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Get your Netflix on with these lesbian/bi films that are perfect for Halloween

After the last trick or treaters have come and gone, what’s a lady to do on Halloween night? Sure, you could get all dressed up and hit the town with the other ghouls, but what if you just want to turn the lights down low and curl up with a scary movie? All of the films we recommend here are currently available on Netflix, so you can watch them anywhere: your living room, dungeon, the crawlspace under your staircase. Whatever floats your boat.

*Some of these trailers may be NSFW.* Horror All Cheerleaders Die: 2, 4, 6, 8, who should we obliterate? This campy little gem of a horror film came out earlier this year and really took us by surprise by how well it portrayed it’s bisexual and lesbian characters. Starring the openly queer Caitlin Stasey, the film does indeed focus on a group of cheerleaders who meet their untimely demise, but come back to seek revenge. Three of the lead characters are lesbian or bisexual, and the fun and sometimes frightening plot is ultimately satisfying. Kind of like those leftover Fun Size Snickers bars.

Jack and Diane: Don’t you hate when you meet the love of your teenage life, and she turns out to be a werewolf? That’s what happens in Jack and Diane, which stars a terrifically butchy Riley Keough and Juno Temple as star-crossed, or should I say, moon-crossed lovers. The lycanthropy is more or less an allegory for female sexual awakening, but it’s kind of interesting to see this type of film set around a lesbian love story.

We Are the Night: Lesbians love vampires, or at least that’s what the movie industry must think. Louise (Nina Hoss), the leader of a fierce trio of Berliner vamps, falls for a young woman named Lena (Karoline Herfurth) and turns her into a vampire. Lena starts to have second thoughts about being one of the bloodthirsty undead and turns the tables on her new group of lady friends.

The Moth Diaries: All girls boarding school? Check. Obsessive female friendships? Check. Vampires? Check. When Rebecca’s (Sarah Bolger) best pal suddenly falls under the thrall of a new girl (Lily Cole), jealousy and vampiric accusations fly.

V/H/S: V/H/S is really a horror film comprised of a series of vignettes that are discovered on an old video cassette. Some are supernatural, others just scary as hell. One of these short stories has a major lesbian twist! Avoid this one if you are quite squeamish.

The Craft: OK, so technically The Craft isn’t meant to be a lesbian/bi film, but I don’t know a single queer woman who doesn’t love this ’90s teen tale of witchcraft woes. Plus, I’m not convinced that Rochelle (Rachel True) and Bonnie (Neve Campbell) weren’t in lesbians together.

Suspense Now horror films may not be everyone’s bag of candy, but that doesn’t mean you don’t like to watch a film that gets your heart pounding and adrenaline pumping. Here are some suspenseful thrillers that have a queer side to them.

Heavenly Creatures: Before Peter Jackson made the Lord of the Rings series, he directed young Kate Winslett and Melanie Lynskey in this true tale of two girls who become obsessed with a fantasy life of their own creation. Their obsession turns physical in more ways than one, when the girls plot a terrible deed to prevent themselves from being separated. The film is based on the Parker-Hulme case that rocked Christchurch, NZ in the 1950s.

Breaking the Girls: This Jamie Babbit directed, Guinevere Turner penned suspense has more plot twists that a bag fill of Twizzlers. It’s got it all. Murder, intrigue, conspiracy, pool and trampoline sexy times. Madeline Zima, who has played gay a few times before, leads this female-heavy ensemble.

The Girl Who Played with Fire: Why wouldn’t you want to spend Halloween (or any night) with Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace)? The original Swedish film triology, based on the novels by Steig Larsson, is available on Netflix. This second in the series explores Lisbeth’s relationship with her former girlfriend, Miriam Wu (Yasmine Garbi).

Compulsion: Compulsion is one of those rare birds that marries camp and suspense. When an aspiring chef (Heather Graham) discovers that a reclusive actress (Carrie-Ann Moss) lives in her apartment building, the two women strike up an unlikely bond. Both have obsessions that serve to alienate them from the other people in their lives, but somehow manage to connect them to each other.

What films to you love to watch on and around Halloween?

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