The icon, comedian, and Netflix star himself — Rhys Nicholson — joins us to chat all things queer representation in the history of horror, from Frankenstein to Fear Street, and how that representation has changed from subtext to text. All in this episode with Alexei Toliopoulos and Gen Fricker.

Further reading:

Live at the Athenaeum

https://www.netflix.com/title/81346525

Fear Street Part 1: 1994

https://www.netflix.com/title/81325689

Fear Street Part 2: 1978

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334749

Fear Street Part 3: 1666

https://www.netflix.com/title/81334750

The Silence of the Lambs

https://www.netflix.com/title/14546747

The Maltese Falcon Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a9YU1SVbSE

Saw

https://www.netflix.com/title/70119356

The Babadook

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/70300205

Frankenstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8K-4osNb0

Bride of Frankenstein Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYD3-pIF9jQ

The Old Dark House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqhzhNoTKps

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4plqh6obZW4

Halloween

https://www.netflix.com/title/80993029

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqvrgX2Urug

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIPuLdPox_o

The Celluloid Closet Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL_vrb4-6_0

Rebecca (1940) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwneccC52fY

Rebecca (2020)

https://www.netflix.com/title/81002196

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQWf3VyLu9Y

Scream (1996) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWm_mkbdpCA