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Is Halloween Satanic... or GAY?

2025-10-31 Comedy
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Deconstructing Queer Interpretations of Classic Horror Films

Understand how radical interpretations skew genre analysis by examining specific examples from a controversial horror movie list. Readers will see concrete arguments against excessive queer reading in classic cinema.

Short Summary

  • Identify several popular horror films incorrectly flagged as fundamentally "queer" by the list authors.
  • Analyze critiques dismissing claims of subtextual homoeroticism where context suggests otherwise.
  • Demonstrate how assigning identity labels overwrites original thematic context, such as real-life inspirations. This discussion dissects Them Magazine's list, arguing that applying queer theory retrospectively to films like Psycho and Fright Night misrepresents cinematic history and character motivation. The analysis focuses on resisting hyper-sexualized reading of otherwise disturbing horror tropes.

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Them Magazine decided Halloween wasn’t scary enough, so they made a “69 Gayest Horror Movies” list. We check their picks and question humanity. Link to today's sources: https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/sources-october-31-2025 DOWNLOAD THE RUMBLE APP TODAY: https://rumble.com/our-apps Join Rumble Premium to watch this show every day! http://louderwithcrowder.com/Premium Bite-Sized Content: https://rumble.com/c/CrowderBits Subscribe to my podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/louder-with-crowder/ FOLLOW ME: Website: https://louderwithcrowder.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scrowder Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/louderwithcrowder Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevencrowderofficial Music by @Pogo

Top Comments (10)

@annawehmeyer 2025-10-31

The doctor guy in Saw literally had a wife and kids. Part of the trap was that they got kidnapped and he had to escape and save them before they got killed. He was hyper focused on and worrying about them the whole movie, even crying at one point. They were what gave him the motivation to cut off his leg. You can't at all say that he was gay. He absolutely loved his family.

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@Obnoxiouswolf2 2025-11-01

i’m surprised rocky horror picture show wasn’t on this list.

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@Prof_Bort_Yammy 2025-10-31

I read the title to this video out loud in the car with my younger brother (both in our 30s) and laughed out loud. My brother immediately guessed "oh Steven Crowder?"

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@FookWit-sapien 2025-10-31

This explains why they feel bad for Orcs.

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@seandelap8587 2025-10-31

When I was of that age I used to look forward to going trick or treating and getting a lot of sweets and I didn't think about much else of it and I doubt it's any different for kids today

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@mossberg882 2025-10-31

Friggen love that Gerald is such a good sport. Cuz some of the bits directed at him are the funniest and most unexpected 😆 Cheers Captain Morgan

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@zappadali8696 2025-10-31

It’s absolutely faaaabulous.

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@Dan-sx9gl 2025-11-01

I can’t believe the alphabet people took a thing and made it completely about themselves… so outta character for them

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@black_sheep2520 2025-10-31

Originally, it was suppose to honor the deceased. I don't know what happened during the interim, but it got commercialized.

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@SariaFan93 2025-10-31

I'm just snickering at the "69" moniker 🤭😂

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