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Personal Essays on Horror, from a Queer Angle

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese (editor)

October 22, 2022 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

When I saw that It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror came out this month I headed immediately to my library catalog to request it and then proceeded to consume it over three evenings. By and large this is an excellent collection of essays featuring queer authors of many stripes taking a movie, sometimes two, and either pulling them apart to discuss representation, or explain why they became fixated on a certain film, or how a film can help them process part of […]

Filed Under: Horror, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, essay collection, horror movies, It Came from the Closet, Joe Vallese (editor), new, personal essays, queer readings, queer representation, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:63 · Genres: Horror, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, essay collection, horror movies, It Came from the Closet, Joe Vallese (editor), new, personal essays, queer readings, queer representation, read harder challenge ·
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