To close the first season of Dames Macabre, Meaghan and Alex explore Buffy's journey as a modern-day Gothic Heroine and Final Girl by drawing parallels with medieval Virgin Martyrs in Buffy's Season 1 finale , "Prophecy Girl" (S1.E12). The episode dissects the cinematic elements and cultural references that make "Prophecy Girl" a standout, while also touching on the thematic depth of Buffy's character as she faces her prophesied death.

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Dr Alex Carabine: @decadence.and.dark.ages ; literatureunlocked.org

Dr Meaghan Allen: @morbid.mae

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

- Carol J. Clover, Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (Princeton University Press, 1992).

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