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In previous episodes, we explored how queer themes have been woven into horror for over 250 years, highlighting that the genre has always had an inherently queer essence. It resonates with many members of the LGBTQ+ community since it often reflects feelings of otherness, fear, and survival, which are familiar experiences for those who have faced societal marginalization.
In this episode, Sean Abley, a horror journalist, award-winning playwright, and creator of Gay of the Dead, joins us to discuss the significance of queer representation, the power of building a horror community, and his latest project, Queer Horror: A Film Guide.
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Sean Abley is a journalist, screenwriter, dramaturg, novelist, and award-winning playwright. As a journalist, his byline has appeared in The Advocate, Unzipped, Attitude, Men's Health, online at ChillerTV.com, Blastr.com, WickedHorror.com, and for over 15 years in Fangoria Magazine and Fangoria.com. One of the longest tenured film journalists focusing on queer horror, he created Gay of the Dead in 2009, the first horror blog to feature interviews with LGBTQ filmmakers working in horror, for Fangoria.com. This led to his first book, Out in the Dark: Interviews with Gay Horror Filmmakers, Actors and Authors. In 2014 he created the long-running "Queer Horror" panel at San Diego Comic Con. Most recently, Queer Horror: A Film Guide, an encyclopedia of horror films with LGBTQ content that he created and co-edited, was published by McFarland Books. His next book of interviews, Gay of the Dead: Conversations with LGBTQ Filmmakers Working In Horror, is being rolled out on his Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/GayoftheDead) and will be available in printed form in 2025.
As a screenwriter, Sean has written the B-movies Socket, Rope Burn, Witchcraft 15: Blood Rose, Witchcraft 16: Hollywood Coven, and Camp Blood 9: Bride of Blood. For television, he's written for So Weird, Sabrina: the Animated Series, Digimon, MegaBabies, and more reality television than he'd care to admit.
As a playwright, he has been widely published and produced, with over 400 professional and educational productions in the U.S.A. and eleven other countries around the worl… Read More
