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Here’s how this campy ‘Friday The 13th’ sequel earned the nickname “FriGay The 13th”
Ch Ch Ch, Ah Ah Ah*Hear that? No, that’s not hockey-masked slasher Jason Voorhees rapidly approaching—it’s Halloween! With the spookiest of holidays right around the corner, it’s eerily serendipitous that today is Friday the 13th, no?Not that we needed an excuse to examine why another horror flick is actually a queer classic (we’re truly doing it all the time), but we couldn’t let the occasion go by without digging up an old favorite.In this case, that’s popular slasher franchise Friday The 13th‘s seventh entry, 1988’s Part VII: The New Blood, which has come to be known as “FriGay The 13th.” But how did it earn that nickname? Well, let’s get into it…First things first, Friday The 13th is a film series very much a product of its time. That is to say, the original run of movies are, on their surface, incredibly hetero, with brooding male heroes, damsels in distress, frequent slut-shaming (killing off characters who aren’t virgins)—they’re all-around not very progressive.But even still, gay fans have found a lot to love in these movies, not least of which is the generous amounts of beefcake eye candy.