Final Girls

A quick detour to check on a family grave turns into a nightmare for Sally Hardesty and her friends. Trapped in the heart of Texas with a family of cannibals, Sally must endure a nightmare chase that will push her to the very edge of survival. This week, we discuss how Sally embodied the Final Girl trope, the raw terror of her performance, and why The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remains one of the mo...

What do you do when the love of your life who bailed right after you survived a collective horror comes waltzing back into town a decade later… just in time for the anniversary of said trauma? That’s the nightmare facing this week’s Final Girl, Sarah ( My Bloody Valentine , 2009), played by Jaime King. As a masked killer with a pickaxe and a penchant for carving out hearts terrorizes her town agai...

Your high school BFF is sometimes your biggest downfall. Just ask Anita "Needy" Lesnicki (played by Amanda Seyfried), a Final Girl unlike any other. This week, we sink our teeth into Needy as a Final Girl in Jennifer’s Body , dissecting how the film flips the male gaze on its head and explores the intensity of female friendships. We also dig into Needy’s struggle to understand Jennifer’s newfound...

Maxine Minx is a final girl with ambition as sharp as her instincts. Played by the incomparable Mia Goth, Maxine claws her way through Ti West’s X trilogy, proving that in 1980s Hollywood, fame is about survival. With dreams of stardom and a ruthless will to succeed, she’ll do whatever it takes to secure her place on the Walk of Fame… even if it means leaving a bloody trail behind. Spoiler Warning...

Selena from 28 Days Later is the Final of all Final Girls. She slashes her way through rage-infected chaos across the English countryside alongside her makeshift family. But Selena’s journey stands apart from most final girls because her redemption arc doesn’t come from simply outlasting the nightmare. Instead, her survival is rooted in something deeper—learning to build a family unit to endure th...

Some Final Girls fight their way to survival, while others outsmart their foes. Karen Davis from The Grudge falls into the latter category, relying on her heightened intuition and resourceful problem-solving to endure a relentless, supernatural curse. Widely regarded as one of the most chilling and unsettling horror films, The Grudge delivers terror at every turn. Join us as we dive into how Karen...

What’s more badass than going feral in a blood-soaked battle for survival? In our debut episode, we’re diving deep (pun intended) into the unforgettable Final Girl of all Final Girls: Sarah from the 2005 horror masterpiece, The Descent . Join us as we break down her transformation from grieving adventurer to primal warrior. We’ll explore the claustrophobic terror and the raw power that makes Sarah...