QUEER FEAR! AN LGBTQ+ HORROR/THRILLER MOVIE DISCUSSION GROUP

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San Luis Obispo, CA, US

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What we’re about

Join our online community every other Wednesday at 7:00 P.M. (PST) as we discuss horror films that engage with LGBTQ+ themes, characters, and styles. (Participants watch the films before attending discussions.) We choose movies from various eras, cultures and sub-genres to examine and describe all the different ways queerness exists in the wide world of horror, thriller, crime, and exploitation cinema. Anyone and everyone from anywhere is invited to participate.

Featured event

Tue, Dec 23 · 7:00 PM PST

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Online

FREAKS (1932)

Online

Just in time for the holidays!

“Cleopatra, the beautiful trapeze artist of a traveling circus, agrees to marry little person Hans, the leader of the side-show performers. When Hans' friends discover that she only wants his inherence, they don’t take it very well.”

(Please not unusual day of the week!)

This is an online movie discussion group. While participants usually arrive having watched the film beforehand, you are invited to come and listen if you haven't seen the film yet.

FREAKS (1932)
Directed by Tod Browning
Screenplay by Willis Goldbeck and Leon Gordon
Based on the 1923 short story “Spurs” by Tod Robbins (Story available at ia801308.us.archive.org/26/items/Spurs_by_Tod_Robbins/Spurs.pdf)
With Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Harry & Daisy Earles
1 hour 4 mins.
Available to stream for free and rent in a variety of places. Check www.justwatch.com/us/movie/freaks for details.