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It came from the closet : queer reflections on horror / edited by Joe Vallese ; interior illustrations by Bishakh Som.

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The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2022.

Horror films -- History and criticism.

9781952177798 (pbk.)

1st Feminist Press ed.

298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Joe Vallese -- Part I: An excellent day for an exorcism -- A Demon-Girl's guide to life (The exorcist) / S. Trimble -- Both ways (Jennifer's body) / Carmen Maria Machado -- My hand on the glass (Hereditary) / Bruce Owens Grimm -- The girl, the well, the ring (The ring; Pet sematary) / Zefyr Lisowski -- Imprint (Grace) / Joe Vallese -- Part II: Monster mash -- Indescribable (The blob; Society) / Carrow Narby -- A working definition of monstrous (Godzilla) / Ryan Dzelzkalns -- The wolf in the room (Good manners/As boas manieras) / Prince Shakur -- Three men on a boat (Jaws) / Jen Corrigan -- The wolf man's daughter (The wolf man) / Tosha R. Taylor -- Part III: Fatal attractions -- Twin/skin (Dead ringers) / Addie Tsai -- Loving Annie Hayworth (The birds) / Laura Maw -- The same kind of monster (The leech woman) / Jonathan Robbins Leon -- Centered and seen (Candyman) / Sumiko Saulson -- Blood, actually (Friday the 13th, part II) / Grant Sutton -- Part IV: Whatever you do, don't fall asleep -- The trail of his flames (A nightmare on Elm Street) / Tucker Lieberman -- The me in the screen (Us) / Steffan Triplett -- Sight unseen (The Blair Witch project) / Spencer Williams -- Bad hombre (Is that you?/¿Eres tú, papá?) / Sarah Fonseca -- Black body snatchers (Get out) / Samuel Autman -- Part V: Final cuts -- Long nights in the dark (Halloween) / Richard Scott Larson -- On beauty and necrosis (Eyes without a face) / Sachiko Ragosta -- Good guys, dolls (Child's play) / Will Stockton -- The healed body (In my skin/Dans ma peau) / Jude Ellison S. Doyle -- Notes on Sleepaway Camp (Sleepaway Camp) / Viet Dinh -- Artist's note / Bishakh Som -- About the contributors.

"Twenty-five narrative essays by contemporary LGBTQ writers reflecting on queerness in horror film, from Hitchcock to Halloween to Hereditary"--From publisher.

Som, Bishakh, 1968-

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