“Lesbian Vampire Killers is feminist” – writer Matthew Horne
January 9th, 2009
Writer and star of new brit-flick Lesbian Vampire Killers Matthew Horne has hit back at criticism of the film from lesbian and feminist groups.
In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Horne says the film is “far less gratuitous, both sexually and violently, than you could ever imagine from the title.”
The film should in fact appeal to feminists, believes Horne: “[The vampires are] very strong women! So you can read it as a feminist text as well.”
“You’ve got to take this film tongue in cheek. It’s a very camp affair. And nobody is saying that all lesbians are murderers.”
Horne’s next film role may not endear him to LGBT groups any more than Lesbian Vampire Killers. Horne will star in a British film called Seeing Iris as Scotty, a man who, in Horne’s words, “gets accidentally hypnotised into being a transvestite”.
Lesbian Vampire Killers is released on 20 March. Watch the trailer:
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tbf i think people get discriminated against because they make such a fuss.
kirsty ∼ January 11th, 2009 12:37 amim gay and i dont care
it looks funny, their not being harsh, sfilms with strtraight people could moan cos theres so many films with straight murderers.
its stupid get over it.
I agree with kirsty, I haven’t been able to watch it yet but from the title it seems like a good movie…I’ll post further after I watch it but so ar I see no problem wit it
Blueyed Pheonix ∼ January 18th, 2009 6:17 amIm Bi, n’ work in a cinema n’ we’ve just started promoting it, its gettin a lot of intrest, n’ i agree ther not bein gratuitous, its just a funny brit flick..its a piss take lighten up ppl…wer becomin far too PC.
Bex ∼ January 31st, 2009 2:50 amI’m a little uncertain about how to feel about this movie.
Jenny ∼ March 3rd, 2009 12:05 amIt sounds like its gonna be full of cliches and stereotypes, with evil murderous lesbians. Yet it seems pretty light-hearted, not taken seriously.
I’m probably more pissed of about it because of the attention its got just by featuring “lesbian” in its title and advertising - but thats more a reflection on the media or society, rather than on this actual film.
I don’t think he did write it though, did he? According to Wikipedia it was written by Stewart Williams and Paul Hupfield. Both of whom ought to be ashamed of themselves, as should Horne and Corden…
Kez ∼ March 28th, 2009 6:00 pmI don’t think anyone’s offended because they think the movie is showing all lesbians to be killers, that’s really missing the point. Or that it’s politically incorrect or anything, really, everyone has their movies that they love in spite of it being offensive to someone somewhere.
It honestly sounds too dumb to be offensive. And boring. That’s what I’m offended by - it makes lesbian vampires sound boring!
Bon ∼ March 31st, 2009 6:11 pm