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![[Panic Fest] LACED Review – Queer Villainy and Toxic Relationships on a Cold Winter's Night](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_bba908e7f75348b1a4c1a88e79e5cf20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_444,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_bba908e7f75348b1a4c1a88e79e5cf20~mv2.webp)
![[Panic Fest] LACED Review – Queer Villainy and Toxic Relationships on a Cold Winter's Night](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_bba908e7f75348b1a4c1a88e79e5cf20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_255,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_bba908e7f75348b1a4c1a88e79e5cf20~mv2.webp)
[Panic Fest] LACED Review – Queer Villainy and Toxic Relationships on a Cold Winter's Night
While its story isn’t unique, Laced is well executed — saved by impeccable performances, direction, and visually rousing cinematography.

E. L. King
Apr 21, 2023
![[Panic Fest] TRIM SEASON Review – Uterine Horror's Neoteric Mother Crone Comes in Blazing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_a6a90f10604f405f811fbbbc6978d03c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_444,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_a6a90f10604f405f811fbbbc6978d03c~mv2.webp)
![[Panic Fest] TRIM SEASON Review – Uterine Horror's Neoteric Mother Crone Comes in Blazing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_a6a90f10604f405f811fbbbc6978d03c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_255,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_a6a90f10604f405f811fbbbc6978d03c~mv2.webp)
[Panic Fest] TRIM SEASON Review – Uterine Horror's Neoteric Mother Crone Comes in Blazing
Trim Season is an abundantly entertaining horror film. Vida plays on familiar Folk Horror tropes while remaining fresh in her execution.

E. L. King
Apr 19, 2023


REVEALER Review – Grab Your Bible and Your G-String, the Apocalypse Unites Unlikely Bedfellows
Revealer boasts stellar performances, a phallic apocalypse, and an incredible synthwave score. It's quintessential queer horror.

E. L. King
Jun 23, 2022


Queer Horror Films to Celebrate Pride With this Month
E.L. King shares a list of films to Queer Horror films to add to your watchlist. LGBTQIA+ themes have long existed in horror fiction and...

E. L. King
Jun 3, 2022


FEAR STREET PART ONE: 1994 Review – Queer Horror For A New Generation
E.L. King calls Leigh Janiak's first installment in the Fear Street trilogy a refreshing, queer-centric, and nostalgic 90s era Slasher....

E. L. King
Jul 3, 2021
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![[Interview] A Conversation with MISSING Director Shinzô Katayama](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_0b54556b104c4111a3274f5f8dea6492~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_444,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_0b54556b104c4111a3274f5f8dea6492~mv2.webp)
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