The Skeleton In The Closet: 8 LGBTQ+ Horror Films Claiming The Genre
When you think of the horror genre, the LGBTQ+ community is probably one of the last things you think of. However, horror is much more queer-coded than you may think.

After his step-mother, Bhagwanti, asks him to leave, Andheri-based medical student, Gopal, gets married to his sweetheart, Meena, and both move in nearby. He completes his studies, becomes a doctor and both soon become parents of three children, two boys and a girl. Their harmonious lifestyle is shattered when their daughter passes away; and Gopal is arrested for killing a male named Diwanchand Rai.
When you think of the horror genre, the LGBTQ+ community is probably one of the last things you think of. However, horror is much more queer-coded than you may think.
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.
Taika Waititi writes, directs and co-stars in 'Boy', set in 1984 New Zealand. The film does just what Waititi dreamed of — it gave a great coming-of-age story to Māori people without making a story of the Māori people as an exotic other.
People are so much deeper and far more extraordinary than what gender they were assigned at birth.
'Brother' is a gripping family drama with dazzling performances all around.
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.