![]() ![]() ![]() No longer is ‘that one gay guy’ the easy target that goes missing early on in the novel and doesn’t see much page time (horrible adaptation of screen time, we know). ![]() How many villains from Disney films you can think of wear bright clothing and act like flaming queens at least some of the time? There’s a good reason why they’re always worrying about their appearances and focusing more on dramatic monologues than truly getting around to doing evil most of the time.īut how does this trend reflect on more modern works, and indeed how does it translate into written works of horror? While many queer characters – at least nowadays – are shelved as side characters or even victims in modern horror fiction, there is a rising amount of authors who have learned to capitalize on the bold, colorful nature of queer characters, launching them up to stardom within the crazy, creepy worlds of their novels. Old-time Hollywood was of a mind that only allowed it to include LGBT characters in its movies if they were quite clearly villains or characters that no one in their right mind would want to emulate, and this approach to character design was a massive influencing factor in the villains that we have today, especially in animated films such as those made by Disney. Ever since the very beginning of cinema, queer people have been a large part of ‘horror’ or thriller films, though not for the reason you might suspect. The combination of gayness and horror goes back a long, long time. ![]()
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