Trans people have always been in horror movies, but often either as corpses, fools, or monsters. Tonight, we celebrate the changing course of trans horror with two contemporary films by trans directors, both of which explore and celebrate transness as opposed to demeaning it. The films are as follows:

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

dir. Jane Schoenbrun

2021 // 1hr 26 mins // Digital Projection // English

Staring: Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, Turner Greaves, Holly Anne Frank, Carlos Zozaya

Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.

Terror, Sisters!

dir. Alexis Langolis

2019 // 28 mins // Digital Projection // French w/ English subtitles

Today is a day like any other for Kalthoum and her girlfriends. They sip cocktails, look for sex on the Internet, impatiently wait for love and once again, endure the transphobic insults of strangers. But today it’s not going to be like that: the four transgender friends will imagine their revenge.