Intuitive Cinema: Films to Feel, Not Think About
<p><b>Or: Films that make emotional sense, but not necessarily logical sense</b></p><p>Films that you follow on an intuitive level, even if not on a story level. Aiming for stuff that is elliptical and about the emotional journey of the story, not the story itself.</p><p>Suggestions welcome.</p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://letterboxd.com/darrencb/tag/lists:-suggestions/lists/" rel="nofollow">Contribute to my other lists here.</a></p>
<p>I used my own knowledge of lgbt horror + scoured multiple corners of the internet to compile this list, and am attempting to make it a comprehensive one. </p><p>which means it will include anything from subtextual: homoeroticism, gender ambiguity & nonconformity, lgbt allegories, queercoding & hays code censorship, etc, <br />to textual: explicit homosexual acts, openly lgbt character(s), wears a rainbow on its sleeve, etc, and keep in mind not all of it will be positive portrayals of the community, in fact a not insignificant number of these are negative or bigoted, but I think it’s important to include them.</p><p>being that I haven’t seen every movie listed here I can’t always attest to the quality or quantity of lgbt content or lack thereof, this <strong>isn’t</strong> a recommendations list (<b><a href="https://boxd.it/96l9M" rel="nofollow">I have a separate list for that</a></b>), but rather a frame of reference for others, and a passion project for myself. </p><p><i><b>tldr: you can use this as a guide, but I’d recommend you still do your own research. <br /></b></i><br />if you have objections to a movie being included in this list you are welcome to explain why in the comments as long as you are <b>respectful</b> and <b>informative </b>(so tell me why you think that), <br />rude and/or unproductive comments will be deleted. </p><p>I am not interested in debating what counts as horror and what doesn't, and comments of the sort will also be deleted.</p><p>if upon (re)watching I find that a movie on this list doesn't have anything lgbt in it I will remove it.</p><p>(slow work in progress, but check notes for content warnings.)</p>
Art Horror and the Horrific Avant-Garde
<p>List title inspired by Joan Hawkins' book Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-Garde (but does not correspond to her works cited and mostly includes films not mentioned in the text)</p><p>horror by way of abstract, experimental, art cinema which isn't entirely reliant on narrative - not "elevated" horror </p><p>style as substance</p>
<p><i>All these teenagers are gonna come in for their queer horror, and it won't be there for them</i></p><p>(Not a complete master list, simply those I've seen. Cross referenced with <a href="https://boxd.it/1tO2Y" rel="nofollow">this list</a>.)</p>
<p>Movies that are slightly off.</p>
Vinegar Syndrome Filmography
<p>Up to date filmography from Vinegar Syndrome across genre releases, adult titles are on a separate list. </p><p>Listed chronologically by theatrical release date.</p>