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@queerforfear.com
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Heather O. Petrocelli, PhD—aka Dr. Horror Dyke. I'm just a chronically ill, neurodivergent, immunocompromised, fat post-binary dyke into all things film—with a special interest in horror. linktr.ee/queerforfear

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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 29/04/2025
CALLING ALL TRANSYLVANIANS! The chance to pre-order your copy of 'Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror' is NOW! DON'T DREAM IT— FUND IT! PRE-ORDER HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar... Incredible cover art by: @rosalarian.bsky.social
The image shows the cover of a book titled "Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror." The cover features a stylized illustration with bold colors and the book is set against a black background scattered with gold stars. The central image depicts a figure with curly black hair wearing red lipstick and a pearl necklace. The figure is adorned with purple feather boas, and is wearing a corset with "ABSOLUTE PLEASURE" written on it in large black text. The bottom of the cover indicates it's "EDITED BY MARGOT ATWELL" with a "FOREWORD BY CARMEN MARIA MACHADO." The title "ROCKY HORROR" appears in dripping, horror-style red font, emphasizing the connection to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The overall aesthetic combines glamour, camp, and theatrical elements that reflect the cult classic's themes.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 06/04/2025
I'm thrilled to share that @peacheschrist.com and I are bringing Queer for Fear Live! to Penn State. This show is extra special as I’ll be with Peaches on her return to her alma mater. Join us for a fun mix of lecture, drag, and podcast-style chat on April 16th at HUB Freeman Auditorium!
Event poster with a dynamic color gradient transitioning from vibrant magenta to deep blue, featuring wavy, undulating horizontal lines that create a sense of energy and movement. The design includes two circular portraits with distinct color treatments: the left portrait is bathed in warm red-orange tones, while the right portrait is cast in cool blue-purple hues. On the left, a person with short hair and glasses is illuminated with a reddish filter that creates a dramatic, stylized effect. On the right, a drag queen with voluminous yellow hair and elaborate stage makeup is dramatically lit, appearing almost ethereal against the blue background. Large white text reading "Queer for Fear Live!" spans the top of the image with a slightly playful, organic letterform design. Event details are displayed at the bottom, indicating the date (April 16), time (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.), and venue (HUB Freeman Auditorium). The Student Initiated Initiative Fee logo is positioned in the bottom left corner.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 26/03/2025
Never knew that being the meat in this index sandwich could be so gratifying. Thanks @thepetermarra.bsky.social for this unforeseen accomplishment in 'Queer Slashers' 😉🖤💀🌈
Close up of an index page in the book Queer Slashers with magenta dots highlighting subsequent entries for Cassandra Peterson, Earl Peterson (character, Female Trouble), Heather O. Petrocelli, phallus, and Pink Flamingos (John Waters, 1972).
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 09/03/2025
Perennial badass Tura Satana in Ted V. Mikels's 'The Astro-Zombies' — @amiepascal.com and I keep talking about this look, this "still" from the film (i.e., terrible photo I snapped off the TV with my phone).
A still from the 1968 cult film 'The Astro-Zombies' featuring actor Tura Satana reclining on an orange floral-patterned couch. She wears a bright turquoise green satin dress with white embellishments and high heels. Satana, with her signature dark hair and bangs, is reading a newspaper while smoking. On a side table next to the couch are various items including reel-to-reel tape recorder. The image captures the distinctive 1960s aesthetic of the film with its vibrant colors and furniture.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 21/02/2025
I've probably thought about this scene once a day, every day, since seeing 'May December'.
A side profile of a woman with wavy shoulder-length auburn hair standing at an open refrigerator in a dimly lit kitchen. The caption at the bottom reads "I don't think we have enough hot dogs." This is a scene from the film "May December" featuring Julianne Moore. The image has a warm, muted color palette typical of the film's visual style.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 15/02/2025
Looking up at tall trees against a vibrant blue sky. The image shows a mix of bare deciduous trees and evergreen conifers with dense green needles. The trees appear to be on a slope, creating a diagonal line across the frame. The sky is a clear, deep blue without any clouds.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 13/02/2025
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A grainy, black and white still from the documentary "Rock Hudson's Home Movies", showing actor Jon Hall's bare back. The film still is shot in low lighting with overlaid text at the bottom reading "Movies and eroticism, who can separate them?"
