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Raine Petrie
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London, Ontario

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Skip to Content RAINE PETRIE Work About Contact ABOUT RAINE PETRIE (they/he) is an illustrator, writer, video editor and film programmer based in London Ontario. A graduate of Fanshawe College’s Broadcasting: Television and Film Production program, Raine’s areas of interest include homoeroticism and transgender subtext in the horror genre, new wave, maximalism, cult/exploitation cinema and corn syrup blood. Raine is the Assistant Manager at London Ontario’s last remaining arthouse theatre HYLAND CINEMA, where they cut event trailers and curated preshows, assist in graphic design and film programming (including the series SYNTHSCAPES, Hyland’s annual “Godzilla New Year”, the mini-series “Marty March Madness” and a special event screening of “Pink Flamingos”), poster illustration, merchandising and digital marketing. They have also created film poster art for the PARADISE THEATRE for their series Drag Me to the Movies and Evil Women, and has been on the jury board for film festivals such as the FOREST CITY FILM FESTIVAL since 2023 and for BLOOD IN THE SNOW FILM FESTIVAL’s 2025 Horror Development Lab. Raine has also written for publications such as DREAD CENTRAL, LITTLE WHITE LIES, MOVIEJAWN and IN THE MOOD MAGAZINE. Interested in working with this movie mad scientist? CONTACT: [email protected]
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Skip to Content RAINE PETRIE Work About Contact SELECTED WRITING 2025 FEATURES Dread Central: Why Queer People Love ‘Re-Animator’ 40 Years Later 2023 FEATURES Little White Lies: David Byrne and the Autistic Euphoria of Stop Making Sense Gayly Dreadful: David Cronenberg: The Transsexuality of (Trans)formation Medium: The Homoerotic History of Re-Animator (Part 1 & 2) (Frequently Cited by Bloody Disgusting Podcast Horror Queers , and podcast The Whorrors!) Slay Away With Us: 1985: The Year of the Homoerotic Horror Film Slay Away With Us: Brain Damage: Celebrating 35 Years of Gay Phallic Worship (Frequently Cited by Bloody Disgusting Podcast Horror Queers) Medium: The Autistic Charm of 80’s New Wave MovieJawn: The Neurodivergent Appeal of The Sparks Brothers MovieJawn: Xanadu: An Ode to Otherworldly Camp In The Mood Magazine: Film Diaries: Face Like A Frog (Issue #7) FILM FESTIVAL WRITING Forest City Film Festival: 7 Powerful LGBTQ2+ Films To Catch at FCFF 2023 Previous FILM POSTER WORK Next VIDEO EDITING
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ABOUT
RAINE PETRIE (they/he) is an illustrator, writer, video editor and film programmer based in London Ontario. A graduate of Fanshawe College’s Broadcasting: Television and Film Production program, Raine’s areas of interest include homoeroticism and transgender subtext in the horror genre, new wave, maximalism, cult/exploitation cinema and corn syrup blood.
Raine is the Assistant Manager at London Ontario’s last remaining arthouse theatre HYLAND CINEMA, where they cut event trailers and curated preshows, assist in graphic design and film programming (including the series SYNTHSCAPES, Hyland’s annual “Godzilla New Year”, the mini-series “Marty March Madness” and a special event screening of “Pink Flamingos”), poster illustration, merchandising and digital marketing. They have also created film poster art for the PARADISE THEATRE for their series Drag Me to the Movies and Evil Women, and has been on the jury board for film festivals such as the FOREST CITY FILM FESTIVAL since 2023 and for BLOOD IN THE SNOW FILM FESTIVAL’s 2025 Horror Development Lab. Raine has also written for publications such as DREAD CENTRAL, LITTLE WHITE LIES, MOVIEJAWN and IN THE MOOD MAGAZINE.
Interested in working with this movie mad scientist?
CONTACT: [email protected]
From their website
Saved October 8, 2026. Details reflect the source at that time.
SELECTED WRITING 2025 FEATURES Dread Central: Why Queer People Love ‘Re-Animator’ 40 Years Later 2023 FEATURES Little White Lies: David Byrne and the Autistic Euphoria of Stop Making Sense Gayly Dreadful: David Cronenberg: The Transsexuality of (Trans)formation
Medium: The Homoerotic History of Re-Animator (Part 1 & 2) (Frequently Cited by Bloody Disgusting Podcast Horror Queers , and podcast The Whorrors!)
Slay Away With Us: 1985: The Year of the Homoerotic Horror Film
Slay Away With Us: Brain Damage: Celebrating 35 Years of Gay Phallic Worship (Frequently Cited by Bloody Disgusting Podcast Horror Queers)
Medium: The Autistic Charm of 80’s New Wave MovieJawn: The Neurodivergent Appeal of The Sparks Brothers MovieJawn: Xanadu: An Ode to Otherworldly Camp In The Mood Magazine: Film Diaries: Face Like A Frog (Issue #7) FILM FESTIVAL WRITING Forest City Film Festival: 7 Powerful LGBTQ2+ Films To Catch at FCFF 2023 FILM POSTER WORK VIDEO EDITING
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