Film Knives and Skin to discuss her coming-of-age crime drama. During the chat, we discuss her journey from dance and the art world into filmmaking, …