But all that camp goes hand-in-hand with the movies surprising queer themes.
And these arent wholly modern readings of the film, either.
Holland also said that “nobody got the queer reference when [Fright Night] came out.”
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“That’s never said, but that’s the subtext,” Holland explained.
But, in Hollands own words, its deeper than that.
Youll never grow old.
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And youll never die.
But you must feed.
Jerry tells Ed that he knows what it’s like to be “different.”
Ed’s character highlights the isolation LGBTQ+ people may feel, especially when theyre still closeted.
Holland said that he lost his first friend to AIDS sometime around 1979.
Are theremore open and positive representations of LGBTQ+ peoplein horror than what we see inFright Night?
Fright Nightis available to watch on Max in the U.S.
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