<i>Weeklings!</i>: A Gay's Guide to Halloween Scares (VIDEO)

In this edition of, I tell you what's actually frightening about classic horror films and point you to gay subtexts you may have missed. Yes, Cynthia Nixon makes a cameo.
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If you're like me, you'll be spending this weekend re-watching great Halloween cinema of yore: Halloween, Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Friday the 13th and anything where Vincent Price cackles like a lady. But have you actually considered why these movies are scary? In this edition of Weeklings!, I tell you what's actually frightening about classic horror films and point you to gay subtexts you may have missed. Yes, Cynthia Nixon makes a cameo.

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