'The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans' season two Scotty Kirby Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet debuted the first season of their drag competition series The Boulet Brothers' Dragula in 2016. Now, fast forward nearly a decade later, the main series is gearing up for its seventh season while the second reiteration of their all-star spinoff, Dragula: Titans, is currently airing. "I think when we first came up with the concept of the show, we knew where we wanted it to go," Dracmorda tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I think it's just literally a force of will that kept it going," Swanthula adds. Related Stories News Andrew Garfield and Katie Couric Among Anthem Awards Finalists (Exclusive) Movies Oscar Contenders 'Bugonia,' 'Sentimental Value,' 'It Was Just an Accident Make EFA Short List The Boulet Brothers' Dragula is a perfect blend of horror and competitive reality TV, differing greatly from fellow juggernaut RuPaul's Drag Race. The show recently earned its second wave of Emmy nominations, with the Boulet Brothers predicting it's only a matter of time before Dragula earns the coveted outstanding reality competition program. "I would love to see us snag an Emmy," says Dracmorda. "I think it would be important for what we do, but also it would be important for queer people in general, right? That a project that is so itself and unapologetically queer is recognized and respected, I think says a lot to society as a whole." In a chat with THR, the co-hosts tease how season two of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans will differ from season one, explain how the show differs from Drag Race, what they see in the franchise's future and which horror film franchise they'd want to join. *** This is the second season of Titans, which features a cast of former Dragula competitors. Looking back to the first season of Dragula to now, what has it been like to see what the show has evolved into? DRACMORDA It's been exciting, but I'm not gonna say it wasn't expected. It sounds arrogant to say, but I think when we first came up with the concept of the show, we knew where we wanted it to go. It was our first foray into TV, so we just believed it would happen (Laughs). You know, our dreams hadn't been crushed a hundred times. So I can't say that it's not something we imagined. SWANTHULA When we were younger and wilder and crazy enough to start our own TV project, people were telling us that it wasn't going to succeed, and you had to do it this way and you had to do it that way. But I think it's just literally a force of will that kept it going, and now it's evolved. And I feel grateful that a lot of the spirit we created way in season one has remained in the show. Somehow we have maintained a level of control where we don't water our concepts down, and the audience sees a true vision of what we want to create. Dragula is a spooky show, and we are deadset in the middle of spooky season. Where does both of your love for horror come from? DRACMORDA Horror is just a part of who I am. From as early as I can remember, I really loved the world of Halloween and horror movies. I [was] literally four or five years old watching Dracula by myself at my grandparents house while everybody's asleep at night. I don't know what it is about horror [that] just made me feel comfortable and a place that I wanted to exist in. SWANTHULA I was heavily involved in the theater. I love the drama and the theatrics of a haunted house, Halloween and horror, and in my world, it sort of all connected. It's like this dark fantasy, which I have always kind of felt connected to. Even in some of our other projects, there's always been kind of like this dark element, ever since I was a child. DRACMORDA And your mom said, "You can't just walk around wearing a black cape and black lipstick." And you were like, "You know what?" SWANTHULA Yes, I can (Laughs). Why do you both think queer people specifically resonate with the horror genre so much? DRACMORDA Oh, this is a big one. I think queerness and horror go hand in hand. If you look back to the origins of horror and film, look at James Whale, who directed some of the most famous universal monsters that we still talk about to this day. You know, queer people relate to the monster because you feel other in your life, so it's a very familiar feeling. And I think that queer people connect with those monstrous, misunderstood figures. Not to mention how many characters were the killer or the scary person in horror movies, and they happen to be trans or in drag or whatever. You think of Psycho, Dressed to Kill... SWANTHULA Rocky Horror Picture Show. I mean, there's a gigantic list of [films with] cross dressers as the scariest thing on earth. DRACMORDA The list goes on and on. I think queer people connect with