The Sexiest Queer Horror Movies of All Time

There’s no getting around it: Horror is a horny genre, and some of the best horror movies are also the sexiest. There’s already a very thin line between being scared and getting turned on. Couple that with horror’s focus on the outsider, and it’s no surprise that queers in search of late-night thrills often choose to put on a scary movie. Horror is an avenue for exploring the forbidden, the taboo, and the illicit, which is why so many people on the margins, LGBTQ+ people included, tend to gravitate toward it, even if it frightens us.As queer and trans people, we know what it’s like to untangle our subconscious desires, undergo bodily changes, and find pleasure — even belonging — among so-called “deviants.” In that sense, we have a fair amount in common with our favorite vamps and werewolves (monster fuckers, this is a safe space). Whether you want to be a bisexual succubus or simply have one make out with you, whether you’re a seductive Transylvanian alien or want to be abducted by one, this list of sexy horror movies is for you.From erotic thrillers to spooky comedies, this is our list of the sexiest queer horror movies of all time. Try out these picks to get your pulse racing in more ways than one. — Abby MonteilThe Old Dark House (1932)Parsing horniness in older horror movies can be difficult given the implementation of Hollywood’s Hays Code, which forbade explicit depictions of sexuality and queerness in American film until the censorious industry guidelines were finally abandoned in 1968. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t plenty of juicy queer subtext in films from the first half of the 20th century; in fact, gay filmmakers often intentionally placed it there.One of the earliest influential queer horror directors is James Whale, an openly gay director best known for iconic Universal monster movies like Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. His directorial output straddled the implementation of the Hays Code, which was enforced in