Transgressive filmmaker Bruce LaBruce gave the zombie genre a distinctive update with Otto, set in a not-too-distant future in which the undead have evolved the ability to speak and reason, yet are still persecuted by the living. Sensitive Otto wanders the streets of Berlin before being recruited by eccentric filmmaker Medea Yarn for her zombie […]
Nobody believes teenage horror-film addict Charley Brewster when he becomes convinced his new neighbours are vampires. But with the evidence stacking up, Charley enlists the help of washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent to destroy the suburban bloodsuckers. Basically posing as a posh homosexual couple, these vamps have as much an appetite for fashion and […]
Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, takes two specially selected women to Hill House, a reportedly haunted mansion. Eleanor, a lonely, eccentric woman with a supernatural event in her past, and the bold (and all but openly lesbian) Theodora, who has ESP, join John and the mansion's heir, cynical Luke. […]
Described as ‘The Gayest Horror Movie Ever Made’, Freddy’s Revenge is the first of many sequels to Wes Craven’s 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. Maligned for being cheap trash on its release, the second film in the franchise has achieved cult status for its gloriously campy queer subtext. Virginal teenager, Jesse, feels he […]
There’s been a murder on the dance floor… Free Pride and SQIFF are joining supernatural forces to bring you a queer horror party! Expect ghoulish surprises and terrifying tunes with Glasgow’s finest LGBTQ DJs to get you death-dropping, and performances fabulous enough to raise the undead. Don your fangs and get ready to be spooked! […]
Indulging our obsession with cutesy animals, we present a gay goldfish, genderqueer spotted hyena, an affair between a dorky fox and a hunky wolf, and a somewhat unfortunate cat. This selection of shorts reflects on the non-human as allegories for our own queer lives, mediators of family discord, and source of philosophical contemplation of race, […]
We are excited to bring Berlin-based actor and performer Bishop Black to SQIFF to present a retrospective of his amazing and varied work. Bishop has worked with some of the most prodigious and provocative directors in queer porn including Shu Lea Cheang, Erika Lust, Morgana Muses, and Bruce LaBruce. He has handpicked for us a […]
Click here to access the full programme. In Queer Horror Stories we showcase provocative, bizarre, sometimes gory, sometimes scary films that delve into the terror of queerness and oppression. In a dystopian 2064, a federation of African States initiate an annual cull of men; a young gay man in Russia has a surprise in store […]
Click here to access our full film programme on Vimeo on Demand. Most of our film programme will be available via Vimeo on Demand for 2 weeks from 5 to 18 October. You can access films in the programme at any time during this period. Films on our Vimeo on Demand will be accessible within […]
Katalina Watt is an Edinburgh-based author and publisher with a background in digital publishing, copywriting, and bookselling. A champion of representative voices and stories, she has been published in various anthologies and magazines, and was longlisted for Penguin Random House UK’s 2020 Write Now programme. She is currently working on her debut Horror-Fantasy short story […]
