QUEENS OF THE DEAD: Tina Romero's "Big Gay Zombie Movie" Gets A New Poster & Trailer

QUEENS OF THE DEAD: Tina Romero's "Big Gay Zombie Movie" Gets A New Poster & Trailer

Tina Romero will continue her late father's legacy with Queens of the Dead, and a new poster and teaser for the "big gay zombie movie" have been released online...

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 13, 2025 09:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
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The late, great George A. Romero is widely credited as the originator of the zombie horror genre with his Night of the Living Dead trilogy, and his daughter, Tina Romero, is set to continue her father's legacy by putting her own unique spin on the undead apocalypse in Queens of the Dead, which is set to hit theaters just in time for Halloween on October 24, 2025.

The first trailer was released last month (see below), and Out Magazine has now debuted the first official poster art.

"I am his kid. There's no denying it. And he has influenced me greatly," Romero told Entertainment Weekly in a recent interview. "And this is his monster, this is his genre. I had fun doing my little Romero nods throughout the film, and we have some good ones."

"The zombie apocalypse is such a rich sandbox to play in when it comes to social commentary. I can't be my dad's daughter without making an attempt at saying something with zombies," she continued. "I did want this to be a film in which I am paying homage to the world and the monster he created, but I'm also introducing my own voice. It's very much not a film he would make, but it is using his vocabulary and is playing by his rules. As far as the queer element, on one hand, I just feel like the gays need a zombie film. It's time that we get to have a big gay zombie movie."

Check out the new poster and previously-released trailer at the links below.

According to the synopsis, “a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty undead.”

Queens of the Dead stars Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), Margaret Cho (Fire Island), Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw The TV Glow) and Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story). The cast also includes Nina West (Drag Race), Jaquel Spivey (Mean Girls), Tomas Matos (Fire Island), Quincy Dunn-Baker (No Hard Feelings), Becca Blackwell (Bros), Shaunette Renée Wilson (Black Panther), Dominique Jackson (Pose), Riki Lindhome (Knives Out), and Eve Lindley (Bros).

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JackDeth
JackDeth - 10/13/2025, 9:25 PM
This looks like it's gonna be FUN !!! Not a theater movie For me, but I'll watch it on streaming.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 10/13/2025, 9:37 PM
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Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/13/2025, 9:39 PM
So, zombies...but with gays.
How groundbreaking.

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WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 10/13/2025, 10:00 PM
More nonsense that no one wants and no one will watch.

Reboot the MCU and DCU
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 10/13/2025, 10:21 PM
"I just feel like the gays need a zombie film."
No they don't because Zombies have a universal appeal, you'd think the daughter of the dude primarily responsible for crafting the genre would already understand how far his films reached people.
ModernAudience
ModernAudience - 10/13/2025, 10:28 PM
"continuing her father's legacy" lol. K...
Humby
Humby - 10/14/2025, 6:52 PM
@ModernAudience - G.Romero would have been fully on board with this.
ModernAudience
ModernAudience - 10/14/2025, 10:51 PM
@Humby - Of course he would. It's his daughter. But it doesn't mean this flick would be "carrying on his legacy". Two completely different statements...
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 10/13/2025, 10:45 PM
I’m genuinely curious in getting a deep dive into what has happened to Hollywood. I have my beliefs, but would love to see a deep analysis about the current state of filmmaking in the mainstream.

It’s like a factory of ideas that are really detached from stories that would interest the broader audience, with just the occasional kind of story idea that interests normies.

I saw One Battle After Another. I was astonished at how well the movie was made while at the same time being astonished at how irrelevant and detached the story was from what your average moviegoer would be interested in, in my opinion.

There’s always been low budget silly movies but their concepts just seems to have almost entirely replaced the typical storytelling that used to be Hollywood’s bread and butter. Very odd time
thedrudo
thedrudo - 10/13/2025, 10:49 PM
@Lucasberg - I agree on One Battle.

Well made but there's not really a story within it that I could connect to. I give PTA some credit because he really doesn't make anyone out to look very good.
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 10/13/2025, 10:58 PM
@thedrudo - yes. Never bet against PTA. But the purpose of the movie felt incredibly lost… and hostile towards anyone outside of the left. Nothing subtle or universal in its appeal except for the craftsmanship of the movie of course.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/14/2025, 1:50 AM
@Lucasberg - thats kinda the point of the movie ..to show how irrelvant Is the leftist larp against just feel some real love.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 10/14/2025, 5:13 AM
@Lucasberg - It's Hollywood. These people have always been out of touch, but in many ways they were always sort of aspirational. You could look to them for certain social trends. They were the "cool kids" but since then social media has taken over.

