Episode 52: Good 4 Her - Femme Revenge Horror Part One

This episode was recorded on February 27, 2025 and posted on April 5, 2025. 

Content Warning: Light vulgarity. 

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 52
• Introductions to your Ghost Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Suzie aka Projectile Varmint
• Introductions to our guests - Sarah & Kelly of Final Girls Podcast
• Today’s Topic: Good 4 Her - Femme Revenge Horror

Defining the Femme Revenge Subgenre

• The history of rape-revenge media
• Ethics of creating and consuming rape-revenge media
• Are femme revenge films “male bashing” or “anti-feminist?”

The Coroner’s Report

• What are the ethics of creating and consuming rape-revenge horror? Do these films add to or subtract to the horror genre as a whole?

Media Discussion

• M.F.A. (2017)
• Promising Young Woman (2020)
• Revenge (2017)

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Sources

McAndrews, M. B. (2019, October 8). [Through Her Eyes] The history of Rape-Revenge films and the importance of female directors. Bloody Disgusting! https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3586210/eyes-history-rape-revenge-films-importance-female-directors/ Wikipedia contributors. (2025, January 16). 

Rape and revenge. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_and_revenge#:~:text=Rape%20and%20revenge%2C%20or%20rape,underground%20cinema%2C%20and%20arthouse%20cinema.