8 LGBTQ+ Horror Movies to Watch While Celebrating Pride Month By The horror genre has captured queer audiences like no other for decades, making us feel not as alone in such a big, strange world. This list of LGBTQ+ horror movies will discuss films that feature queer themes and characters that will be perfect to binge during Pride month. As Pride parades start to occur all around the country, check out these eight queer horror films that feature parasitic drugs, a queer, angsty zombie, and a serial killer targeting the stars of a gay adult film.
What Keeps You Alive is a brutal survival horror film from 2018 that may make the viewer question their partner’s true intentions. The stylish indie follows newlywed lesbian couple Jackie and Jules (Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allan), who decide to spend their honeymoon at Jackie’s cabin deep in the wilderness. As the joys of nature fade, shocking secrets between the couple soon come to the surface, leading to deadly consequences.
What Keeps You Alive is highly unpredictable, with twists and turns hiding at every corner. The film is unapologetic in its violence, but it also has a sentimental side, which is sometimes needed in survival horror. It’s a great start to our list of the best LGBTQ+ horror movies.
Hypochondriac Playing out like a queer version of Donnie Darko, is a timely meditation on mental illness that contains a fairly non-traditional narrative style, à la David Lynch. The movie stars American Horror Story .