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Today, we celebrate our Independence Day...courtesy of gay German director Roland Emmerich. As the summer blockbuster celebrates its 30th anniversary, we're looking back on an alien disaster film that scared young Trace (thanks to that alien autopsy scene) and turned Will Smith into a star.
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Horror Queers
Bloody FM · Film & TV · English
Each week, queer hosts Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman discuss a horror film with LGBTQ+ themes, a high camp quotient or both.
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