Tag: They/Them
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‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Poster Illustrates One Man’s Journey of Self Discovery
For many of us millennial queer kids, representation wasn’t really a thing that we had throughout the ‘90s and into the early aughts. While recent years have seen stories from the LGBTQ+ community told in dramas like Blue is the Warmest Color and Moonlight, horror flicks like They/Them, and even reality shows such as Netflix’s…
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If Kevin Bacon Isn’t Your Obvious Choice for Scream King, He Should Be
When thinking about Scream Kings, some names that come to mind might include Robert Englund, Bruce Campbell, and Bill Skarsgård. These actors have truly embodied some special characters that stay in a horror heart until the end of time. But what about Kevin Bacon? Bacon has been a mainstay in the horror genre since 1980…
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‘They/Them’ Review: Blumhouse’s Latest Frightfest Shows The Limitations Of The Social Thriller Template
Right around the time that the queer teens at a conversion therapy camp in “They/Them” burst into an impromptu sing-a-long to P!nk’s “F**kin’ Perfect,” the reality of the film sets in. This is a film trapped in the cultural mentality of that empowerment anthem’s release in 2010-2011. The slasher film’s understanding of youth and the…
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‘They/Them’ Review: Peacock’s Gay Conversion Camp Slasher Suffers From an Identity Crisis
Pronouns matter more than gore or suspense in “They/Them,” a tepid flip-the-script horror movie whose title doubles as its logline when you say the “slash” out loud. Set at a janky gay conversion camp, this Blumhouse-produced, Peacock-released LGBT empowerment exercise presents itself as a cross between “Friday the 13th” and “But I’m a Cheerleader.” Alas,…