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.
The Highwayman (2000)
Road trips have never been this killer! Jason Priestley stars as Breakfast, a psychotic jewelry store thief whose grip on reality is frighteningly precarious. With his accomplice Panda, the duo make off with a carload of cash, a result of a tip-off from beautiful cashier Ziggy. Her reward: to hitch a ride with the out-of-control duo so that she can meet her long-lost father Francis. But Breakfast is on a suicidal quest to even a score with his former boss and has the cops hot on his trail. Rage, murder and revenge are about to collide!
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Road trips have never been this killer! Jason Priestley stars as Breakfast, a psychotic jewelry store thief whose grip on reality is frighteningly precarious. With his accomplice Panda, the duo make off with a carload of cash, a result of a tip-off from beautiful cashier Ziggy. Her reward: to hitch a ride with the out-of-control duo so that she can meet her long-lost father Francis. But Breakfast is on a suicidal quest to even a score with his former boss and has the cops hot on his trail. Rage, murder and revenge are about to collide!
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Richard Beattie
In Theaters:1/1/2000
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Runtime:94 minutes
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Cast
Keoni Waxman
Director
Stephen McHattie
Frank Drake
Laura Harris
Ziggy Watson
Jason Priestley
Breakfast
Gordon Michael Woolvett
Walter
Bernie Coulson
Panda
Louis Gossett Jr.
Phil Bishop
Linda Griffiths
Mrs. Jimson
Nicolas Van Burek
Stewart Jimson
Donald Burda
Det. Bill Steadman
Peter Keleghan
Bob Bender
Mike George
Ted Greenway
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