Queer Slashers Style:Paperback operating under the shadow of

operating under the shadow of his oppressive occultist father

his complicated artist’s heart struggles to make peace with his unfulfilled dreams

and Paul becomes increasingly afraid that he can never live up to what Julian expects of him

myth and reality

Queer Slashers Style:Paperback operating under the shadow ofBy: Peter Marra From Norman Bates dressed as "Mother" in Psycho to the rouged cheeks of Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, many slasher icons have borne traces of queer and gender nonconforming behavior since the subgenre's very beginning. Queer Slashers presents the first book length study of how and why the slasher subgenre of horror films appeals to queer audiences. In it, Peter Marra constructs a reparative history of the slasher that