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Horrific Inquiry: APRIL FOOL’S DAY (1986)
Horrific Inquiry: APRIL FOOL’S DAY (1986)

It’s a clever and fresh take on not only an oversaturated genre but also an intriguing take on one of the most fool-hearted days of the year.

Horrific Inquiry: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920)
Horrific Inquiry: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, from Robert Wiene, is a film held close to the hearts of film historians, German expressionists, and horror fans alike.

Queerly Ever After #48: JUST FRIENDS (2018)
Queerly Ever After #48: JUST FRIENDS (2018)

A fun, sexy, romantic comedy, Just Friends is a Dutch TV movie about two young men falling in love.

Horrific Inquiry: LEPRECHAUN (1993)
Horrific Inquiry: LEPRECHAUN (1993)

Gold at the end of the rainbow, ancient magics, and leprechauns all to delight and even terrify. This was the goal of Mark Jones’ Leprechaun.

Horrific Inquiry: FREDDY VS. JASON (2003)
Horrific Inquiry: FREDDY VS. JASON (2003)

Sure it doesn’t have the best acting, narrative or even the best effects, but Freddy vs. Jason offers audiences a return to slashers of old.

Queerly Ever After #47 THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE (2006)
Queerly Ever After #47: THE CURIOSITY OF CHANCE (2006)

Queerly Ever After looks into the 2006 teen romantic-comedy The Curiosity of Chance, where a new guy tries to find his place in a new school.

Horrific Inquiry: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
Horrific Inquiry: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

The Horrific Inguiry column takes a look at the Universal Monster film Frankenstein (1931) and its legacy within film history.

Page To Screen Who Is LOVE, SIMON's Happy Ending For
Page To Screen: Who Is LOVE, SIMON’s Happy Ending For?

Page To Screen contrasts Love, Simon and its original source, showcasing what’s lost when a coming-out story is re-molded for the screen.

Queerly Ever After #46: AKRON (2015)
Queerly Ever After #46: AKRON (2015)

Queerly Ever After #46 analyzes 2015’s Akron, where two young men find love despite a tragedy that links their families together.

Horrific Inquiry: MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)
Horrific Inquiry: MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)

Far from the best horror film, and far from the best slasher, there is something classically endearing about My Bloody Valentine.

Queerly Ever After #45: WERE THE WORLD MINE (2008)
Queerly Ever After #45: WERE THE WORLD MINE (2008)

This is ultimately an enjoyable musical rom-com, and fun adaptation of a Shakespeare classic.

Horrific Inquiry: HOUSE OF WAX (1953)
Horrific Inquiry: HOUSE OF WAX (1953)

House of Wax boasts an impressive performance by Vincent Price, a strong induction into horror history and proof that remakes are not all bad.

Queerly Ever After #44: PRIVATE ROMEO (2011)
Queerly Ever After #44: PRIVATE ROMEO (2011)

Private Romeo is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that transposes the action to the fictional McKinley Military Academy.

Horrific Inquiry: SPLINTER (2008)
Horrific Inquiry: SPLINTER (2008)

In a retrospective world, now is the time to revisit Splinter – or to discover it for the first time. You won’t be disappointed.

Queerly Ever After #43: DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (1996)
Queerly Ever After #43: DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS (1996)

For this Queerly Ever After, Amanda Jane Stern takes a look at the 1996 film: Different for Girls.