From "Nosferatu" to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," queerness has been linked with horror, and horror films and TV shows have provided a refuge for queer creators, a place to explore often dark or daring stories. The "Creature from the Black Lagoon" who just wants love. The teen girls of "Ginger Snaps" who have to deny their cravings and pretend to be like everyone else, despite the raging inside them.
"Queer for Fear," a new four-part documentary series on Shudder, attempts to pay more than a little attention to the people behind the curtain, and to the stories that blazed across our screens. Touching upon horror and thriller from black and white classics to the contemporary, and with a slew of big-name interviewees from filmmakers like Kimberly Peirce to drag icons to cast members on "Yellowjackets," the Bryan Fuller-executive produced docuseries is prime curling up by the fireside material.
