Hiding behind monsters: spotting the queer in Hollywood’s horror movies
In a secluded opera box in 1931, Bela Lugosi as Dracula looms over Mina Seward, Jonathan Harker, and Lucy Weston. Weston recites a toast in jest, “Quaff a cup to the dead already, hurrah for the next to die,” and Lugosi is quick to respond:…