As a lesbian, obviously, I love gay cinema. But tbh what I love more than gay cinema are those movies that aren’t gay but there’s one character who is and they don’t explicitly say it. I love being teased and spending the whole movie trying to spot all the signs. The character of Theo is a lesbian in The Haunting of Hill House but I didn’t realize that she has been a lesbian since the source material. So my thought process through this was like:Oooh she’s hot who is she? She’s wearing a tie okay maybe that was a popular fashion choice for women. Why did she just called Eleanor her “companion” while raising a glass to her lips. Why is she looking at her like that i-[What scares you, Theodora?] Knowing what I really want. Wait....does she want....coochie?!And then it’s even better when other characters also know because you’re like 👀‼️🆘I’d rather be innocent than like you!Bro.......The world is full of inconsistencies. Unnatural things. Nature’s mistakes they’re called. You, for instance.oH MY GODHomophobic, sure, but the rush it gives you! The gasps! I love that shit. Another thing that comes to mind is I remember watching a Shirley MacLaine interview where she says that she didn't know that she was playing a lesbian in The Children’s Hour. Like, okay boomer, but I wonder if Robert Wise was like “Okay, Claire, listen, Theo is a lesbian so be gay but like...subtle” because the way she says “No” when Eleanor asks her if she’s married made me scream! I’m sure she was told beforehand, but also I wonder if some actors are truly left in the dark just like the audience at the time was because the ESP aspect of her character was definitely only there so that audiences wouldn’t pick up on the lesbianism and lose their minds. Anyway, this is some great horror spookiness. Watch it!!
