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If you thought the first Scream movie had gay subtext, Matthew Lillard thinks you’re right

Grant St. Clair
Oct 29, 2025
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As a member of the community myself, I’m tickled pink that we’ve selected Halloween as “the queer holiday.” Granted, I’m not totally sure how that happened, but I’m glad we have it — Santa doesn’t have quite the same raw animal magnetism as a scary masked guy with a knife.

Speaking of queerness and scary masked guys with knives, your homework for this po…

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