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20 scary movies with lesbian and bisexual characters getting busy

It’s that time of year again – time to break out the scary movies. Strangely, this is also the one genre, outside of our own lesbian-directed category, in which lesbian characters and situations are quite plentiful. In 1936, it began with Dracula’s Daughter starring Gloria Holden as Countess Marya Zaleska, who had a penchant for female victims. It took 30 more years, though, for the lesbian vampire to return, and it’s been done several times since.

Luckily, we’re not always vampires, and we’re not always the killers. While horror continues to be one of the most popular areas of entertainment, it’s interesting that queer characters are often included as part of otherwise straight storylines. Generally their sexuality isn’t an area of focus, though lesbian sex scenes (like any sex scene in these films) are quite gratuitous. It seems, though, we get the same treatment that any other character does in the scary movie realm: we live or we die, and sometimes we’re nuts in the interim.

Considering these films are often works of the supernatural or science fiction, no one is taking it too seriously. It’s all for the fun of being afraid, and it gives us plenty of chances to feel more involved in the fear.

Here are 20 horror movies with lesbian themes or characters to watch this Halloween. Who plays gay: Annette Strøyberg and Elsa Martinelli Plot: Carmilla is obsessed with her family’s vampiric history and decides to take some victims of her own. File Under: Old school version of a popular lesbian vampiress. Who plays gay: Nikie Zambo and Jessie Hail Plot: Six people reunite 10 years after graduating high school together. Of course, they throw a party at a secluding hunting cabin, and members of the group begin to go missing. File Under: Predictable plot with a brutal ending. Who plays gay: Anna Faris and Angela Bettis Plot: May is a loner, until she gets a job at a vet hospital. When she tries to make friends, she can’t help hurting them. File Under: Creepy film with a well-known actress playing a wild gay woman. Who plays gay: Gwen Garci and Katya Santos Plot: Kimberly, Michiko and Isabel are trapped together in a house when an “apocalyptic prophecy” begins. They each have secrets that are coming out slowly as they encounter evil. File Under: A women of color lesbian couple that is OK with getting it on while being worried for their lives.

Who plays gay: Jessica Napier and Sarah Kants Plot: A supernatural killer terrorizes a film crew attempting to make a horror film. File Under: Not much action, but fun enough for a slasher film. Who plays gay: Carla Gugino and Rya Kihlstedt Plot: An evil mermaid telepathically controls a couple she meets when they were working on a carnival in the 1900s. File Under: Carla Gugino as a temptress – always worth watching. Who plays gay: Lynnili James, Kara Maria Amedon and Jennifer Leigh Plot: An ancient, lycanthropic evil being is very hungry, and preys on a group of teenagers camping nearby. File Under: Actual queer character who also has friends that kiss during truth or dare (before they die). Who plays gay: Cécile de France Plot: A lesbian goes to the family home of her friend/crush, and a murderous intruder begins terrorizing them all. File Under: Super scary with a twist that doesn’t look so good for lesbians.

Who plays gay: Sakurako Kaoru and Natsumi Mitsu Plot: A group of teenagers come across a sexual parasite while camping in an abandoned government facility. File Under: Incredibly gorey Japanese film with a lot of sexual content. Who plays gay: Laurence Côte and Céline Sallette Plot: A rookie female cop tries to find a murderous kidnapper before the latest victim is killed. File Under: A crazed lesbian couple with a bizarre interest in taxidermy. Who plays gay: Bevin McGraw and Alexxus Young Plot: While on a field trip with their professor, a group of students find they are surrounded by mean-eating spiders. File Under: Giant spiders that like to watch lesbians making love. Who plays gay: Eliza Dushku and Angela Featherstone Plot: A group of friends get into a car wreck, killing one of them. Soon, they begin to be haunted by his ghost. File Under: Eliza Dushku having sex with a girl.

Who plays gay: Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve Plot: A 2000-year-old vampire tries to find a new lover because she keeps outliving the ones she now keeps in the basement. File Under: Cult classic with great music and bloody lesbian sex. Who plays gay: Heather Chilson and Patricia Melone Plot: A group of friends are accosted by a satanic cult while on a camping trip. File Under: Two ex-girlfriends try to resist each other while also attempting to maintain sanity. Who plays gay: Eva Czemerys and Lucretia Love Plot: A group of friends is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the theater where they work. But suddenly, they begin disappearing. File Under: 1970s “whodunnit” with a lesbian couple amongst the suspects. Who plays gay: Brandy Little and Amy Jo Hearron Plot: A group of college kids work at a Haunted House for charity – until they begin dying off. File Under: Low-budget movie featuring a girl who cheats on her boyfriend with her BFF.

Who plays gay: Courtney Peldon and Kim Hoy Plot: A group of reality show contestants go to live at a remote farm house where they are finding the competition is deadly. File Under: It was bound to happen – reality television contestants that are dumb enough to sign away their lives. Who plays gay: Friederike Kempter and Ioana Iacob Plot: A young woman sets out to learn the truth about her family’s death, which takes place in a in the remote Romanian hinterland. File Under: An actually watchable and enjoyable scary movie. Who plays gay: Amanda Ward and Erica Roby Plot: A man escapes a mental asylum and returns to his childhood home to find out why his mom was murdered. File Under: Two girls that just started dating exist in a plot that we’ve seen many times before. Who plays gay: Athena Karkanis Plot: A group of National Guardsmen attempt to take the world back from zombies that are currently in control of the earth. File Under: Butch lesbian named Tomboy fulfills all stereotypes.

For more ideas of what to watch this Halloween, check out our past features on The Top 10 Lesbian Vampire Flicks, Lesbian Halloween: Screams on Screen and Best Lesbian Halloween Ever.

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