Dear Final Girl

Friends don't let friends watch Troll 2...ALONE. A letter from Justin inspires us to watch the best worst movie ever made and explore the topic of peer pressure. Plus the ill effects of meat eating as Laura orders a second steak.

Horrorgins returns with a new look at the people who love the genre. In honor of Valentine's Day, Martin Shelby (@Gemini_Nights) shares his own first forays into adoring genre fare and beyond.

Everyone has a story about their introduction into horror and Dear Final Girl is ready to listen. This week, artist TJ Denton (@TDenton_1138) reveals the importance of Halloween and Psycho 2 in his love of the genre. 

Laura and Tam head out on a voyage of discovery with Ari Aster's Midsommar. How do you conquer fear and find fulfillment? Should we be more open to the world? Is a bear just a bear? Questions of life (and Swedish festivals) as we read a heartfelt letter from Kim. Plus book recommendations out the wazoo.

Dear Final Girl isn't done with @CreepiesRobin just yet. In this latest edition of Horrorigin Stories Robin Harrington discusses how family shaped her unending love for the genre.

Film: The Witch (2015). It’s the 1600s and you know what that means, hints of witchcraft and the usual puritanical blame game. Get ready Black Phillip; Laura and Tam are on the case to solve some very devilish mysteries. MutantFam favorite and friend of the show @CreepiesRobin joins in on the action.

Film: Black Christmas (1974), Surviving the holidays takes on new meaning for some fierce sorority sisters. This Week’s Letter: Knowing what you want but not how to say it. Plus Tam and Laura give the gift of horror history as they debate how older films stand up to today’s culture while kitties run amok in the background.

Film: Friday The 13th (1980), you don’t have to love the Final Girl to appreciate her strength. Monstrous kettles, a damaged Final Girl, warnings from the townsfolk. This Week’s Letter: Troubles with parental pressure and learning to do it on your own. Plus: Nasty Women, the Brenda/Alice foil, meet them at the door.

“Many of us wanted our monsters back.” Friend of the show Isaac Thorne describes discovering Fright Night and how this mid-80s throwback filled with “gore, scares, rock and roll, comedy and bare breasts” made it OK for a 14-year-old boy to love horror movies. Check out this first mini-sode of Dear Final Girl’s Origin Stories series!

Film: Vertigo (1958), not your typical Final Girl flick but then again what is? Eyebrow goals, male messiahs, hope, wandering. This Week’s Letter: Anxious in TN struggles with fear. Getting stuck in the moment, keeping options open, do what scares ya. Plus Tam talks Elizabeth Gilbert, weed. Laura nurples the hubs, abuses air quotes.