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It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese
18 reviews
judassilver's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Ableism, Biphobia, Self harm, Outing, Transphobia, Body horror, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Deadnaming, Racism, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia
jayisreading's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Ableism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Racism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcoholism, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Suicide
emzhay's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Child abuse, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Gore, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Biphobia
Minor: Sexual assault
megnut's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Sexism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Body horror, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Ableism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Transphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Murder, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Gore, and Grief
cassmensah5's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Transphobia, Ableism, and Racism
cheye13's review against another edition
4.0
The essays read easily as narrative and/or memoir rather than dry academic papers. There is film analysis (good, relevant interpretations of subject matter) but always in conversation with personal (and often highly specific) voice and experience. A couple essays flopped for me, but the collection is edited and composed very well.
Favorites (5⭐️)
- Both Ways (Jennifer’s Body) by Carmen Maria Machado
- Imprint (Grace) by Joe Vallese
- Three Men on a Boat (Jaws) by Jen Corrigan
- Loving Annie Hayworth (The Birds) by Laura Maw
- The Same Kind of Monster (The Leech Woman) by Jonathan Robbins Leon
- The Trail of His Flames (Nightmare on Elm Street) by Tucker Lieberman
- Bad Hombre (Is That You?/Eres tu Papa?) by Sarah Fonseca
- The Healed Body (In My Skin/Dans ma peau) by Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Honorable Mentions (4⭐️)
- The Wolf in the Room (Good Manners/As Boas Manieras) by Prince Shakur
- The Wolf-Man’s Daughter (The Wolf Man) by Tosha R. Taylor
- Centered and Seen (Candyman) by Sumiko Saulson
- The Me in the Screen (Us) by Steffan Triplett
Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Violence, Murder, Gore, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Grief, Racism, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Homophobia
Minor: Biphobia and Sexual violence
Most content warnings are from descriptions of film scenes, but many essays narrate similar personal experiences to the films they're about, so be mindful going into each essay of which film it's discussing.foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Transphobia, Ableism, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual assault
taelights's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Abandonment, Addiction, Biphobia, Blood, Homophobia, Medical content, Chronic illness, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Gore, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
overbooked207's review against another edition
3.75
6th book of January 2023 and 6th of the year:
I love the fact that I’m getting really into nonfiction books over the past few years! Being a queer person who loves the horror genre, this immediately caught my attention, with it being a nonfiction book by queer authors that talks about the queerness, whether seen explicitly in the text, in subtext, and/or through the audience’s interpretation, in horror media throughout the years and how the representation affects and is affected by the world around it! I enjoyed some of the stories a lot more than others, with some of my favorites being ‘The Girl, the Well, the Ring,’ ‘Three Men on a Boat,’ ‘Loving Annie Hayworth,’ ‘Centered and Seen,’ Sight Unseen,’ and ‘Black Body Snatchers,’ but I recommend it as a whole and want to read more things like it! I also love the cover and the title! TWs for ableism, abortion, abuse, bigotry, blood, body horror, death, drugs, gore, grief, homophobia, medical content/trauma, mental illness, miscarriage, murder, pedophilia, pregnancy, racism, rape, self-harm, sexual content, transphobia, violence, and vomit.📚🧟♂️🎃☠️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Drug use, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical content, Violence, Ableism, Pregnancy, Murder, Abortion, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual content