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Watch Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (2022) Online

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A four-part documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer horror community as a whole.

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1. Episode 1Now viewing2022-09-3047m7.0Queer gothic writers Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker invent the horror genre with "Frankenstein," "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Dracula"; when cinema arrives, queer director F.W. Murnau shocks the world with his queer-coded "Nosferatu."
2. Episode 22022-10-071h 1m7.0Gay director James Whale makes four classics that pave the way for all Hollywood horror movies after, but his career was dimmed by anti-gay sentiment; Alfred Hitchcock uses queer characters and queer coded stories to keep audiences in suspense.
3. Episode 32022-10-1455m7.0Werewolves, cat people, body-snatchers and doppelgängers are uniquely queer metaphors; from the classic "The Wolf Man" to queer-authored "Cat People," the monsters of the 1940s express shame and seek to rid themselves of the secret self.
4. Episode 42022-10-211h 4m8.0The dangerous queer woman has been terrorizing horror audiences since before the dawn of cinema; the lesbian vampire sucks the lifeblood from women and men alike in the gothic novella "Carmilla" and films like "Dracula's Daughter."

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Is Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror available to watch online?

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How many seasons does Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror have?

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror has 1 season and 4 episodes.

When did Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror first air?

Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror first aired in 2022.

Is Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror still running?

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Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror is classified as Documentary.