Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror

The Best Episodes of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror

Genre:Documentary
Network:Shudder

Every episode of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror!

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.
Episodes
4
Avg. Rating
8.0
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.2
8.2
7.9

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  1. 8.2/10(86 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

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    Queer 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."

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  2. 8.2/10(61 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

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    Gay 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.

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  3. 7.9/10(53 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

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    Werewolves, 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.

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  4. 7.8/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

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    The 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror". It scored 8.2/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".