Pink Panic. Lavender Menace. Rainbow’s Revenge. We’re serving up Gothic, slasher, supernatural, body, psychological, and generally toe-curling horror through a queer lens. From Frankenstein to Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and from Catherine Deneuve to The Babadook, the transgression of horror has often skewed a little…queer. We’re flinging open the closet door (don’t mind the masked man hiding behind our dressing gowns) and spotlighting the rainbow end of the horror spectrum. Gays lost in the woods? We’re into it. Lesbian vampires? We want them (seriously, call us). Trans Final Girls? Send them in. Experimental animation that speaks to the asexual experience? We’re here for it.
We set ourselves apart by building a community dedicated to queer creators and queer stories, from the campy to the truly skin-crawling. Horror has always embraced The Other, and queer folx around the world know a thing or two about being Othered. But we’re not alone.
Queer Fear Film Festival is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Who We Are
Tiffany Albright
Founder & Festival Director
Tiffany is a writer and producer based in Greensboro, NC. Her work centers on women and LGBTQ+ stories, and explores identity, gender, sexuality, and class in genre film. Seeking to make the queer horror community more visible and connected, she started Queer Fear Film Festival in 2021. She is also a founder of Lunar Kitchen Films.
Anna Crosby
Programming Coordinator
Anna is a recent graduate of UNC Wilmington with a degree in Film Studies and Sociology. Anna started as an intern at Queer Fear back in January 2022 through a program at UNCW. Anna has a passion for uplifting marginalized filmmakers and uses this as the foundation for all of the work done at Queer Fear Film Festival.
Ashley Bassett
Marketing Coordinator
Ashley is a recent graduate of UNC Wilmington with a degree in Film Studies and Creative Writing. She started as an intern at Queer Fear in August 2022. Ashley has a passion for writing and creating stories focusing on LGBTQ individuals. She strives to bring queer stories and films to the forefront while working with Queer Fear.
Fleur Wooten
Intern
Fleur is a senior at UNC Wilmington. She will graduate in the winter with a degree in Film Studies. Fleur is an experienced writer and live television producer by trade, and the executive producer of the short film Contempt (2023). She strives to make queerness a more commonplace element of every industry, not just film.