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It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

13 reviews

arlingtonchamberofgay's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

torismazarine's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jayisreading's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

The affinity that a number of queer people have with the monstrous is one that is explored in depth in this essay collection. I was invested in what each contributor had to say about their thoughts on their queer identity in relation to a horror film of their choice, which ranged from classic slashers to non-US horror films. Furthermore, this is an incredibly diverse collection of essays, not only in terms of how queerness is defined, but many of these authors also consider their race and/or disability. The contributors’ respective reflections really revealed the complexities of how the monster has been defined by culture and society, some taking a more academic tone when discussing this, while others had a more conversational tone.

Like any edited collection, I found some essays stronger than others. Overall, though, I’d say that it’s rather difficult to call any of them weak. Well worth picking up if you’re interested in horror (and a number of these essays don’t shy away from it, fair warning) and queerness. Relatedly, I recommend picking up Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry edited by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli, if you’re looking for more queer monstrosity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

readsandsuch's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Biphobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

danimacuk's review

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy

taelights's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

While I did like some of the essays in this book and found some of the topics in it fascinating, this wasn't what I expected. I pictured more of a focus on horror through a queer eye and why the authors believe certain horror movies portray queer experiences. While some of the essays focused on this I found a lot of the essays were mainly focused on the writer's personal lives with some vague connections back to the horror movies. I did enjoy this a bit but wouldn't really recommend it because of some weak essays and a lot of them being more just memoirs than queer looks at horror. 

My favorite essays (in order of book) were:

- The Girl, the Well, the Ring 

- Imprint 

- The Wolf Man's Daughter 

- Loving Annie Hayworth 

- Blood, Actually 

- Sight Unseen 

- Bad Hombre 

- Black Body Snatchers 

- Long Nights in the Dark 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

ronan_lesh's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism and Fatphobia