So you want to watch some gay horror!

We're reaching the end of Pride Month 2: Electric Spookaloo, and the release of It: Chapter Two has a lot of people hungry for more queer content in their scary movies. Unfortunately, the “mainstream” horror landscape is still catching up to the fact that LGBT audiences are 1) very into spooky content and 2) very loyal, so big-budget releases are still a pretty heterocentric landscape. Never fear, though - indie horror’s got your back. Every horror movie on this list is here only because there are LGBT main characters, and that is a promise from me to you.

Rökkur/Rift (2017, Iceland, dir. Erlingur Thoroddsen)

What's it about?: After recieving an alarming late-night phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar, Gunnar drives out to Einar's secluded cabin in the Icelandic countryside. Once he arrives, the two circle each other uneasily, haunted by the ghost of their failed relationship - and, it seems, something more sinister.

Where can I watch it?: It's streaming on Shudder

Thelma (2017, Norway, dir. Joachim Trier)

What's it about?: Living at university and out from under the thumb of her overprotective, religious parents for the first time, Thelma finds herself drawn to her female classmate, Anja. Her feelings for Anja awake Thelma's long-suppressed psychic abilities, and soon she becomes a danger to herself and everyone around her.

Where can I watch it?: You can rent it on Youtube/Google Play

What Keeps You Alive (2018, Canada, dir. Colin Minihan)

What's it about: Jules and Jess travel to a remote cabin in the woods to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, but the celebration is disrupted when Jules learns of Jess's dark past.

Where can I watch it?: Youtube/Google Play

Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl (2018, USA, dir. A.D. Calvo)

What's it about?: Sent to care for her elderly aunt, the isolated Adele finds herself drawn to Beth, a mysterious and alluring girl living in their neighbourhood.

Where can I watch it?: It's streaming on Shudder

Bit (2019, USA, dir. Brad Michael Elmore)

What's it about?: Trans teen Laurel (Nicole Maines) moves to Los Angeles and falls in with a group of queer feminist vampires.

Where can I watch it?: As of now, nowhere - it just did the festival circuit this past spring, so it hasn't been released on VOD yet.

All Cheerleaders Die (2013, USA, dir. Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson)

What's it about?: A group of high school cheerleaders team up to avenge themselves on the captain
of the football team, with a little necromantic help from their friends.

Where can I watch it?: It only seems to be available on DVD.

The Moth Diaries (2011, Canada, dir. Mary Harron)

What's it about?: Rebecca and Lucy's friendship is disrupted by the arrival of an enigmatic new student at their boarding school. Based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Klein.

Where can I watch it?: On DVD.

The Unwanted (2014, USA, dir. Bret Wood)

What's it about?: A drifter arrives in a small Southern town searching for her lost mother, and becomes romantically entangled with a local waitress. Based on the novel "Carmilla” by J. Sheridan LeFanu.

Where can I watch it?: Youtube/Google Play

As Boas Maneiras/Good Manners (2017, Brazil, dir. Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas)

What's it about?: Clara is hired as a live-in nanny by the pregnant Ana, and their relationship
quickly develops into romance. But when Ana gives birth to something monstrous, the two women must fight to protect it.

Where can I watch it?: Amazon Prime