But it somehow opened the floodgates for a slew of identity horror knockoffs — from “Them” to “Antebellum” — that are shallow, sloppy copycats. Because it boasts a large cast of queer actors who also portray queer characters when the genre has had a long history of evading them altogether. AdvertisementWriter-director John Logan’s “They/Them” hinges entirely on his characters’ queerness, but with meager suspense, horror and plot. For starters: How do you make a horror film centering queer people that doesn’t re-trigger a group that is already brutalized in real life? “They/Them,” on the other hand, resorts to literal storytelling, which runs counter to what makes so many horror movies great.

Source: Huffington Post August 05, 2022 20:41 UTC