LGBT themes first popped up in horror literature during the 1790s and 1800s, when gay gothic authors – the likes of Matthew Lewis, William Thomas Beckford and Francis Lathom – wrote these stories as a subliminal expression. It got me curious about how this trend first started out and how it has developed. I was always aware of the homosexual subtext of the movie ever since I first watched it as a teenager, but as I grew older, I noticed more and more that were a lot of stories that focused on vampires with underlying LGBT themes. “For whatever reason, vampires work best when sucking blood is a thinly veiled metaphor for sucking cock…”ĭespite the brashness of the word choice, I couldn’t help but agree with this point. In particular, the conclusion of the article really caught my attention. When I was doing my research for a The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate review, I came across an article that examined the underlying gay tones of the film Interview With The Vampire.
