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Queer for Fear: Release Date, Plot, Cast and more!

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September 13, 2022

Queer for Fear is an upcoming docuseries that highlights the LGBTQ+ communities’ far reaches and the influence they have over the genre of horror for the longest of time. Executive produced by Bryan Fuller, the series shares the manners in which the community shapes and develops the horror genre through their experiences and art. Alongside Fuller, the executive producers of the docuseries include Steak House, Phil Nobile Jr., and Kelly Ryan. Keep reading to know more.

Queer for Fear: Plot and Cast

The docuseries puts forward the tale of LGBTQ+ horror, queer audience’s relationship with horror, and the entirety of the queer horror community. According to the official synopsis of Queer for Fear, the series has its literary origins in the writings of queer authors like Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, and Bram Stoker. The docuseries is a presentation from the new-age queer creators that re-explores the stories of the genre through the lens of the queer. They see them as something that is not violent or as narratives of murders. They perceive them as survival tales, tales that thematically resonate with queer audiences all across the globe.

The cast of Queer for Fear includes Leslye Headland, Briana Venskus, Justin Simien, Kimberly Peirce, Tommy Pico, Carmen Maria Machado, Harry Benshoff, Renée Bever, Alonso Duralde, Liv Hewson, Lea DeLaria, Bryan Fuller, Lachlan Watson, Bruce Vilanch, Michael Feinstein, Benjamin Putnam, Jewelle Gomez, Annie Rose Malamet, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mark Gatiss, and Tawny Cypress. The case also includes Rachel True, Kevin Williamson, Don Mancini, Misha Osherovich, Andrew Fleming, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Alaska Thunderfuck, Angela Robinson, Phil Graziadei, J. Casey Modderno, B.J. Colangelo, Angel Melanson, Jack Halberstam, Doug Jones, Jennifer Tilly, Heather Matarazzo, and Cassandra Peterson. Further included in the cast of the docuseries are Oz Perkins, Karyn Kusama, Christopher Landon, Guinevere Turner, Zoey Luna, Adam Robitel, Natalia Leite, Sid Krofft, Gottmik, Ann Marie Pace, Alyson Richards, Jenni Olson, William O. Tyler, and Harmony M. Colangelo.