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VAMPIRES: Pt 9 - The Vampire Lovers (1970) & Twins of Evil (1971)

The Evolution of Horror

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Vampires and Queer Horror

Vampires have been associated with kind of a queer story telling and queer characters as well, whether it's coded or more overta. I am disappointed with the low level of lesbians an these films. And i would go the same direction just with vampires in general. They're sexual. They're omnisexual. They are fun boys. They are bimbos. There's no scissoring in this movie. That's not, no, that's not how it works. But really it just goes to show how sort of resistant people are, or even were were, or even, or i should say, to that idea of fluid sexuality.

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