Final Girls

This episode is a love letter to nostalgic millennials who saved up their chore money for the Scholastic Book Fair. This week, we’re covering Deena from Fear Street 1994 (2021), a charming trilogy based on the Fear Street novels by R.L. Stine. Deena’s an angsty feminist punk Final Girl whose story isn’t just about surviving a killer curse, but also aggressively defending her culturally unaccepted relationship with the girl she loves. Will she save her girlfriend and beat the curse of Sarah Fier? Is Shadyside vs. Sunnyvale the same as Pawnee vs. Eagleton? Will we see a Babysitters Club revival? What are Sarah and Kellie’s old AIM screen names? Listen to find out!We changed our Patreon! We now only have ONE level for $5. This level has TWO extra podcast episodes per month. But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)

You’re invited to our Slumber Party! Just please don’t bring strawberry daiquaris, because who drinks those with pizza, honestly (other than Trish and her friends). This week we’re covering Trish and Valerie, the two Final Girls from the 1982 slasher cult classic The Slumber Party Massacre. This one follows all of the sleazy slasher beats, but it was written and directed by women, and we have quite a bit to say about it (namely, how doofy and loser-y the guys are all in it). But our First Amendment Rights™ will not be violated like Diane’s, you can count on that. We changed our Patreon! We now only have ONE level for $5. This level has TWO extra podcast episodes per month. But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)

This week, we're analyzing the Final Girl journey of Skye from Smile 2 (2024), an overworked and lonely NYC pop star fighting multiple demons - but only one of them is supernatural! This is a very rewatchable movie in a franchise we hope will only get better and better. But how does her Final Girl story measure up?We changed our Patreon! We now only have ONE level for $5. Our Patreons get TWO extra podcast episodes per month. But don't think of it that way. Think of this as a tip, or like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)

Who are we, you ask? Demons to some, angels to others 😈This week, we’re analyzing Kirsty’s Final Girl credentials in one of the most iconic franchises in horrorstory, Hellraiser (1987). She’s the trifecta of Final Girl resourcefulness with a perfect blend of physical strength, intellectual capability, and emotional awareness. We just wish she had a lot more screen time in this one.Listen to (or watch) Sarah’s guest appearance on Getting Offed, in which we talk about the Hellraiser theme song!Listen to Sarah and Kellie’s guest appearance last year on Blood in the Cornfields, in which we discuss Kirsty in Hellraiser 1 and 2!PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW! 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon!

Tales from the Crypt’s Demon Knight (1995) is one of the ZANIEST (see what we did there?) movies with a great Final Girl, and we love that about it. Jeryline is a gruff take-no-sh*t hotel employee on work release, played by Jada Pinkett in a very Ripley-esque performance. With practical effects and a wildly solid soundtrack, this is a don’t-miss movie that is guaranteed a good time.Check out Kellie’s Final Girl Playlist!PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW! 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon!

As usual, marijuana saves another disastrous day! If Idle Hands (1999) are the devil’s playground, it makes sense that a demonic entity would look for the laziest stoner to inhabit for its evil deeds. This is where our Final Dude Anton (Devon Sawa) comes in, along with our two Co-Final Girls Debi (Vivica A. Fox) and Molly (Jessica Alba), who battle the possessed appendage as it rips (lol) its way through town. This is our 4/20 episode, and of course we had to call in Eric to help us cover this one.Put some pants on and join us, baby snakes!PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW! 💕Find Eric at theheshfiles.comFind us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon!

Hot zombie survival tip: blend in by making your face vacant with a hint of sadness like a drunk who lost a bet. This week we’re covering the Final Girl adventure of Liz from Shaun of the Dead (2004). She’s sick of her boyfriend’s sh*t and his inability to act like an adult. And what woman hasn’t been there, so we don’t blame her - but can a zombie apocalypse save her relationship? Let’s find out.Warning, spoilers ahead!PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW!Visit us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon!

PUMP IT UP! This week, we’re not holding back while we dissect the heavy-handed messages in The Substance (2024) about aging, body dysmorphia, and the general f*ckery of being a woman who happens to get older. Elisabeth and Sue share the title of Final Girl in this one, because they both find themselves up against a sinister antagonist threatening their sense of worth: The Patriarchy (particularly The Hollywood Patriarchy.) Is this one of the few movies you can leave and then feel BETTER about yourself? We think so…Warning, spoilers ahead!PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND/OR REVIEW! Visit us at final-girls.comCheck out our Patreon

In this highly requested episode, we analyze Jawbreaker’s (1999) Fern Mayo/Vylette’s Final-ish Girl and her journey from invisible quiet nerd to Angelyne-coded bombshell. We cover if Julie is the TRUE Final Girl (probably) and the iconic Courtney (Satan in Heels) and the movie’s nasty candy namesake. She’s so evil, and she’s only in high school!Beware, spoilers ahead!PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW! 💕Visit us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon!

Good evening, Clarice! This week, we're covering the Final Girl story of Clarice Starling from The Silence of the Lambs (1991), one of our most competent Final Girls so far. Portrayed brilliantly by Jodie Foster, Clarice ABSOLUTELY is a Final Girl because she is vulnerable, strong, thoughtful, intentional, and just an overall badass. She feels like she has a lot to prove as a cadet in the FBI academy surrounded by a bunch of dudes who hit on her, and she does it all in spades. Warning, there are spoilers ahead!Note: we use he/him pronouns for Buffalo Bill in this episode, as the character has been universally accepted as identifying as male.Please leave us a rating and review!Visit us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon!

It might be a stretch to call Maud from Saint Maud (2019) a Final Girl, because there’s no slasher, no chase sequence, no one coming to save her — not even God. Her horror is internal, spiritual, and exquisitely lonely. This episode explores Maud as a woman desperate for meaning in a world that offers her none, and how that desperation turns her inward, toward Heaven, and then outward with devastating consequences.Spoiler Warning: This episode spoils everything and if you’ve seen it, yes – including the part you’re thinking about.PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW! It will get you into Heaven!Visit us at final-girls.comOur Patreon is live!

Put on your brightest 80s gear, listeners, for this week's discussion about Lisa from Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams' 2024 technicolor fever dream, Lisa Frankenstein! High school can be hell, but bringing a hottie gentile man from a different time period back to life can certainly help. In this episode, we breakdown Lisa's story and what we learned from it - like never chug a mystery concoction in a red solo cup at a party, and never use a tanning bed. But wait, there's more! Listen now!Visit us at final-girls.comOur Patreon is alive!

Let's all just agree now that we should not take shots of snake venom, even if Channing Tatum is giving it to you. K? This week, we're discussing the 2024 thriller-horror film Blink Twice and its Final Girl, Frida (played by Naomi Ackie), who finds herself on a billionaire's private island with a bunch of people she doesn't know. The island looks beautiful and colorful and fun, but is it... really? And is this movie's message that rich white guys get away with literally anything? Maybe. Listen to find out.Spoiler Warning: We're spilling all the tea on this one. Enter if you dare!Content Warning: The film and this episode alike discuss SA. If that is something you are sensitive to, please skip this week.Visit us at final-girls.comPatreon here!