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The Best Episodes of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror Season 1

Every episode of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror Season 1

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.

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    8.2/10(87 votes)

    #1 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    7.9/10(53 votes)

    #3 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    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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    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/30/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".