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 27/01/2025
Some of our bounty from San Francisco.
Hardback cover for the autobiography 'Love, Pamela' by Pamela Anderson.Paperback cover for 'Theatre of the Ridiculous' edited by Bonnie Marranca and Gautam Dasgupta. The book features plays by Kenneth Bernard, Charles Ludlam, and Ronald Tavel.Oversized hardback book cover of 'Vanity Fair: Photographs of an Age, 1914-1936, introduction by John Russell'.Oversized hardback cover for 'Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguish' by Martha Zamora.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 26/01/2025
An essential part of a road trip for @amiepascal.com and me is bookstore stops. Here's our bounty from Ashland, Oregon.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 11/01/2025
Can't stop thinking about 'Perfect Days'
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/01/2025
Me and my dear ghoulfriend @peacheschrist.com are hitting the road together to bring some queer elder joy to college and university campuses. We will be sharing a piece of our lonnnng friendship and reveling in our queer love of horror. First stop: DETROIT on JANUARY 16TH. RSVP now [at link in bio]
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 11/12/2024
Books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge #BookSkyBonus
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 11/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (20/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 10/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (19/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 10/12/2024
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 10/12/2024
I got your candy right here
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 10/12/2024
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 10/12/2024
Spirited Away (2001)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 10/12/2024
Holy sardine! I'm deleting the larger files on my phone, like random videos I record from the TV and then forget about. It feels right to give them one last moment to shine. Batman: The Movie (1966)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 09/12/2024
I was going to post this today but I don't want people thinking all Gen X horror queers love all the same things 😂
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 09/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (18/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 08/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (17/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/12/2024
I'll stop now but I could keep going and going
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/12/2024
Been going through my photos and found numerous photos of door knockers from around the world
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/12/2024
I love knockers 😏
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/12/2024
IYKYK
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (16/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 07/12/2024
Quote with a horror movie that you love
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 06/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (15/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 06/12/2024
Gruß vom Krampus!
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 05/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (14/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 04/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (13/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 03/12/2024
Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed by work, I watch Paul Lynde supercuts. Consider yourself warned. #PaulLynde #Bewitched
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 03/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (12/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 02/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (11/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 02/12/2024
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 02/12/2024
Just as the use of negative space shapes works of art, the negative space left by absent parents shapes our lives. This is one of the few photos of me and my father. Attilio Petrocelli 1944-1983 #WorldAIDSDay
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 01/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (10/20) #filmsky
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 01/12/2024
Nobody ever told me that 'Ghost' is the best supernatural-embezzlement-murder-comedy-queer-romance out there. Had I known that I wouldn't have waited almost 35 years to watch it. #ghost #filmsky
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 30/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (9/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 30/11/2024
I wasn't prepped, primed, or prepared. #TheWildRobot
A still from 'The Wild Robot', in which a shiny white robot with big blue eyes, sits nestled in the grass in a forest setting. A red fox and an opossum perch on her shoulders.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 29/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (8/20)
Cover of Desperate Visions journal featuring articles on Camp America and filmmakers John Waters and the Kuchar brothers.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 29/11/2024
I'm an atheist and this is one of my holy trinities.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 28/11/2024
My favorite part of "Thanksgiving" #LouiseLasser #BloodRage
Movie poster for "Blood Rage" features a woman's terrified face screaming as a large, bloody knife blade cuts across the image. Her eyes are wide with fear, her mouth agape, and blood splatters against the blade. The title "BLOOD RAGE" is written in bold, red letters at the bottom of the poster. In the background, a full moon hangs in a dark, cloudy sky, with bare tree branches visible in silhouette.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 28/11/2024
#nowwatching 'Tremors' (1990), which remains my favorite horror film about a massive subterranean sandworm that enjoys eating old white men. It stars Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon as a bickering couple who mount the slowest Caterpillar-traxcavator getaway committed to celluloid.
Image of Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon from the film Tremors. Kevin is leaning on a truck and Fred is leaning on Kevin. They are in a desert setting.
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 28/11/2024
What are four Christmas movies to know you by? #FilmSky #MovieSky
Still from Female Trouble Still from Muppets Christmas Carol Still from Showgirls Still from Black Christmas
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 28/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (7/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 27/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge (6/20)
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Queer for Fear @queerforfear.com · 26/11/2024
Me. Most days. Also, more people should watch 'Phantasm' (1979).
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