QUEER HORROR NIGHTS
TOKEN HOMO and LAST FRAME CLUB present QUEER HORROR NIGHTS: Queer, cult and classic horror movies at film events across London. More events coming in 2023!
“What an incredibly welcoming and fun event. Instantly felt part of a community and reminded me of the absolute joy of the shared cinema experience.” anonymous
“Love queer film & queer horror – brilliant idea. I will be coming back!” anonymous
“Host was great & I appreciated centring of transness in opening comments!” anonymous
Queer Horror Nights is our LGBTQ+ community film club dedicated to screening queer, cult and classic horror films across London. We started with a double-bill of vampire movies in 2021 – tenderly titled ‘BITE ME!‘ – and, with the support of the National Lottery, launched a full year-long season in 2022.
Our Q-RATED season celebrated almost a century of horror movies made by out/queer directors. Films screened at The Castle Cinema (James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN, Kimberly Peirce’s CARRIE and David Freyne’s THE CURED), The Cinema Museum (THE PSYCHO SEQUELS including Anthony Perkins’ own PSYCHO III), and Genesis Cinema (Stewart Thorndike’s brilliant LYLE). We ended the programme with an epic late night Halloween Monsters Ball screening of Clive Barker’s NIGHTBREED at Rio Cinema, punctuated by live drag performances from Loose Willis, Baby Lame and Co Kendrah. We also contributed to The Castle Cinema’s ‘Summer of Sci-Fi’ season, presenting David Cronenberg’s THE FLY and Brandon Cronenberg’s POSSESSOR as a closely related double-bill we chose to call ‘DADDY ISSUES?’.
We’re currently spawning more plans to return in 2023…. stay tuned! THx