A leading taxpayer-funded California university will host what organizers are calling a “demonic” drag show steeped in the occult later this month. Known as “Drag me to hell,” the horror-themed drag festival is being marketed as a “one-of-a-kind Halloween event” for students.
“Join us for a festive night of dancing, drag, and dress-up!” reads the event description on the University of Southern California’s website featuring grotesque videos of men dressed as caricatures of women covered in blood and demonic regalia.
“Drag Me to Hell is a one-of-a-kind Halloween event inspired by queer pioneers in 1930s–60s Los Angeles who found refuge in science-fiction fandom and the occult underground,” the invitation continues.
Among other highlights, the event will feature “demonic drag performances” by performers who go by names such as “Specimen Scythe.” It will also include “world-renowned Dragula stars” Vander Von Odd and HoSo Terra Toma, the description says, adding that HoSo is short for “little fxxxxt” in Korean