Queer Film Series Special Edition: Queer Horror I

QUEER FILM SERIES Special Edition: Queer Horror I $$FREE$$ Please be considerate of the audience and subject-mater, The Learning Machine is a safe-space and anyone who acts otherwise will be asked to leave. BYOB and BYOP (Bring your own pillow for comfort!!) ----- Hey ya'll, Super excited to announce that HUME Chicago, artist space and gallery has agreed to start hosting a second night of Queer Films!! We might be starting as early as October, but gotta get some scheduling figured out. For now get ready to enjoy a month of spoopy queer horror favorites! For those of you who missed the first one, here's my mission statement: My goals for this series is to educate and spread awareness of films not normally sought out by the straight-cis world or even seen by LGBTQ folks who aren't cinephiles themselves. Through-out the series, I hope for the audience to gain a greater understanding about the outside forces that suppressed our community for so long (and who continue to do so) and how despite everything, LGBTQ characters continued to appear and eventually break-free of the oppressive hollywood/moralist shackles. Although for many decades, LGBTQ characters were not shown under a flattering lens and were often sad, suicidal or muderous people, I will do my best to showcase the rare instances of characters being able to take some positive ownership of their sexualities in addition to the darker films. Also, due to how western society works as well as the distribution of wealth and technology, the majority of the films, at least through the 1970s will also mostly be cis, white and male, but rest assured that there will be more diverse films as the series comes along. I hope to have a few "specials" inbetween the chronological order we will be watching the films in to break things up; including documentaries on LGBT historical/popular figures and films that are Queer-Coded starring LGBTQ icons. I'm doing my best to read-up as much LGBTQ film theory/history as I can and will be happy to moderate discussion after the films have been shown! ----- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) directed by Jack Sholder. A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to continue his murder spree in the real world. Cruising (1980) directed by William Friedkin. A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men. Lots to unpack and discuss within these two films! Get ready!