Nicolas Maury as porn star and potential victim Archibald Langevin.
Nicolas Maury as porn star and potential victim Archibald Langevin.
Nicolas Maury as porn star and potential victim Archibald Langevin in Knife + Heart, which opens at Grand Illusion tomorrow.

Gay people really like horror movies. It’s a fact that has plagued me.

My gay friends and partners are always offended when I tell them I don’t like horror. As if it were a moral failing. My current boyfriend once informed me that if I liked and watched horror movies, it would improve his quality of life. He said I should “rethink my choices.”

Thankfully for him, and my relationship, I’ve been introduced to a horror genre that has opened my eyes to the majesty of murder: giallo.

Chase Burns is The Stranger's former editor. He's covered everything from gay luchadores to chemical weapons to Isabella Rossellini's favorite pets.