http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/dwight-frye-gets-the-girl/ david cairns Sat, 18 May 2013 13:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/dwight-frye-gets-the-girl/#comment-54982 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:27:16 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=20577#comment-54982 It’s particularly striking and piquant in Blacula.

]]> http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/dwight-frye-gets-the-girl/#comment-54975 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:18:38 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=20577#comment-54975 One of the things that MONSTER IN THE CLOSET book, the one Harry Benshoff wrote about horror movies and queer implications, is good at is talking about the eroticism implicit in the monster/henchman relationship — notably in the relationship between Lugosi and Frye in the Browning DRACULA.

]]> http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/dwight-frye-gets-the-girl/#comment-54774 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:49:45 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=20577#comment-54774 Oh, La Faustin. There’s been much talk of Dwight’s camp value thus far, but nothing approaching what’s on display in your clip! I tip my oversized golfing cap at you. xxx

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