It's like what podcasts did to late night tv. With a shrinking audience and a platform from a bygone era, late night has shifted to heavy handed one sided political posturing and grandstanding over entertainment. Hollywood has done this as well. Feeling their relevance wain, they have shifted to lullabies for their base.

Hollywood is like 99% left leaning so their movies and commentary reflect that. They have no interest in talking to the other half of the country and they don't seem to know or care what that does to their bottom line. Sure, it'll make the hive over at Reddit and BlueSky cheer for a few weeks in their bubble, but the rest of the country won't care to even watch it.

It's supposed be the entertainment industry. Something we can all watch and enjoy. Sure it can lean heavily one way sometimes but when that's always the case it just becomes boring and predictable. Just like Kimmel/Colbert/Meyers/Oliver/Stewart. The punchline will always be Republicans and Trump bad. (Please clap)

Well a lot of people don't want to be preached to by a group of people that despise them. So they will overlook technically well made movies because the intent is all wrong. I will give that movie praise for it's originality and how it was crafted, but I'm getting pretty tired of this kinda messaging.
mountainman
mountainman - 10/14/2025, 8:09 AM
@Lucasberg - Haven’t seen One Battle yet so I can only go off of what I have heard. That movie was made for the US culture Hollywood WISHES we had. And it was released 2+ years too late. Popular culture would have been more accepting of that movie a few years back. 2018-2022 seem like the years that movie could have been more popular.
mountainman
mountainman - 10/14/2025, 8:13 AM
@DarthOmega - Great summary of how industries that used to have monopolies on their markets have struggled now that people’s options are more open.

Regarding the hyper-partisanship we have seen at Hollywood in recent years, I think it’s less about trying to play to their base more and more about the fact that they literally think they are doing good in the world by pushing these causes and messages.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 10/14/2025, 8:27 AM
@mountainman - I do think they believe in much of what they say, but they are total hypocrites. Take Leonardo DiCaprio. Pretty much Hollywood's poster boy for climate hysteria. The guy flies to those speaking events in private planes producing more Co2 in some of those trip than most people would ever produce in a lifetime. I think they want to be seen as good people rather than actually be good people.
mountainman
mountainman - 10/14/2025, 8:57 AM
@DarthOmega - Yes but that’s what champagne socialists do. They preach an aesthetic that appeals to some people in the common class while living none of it. They know that the policies they advocate for will affect the common people but not them. Their advocacy of stricter gun laws to affect a normal person from being able to defend themselves while living in gated communities and surrounded by armed guards constantly is another example.

They are locked into the system. They only have their luxurious lives because powerful people allow it. And those powerful people demand that certain messages are pushed so they push them.

These millionaires singing “Imagine” from their mansions while most Americans were impacted in much more life altering ways during 2020 was a major mask off moment.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 10/14/2025, 9:11 AM
@mountainman - This short clip of Tupac explains your first paragraph perfectly.

https://youtube.com/shorts/jYFirRhQfaM?si=KLZKNP2LWilD_nuv

The same criminal element white people are afraid of, black people are afraid of. I remember seeing that clip years ago and it made so much sense. All of the criminals they advocate for. No cash bail, repeat offenders. The first and foremost affected by this are the people in that community.

I was a liberal. Then I started to see the cracks. So much of what they stand for ultimately produce destruction. I still think they're some principled, well intentioned people on the left. I just think they've been hijacked. Look at social media's reaction to Trump's historic actions in Israel and Gaza. Some are refusing to give him any credit. The man has been instrumental in ending about 8 conflicts across the globe. Crickets from them. At least the Clintons named Trump specifically yesterday. A rare human moment from them. Not so much with the other politicians.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 10/14/2025, 9:11 AM
@DarthOmega - 100% spot on.
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DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 10/14/2025, 9:15 AM
@TheFinestSmack - I don't watch Fox, so I don't watch Gutfield which is the closest thing to a late night show featuring conservatives. But if every late night show, daytime show, the majority of mainstream media and 99% of Hollywood all parroted conservative talking points I would feel weird. I'd feel like I was in a bubble. I'd feel like I was swallowing propaganda. I would actively seek out an alternative. The fact that many of them don't question any of it is very strange, but not so strange once you understand how cults work.
mountainman
mountainman - 10/14/2025, 9:38 AM
@DarthOmega - Just look at the responses from the poor people who live in the inner cities that the national guard has been coming into. They are appreciative that the crime is finally being addressed. Liberal politicians preach an aesthetic based on feels that sounds very appealing to middle class and above liberals. They advocate for mass illegal immigration, but those people don’t end up living in the neighborhoods with the rich liberals, they get put into poorer, mostly black and brown neighborhoods. Most people want to live in low crime neighborhoods or have affective deterrents to prevent themselves from becoming victims of those crimes.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 10/14/2025, 9:49 AM
@DarthOmega - Same, I don't watch any TV like that in any capacity, at least not anymore. Back when I was a progressive, I used to eat it all up, but at some point I began to realize that all 20 shows I was watching were all in lockstep with each other and it made me question everything.
ModernAudience
ModernAudience - 10/14/2025, 1:09 PM
@DarthOmega - well said
ModernAudience
ModernAudience - 10/14/2025, 1:19 PM
@mountainman - I think it's more about them thinking the likes they see on social media equate to the consensus of the general population.

