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How to talk so ghosts will listen…

This year’s addition to the Halloween bookshelf, made from a rain-damaged hardcover I found in a little free library with a broken door.

Photo of an old book with a worn, olive green cover on which I have added an off-white ghost and the words "How to Talk So Ghosts Will Listen... And Listen So Ghosts Will Talk"
Author SarahPosted on 11 September 20253 June 2026Tags art, books, ghosts, goth, ha ha, halloween, parents, toots

Queer Halloween Movies

I collected a bunch of these for a party. We watched two; I’m saving the rest for later.

Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

Dracula's Daughter

The screen’s first lesbian vampire. Ms. Dracula is drawn to young women and tries to get a big strong psychiatrist to cure her. That subtext is almost text. The tag line was “she gives you that weird feeling!”

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Author Posted on 31 October 201319 March 2017Tags ghosts, horror, movies, queer, vampires
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