Queer Horror pt. 2
The second iteration of this 1980s horror franchise will have you so scared, you'll never sleep again!
Also referred to as "the gayest horror movie ever made"
What is Nightmare on Elm Street 2?
In China, the Qingming festival, which is celebrated at the beginning of the month of __________, is the holiday reserved for celebrating the deceased.
What is April?
The event, which is also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, draws Chinese people to literally sweep and clean the tombs of loved ones. The act is considered to be one of the most respectful acts one can take to honor the deceased.
Heartthrob Brendan Fraser starred in a 1999 movie about this classic 6000 year old monster, but the original came out in 1932!
That's a wrap folks!
The Mummy!
While kids in Mexico go trick or treating on October 31st, Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on these two days
What is November 1st and 2nd?
In the 16th century, Spanish colonizers introduced and imposed Catholic beliefs and traditions on the indigenous peoples. Traditions similar to the celebrations of the dead were the Christian holidays of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, which fell on November 1st and 2nd. Over time, Día de los Muertos merged with Catholic traditions, shifting from a months-long celebration in August to November 1st and 2nd.
A magical teenager with a black cat familiar, has a hankering for trouble, and lives with her two aunts!
Who is Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
This queer horror movie directed by Clive Barker, featuring demon Pinhead, draws heavy inspiration from the underground leather and BDSM scene
What is Hellraiser?
"Samhain" is the original name for this holiday, and marked the end of the harvest season for Celtic farmers
What is Halloween?
Beware the full moon!
What is a werewolf?
They represent the sweetness of life and the view that death is a natural, accepted part of human existence rather than something to fear. Made to look like human anatomy!
Season 3 of American Horror Story had Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow, scream this iconic line and fashion brand.
What is BALENCIAGA!!!!!!
This newer T.V. show follows a girls soccer team as they navigate a plane crash and become stranded in the wilderness!
What is Yellowjackets?
Throughout the show, many of the characters go through intense queer story arcs!
A traditional food eaten on Halloween in Ireland is barmbrack, which is similar to this dense treat eaten around Christmastime
What is fruitcake?
A muslin-wrapped treat is baked inside the cake that, it is said, can foretell the eater’s future. If a ring is found, it means that the person will soon be wed; a piece of straw means that a prosperous year is on its way.
This classic monster, whose 1922 movie holds a lot of queer subtext, can also be seen at the end of a Spongebob episode, flickerig the lights
Who is Nosferatu?
The director, F.W. Murnau, was a gay man from Germany. His friend and lover, the poet Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, also served in the war but was killed on the eastern front in 1915.
Tell me what an 'ofrenda' is!
An 'offering' put out by the families of deceased loved ones with candles, flowers, and pictures, which serve as a way to honor spirits
True or false: in America, women who were thought to be witches were burned at the stake!
False!
Women were burned at the stake in Europe, and witchcraft was prosecuted as a religious crime of heresy or treason against God, for which fire was the standard legal punishment
This creature, who in the movie is a symbol for depression, accidentally became an internet meme and gay icon with his "boyfriend", Pennywise
Who is The Babadook?
In this Central-American country, they honor the dead during the first couple days of November. During the Barriletes Gigantes, or "giant kites" festival, they populate the sky with massive, colorful kites.
A) Guatemala
B) Costa Rica
C) Honduras
D) Mexico
E) Colombia
A) Guatemala
The kites, which can go up to 40 feet in the air, are often hand-painted, and flown over the graves of loved ones who have passed away. The kites are said to represent a bridge between the living and the dead.
This 1954 black-and-white horror film features a monster from a dark place!
I like to think it was an inspiration for The Shape of Water
What is The Creature From the Black Lagoon?
This flower, Cempasúchil, is placed on ofrendas for their bright colors and sweet smells to guide spirits back to the land of the living
What are marigolds?
She is a Looney Tunes character who leaves a cloud of hairpins whenever she dashes off screen!
Also a deciduous shrub or small tree (Hamamelis virginiana) native to eastern North America that produces natural astringent extracts used in skincare and folk medicine
Who is Witch Hazel?
The demonic villain from the Powerpuff Girls!
Who is Him?
How the holiday is celebrated in this country varies by region: in Sicily, the deceased rise from the dead to bring gifts to well-behaved children, while children in Sardinia go door to door to ask for offerings from the deceased.
What is Italy?
The most popular Halloween costume in the year that Ethan (me) was born, featured Keanu Reeves in a long, black trench coat and tiny sunglasses
Who is Neo in The Matrix?
Mexico's first Dia de los Muertos parade took place exactly ________ years ago yesterday
What is 10?
It all started because of the 2015 James Bond movie Spectre featured a huge Dia de los Muertos parade in the movie, and there was both a national and international call for it.
A figure in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, and a real-life figure, she was an enslaved Indigenous American woman who was first to be accused of witchcraft
Who is Tituba?
She confessed to witchcraft after authorities accused her. Tituba was only 18 when she died