They also added a lot of the dei trash due to receiving monetary kickbacks via esg scores. That's why I find it funny when people champion these corporations as if they care about anything other than their bottom line.




"Large film studios are motivated to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) elements into their movies and productions primarily to improve their ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) scores. High ESG scores attract capital from investment firms that prioritize socially responsible investing, which can increase a studio's stock price."
mountainman
mountainman - 10/14/2025, 2:26 PM
@ModernAudience - Yes many of us called this out 10 years ago when it started ramping up. The problem is that due to a variety of factors, they were able to pretend for a number of years that their views were held by the majority of the public. But now the public it outright rejecting them. I know Hollywood is pissed that One Battle After Another is a bomb. It’ll sweep awards season and all the expected pompous and disconnected from reality speeches will be spoken. And most people will be completely apathetic to it all. Hollywood and the corporate press will continue to decline as they have for the last decade or so. The big thing is we all have to push back on the internet censorship that is being attempted all over the world right now. They are trying to destroy the ability for the public to speak their opinions freely. This mostly impacts stuff far more important than films, but they would love us to just shut up and consume their products and if they can get more censorship over this topic under the guise of “hate speech” they will try for it.
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 10/14/2025, 5:28 PM
@DarthOmega - very well said dude. I think you’re largely correct. Hollywood doesn’t realize they’re no longer the cool kids…or in sensing that they’re no longer the cool kids they’re stomping around asserting themselves even HARDER lol
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 10/15/2025, 1:03 PM
@mountainman - well said. 2022 this may have played better. It's come crashing down now.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 10/16/2025, 9:15 AM
@Lucasberg - "the movie felt . . . hostile towards anyone outside of the left. Nothing subtle or universal in its appeal"

Man, I hate to say it, but get used to it. So long as the American right is primarily represented by MAGA, I wouldn't expect too many sympathetic depictions in contemporary art.
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 10/16/2025, 11:51 AM
@Clintthahamster - I think you're correct about that, which is a mistake on Hollywood's part. As a Christian, I am pretty conservative on most issues except a couple. Naturally then, many of my friends and people I interact with are also conservative (not all though - I have some raging leftys in my orbit).

Thing is; I don't know anyone as portrayed by Sean Penn or the Christmas crew (lol) - which are figureheads for the right in that movie. It seemed so detached from any reality that I experience that it almost felt like watching martians from outer space or something.On the other hand though, I interact with and know lots of people that remind of Leo's or Del Toro's characters.

And theres the rub: Hollywood I think is largely battling a fantasy that exists in their imagination. If they want to oppose the conservative viewpoint they should be doing it in good faith. At least portray your characters with some semblance to reality.

Movie was wildly entertaining but man, kind of a waste and I predict will do practically nothing to make a useful argument in surpport of the leftism its advocating for haha
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 10/16/2025, 12:16 PM
@Lucasberg - To be clear, I haven't seen OBAA yet, but I have read the book it was inspired by, so I understand that it's satire, not intended to be a realistic depiction of the real world. Beyond that, I'll hold off on any further commentary until I've watched the film (big fan of Thomas Pynchon and PT Anderson, and especially the latter's adaptations of the former's works.)
Lucasberg
Lucasberg - 10/16/2025, 2:21 PM
@Clintthahamster - oh yeah must see movie. I mean, I only know you through the comments here lol but I'm sure you're going to love the crap out of that movie.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 10/13/2025, 11:24 PM
Red hot comic book movie news.
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 10/14/2025, 9:07 AM
@Oberlin4Prez - shooting up your butthole
dracula
dracula - 10/13/2025, 11:39 PM
Whats going on with twilight of the dead
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 10/14/2025, 12:07 AM
George must me rolling in his grave right now. Not because he's a zombie, but because he's just disappointed.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 10/14/2025, 5:04 AM
@Mercwitham0uth - You were faster than me with the joke XD This is an insult to his legacy
DemonTweeks
DemonTweeks - 10/14/2025, 2:28 AM
for just a second there i thought the title card was another "restore the Snyderverse" movie but for his "of the dead" films
Santanaonfire
Santanaonfire - 10/14/2025, 3:24 AM
Here for it. But… George A. Romero TRILOGY? I guess Mark forgot about Land of the Dead, very much a continuation of the universe he created.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 10/14/2025, 3:51 AM


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