Final Girls

She came to detox. The forest had other plans. Fede Álvarez’s 2013 reimagining of Evil Dead features a Final Girl, Mia, who is fighting addiction AND ancient demons. And the literal fires of hell. This week, we’re joined by two guests and friends, Matt from Getting Offed and Katie from ShElite Showcase, to dig into Mia’s Final Girl arc and all the blood-soaked symbolism it unleashes.

Spoiler warning: This episode is raining blood and spoilers.

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OOBIE DOOBIE MOTHERF**KER! Dangerous Animals (2025), Zephyr is a closed-off American surfer chasing freedom on the open Australian water, but when a shark diving boat operator picks her as his prey, she has to battle something far more sinister than what’s lurking beneath the surface. Zephyr’s Final Girl arc goes from self-contained loner to reluctant warrior, and we this week we unpack how the film delivers one of the most feral third-act fights and transformations we’ve seen in a long time.

Spoiler warning: This episode contains spoilers and gory details!

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Let's take a road trip (but not for a dude)! This week we are driving up to Bodega Bay to talk about The Birds (1963) and our sharp-tongued, fur-coat-wearing Final Girl, Melanie Daniels. What begins as a flirty little prank quickly turns Hitchcockian nightmare when birds begin attacking without explanation. We dig into the gender politics of Melanie’s transformation from socialite to survivor and how the film weaponizes nature and femininity in equal measure. Is it horror? Is it camp? Is it a cautionary tale about chasing a man? Either way, Melanie earns her spot in the Final Girl canon.

Spoiler warning: We’re spoiling the plot and the pecking. You've been warned.

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Your parents always said they brought you into this world… and in this one, they’re ready to take you out. This week we talk about the unhinged chaos of Mom and Dad (2017) and Carly, our Gen Z Final Girl who’s just trying to survive a sudden epidemic turning parents into murderers.

Spoiler warning: This episode contains spoilers!

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They picked the wrong girl. This week, we’re heading intoThe Hunt (2020) to talk about Crystal, arguably one of the most calculated Final Girls we’ve ever seen. Crystal doesn’t scream or run. She barely even blinks. And yet, she delivers one of the most cathartic, quietly feminist takedowns in recent horror history.

Spoiler warning: If you haven’t seen The Hunt, you might want to pause here and go watch.

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When your house is haunted, but so is your marriage. This week we’re talking about Claire Spencer from What Lies Beneath (2000), the gaslit, ghost-seeing housewife who learns the call is coming from inside her relationship. We get into Claire’s eerie Final Girl arc and why trusting your gut might be the most dangerous thing you can do when your husband’s hiding skeletons in more places than one. We also dive into the film’s Hitchcockian vibes if Hitchcock ever went full ghost story, and why this supernatural thriller taps into gothic horror, gaslighting, and the terror of not being believed.

Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t seen What Lies Beneath, go watch it before you take a bath.

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LIVE FROM GHOULIECON! ✨ We’re lost in the woods with Heather Donahue from The Blair Witch Project (1999), the chaotic queen of found footage and one of the most debated Final Girls in horror history. Is she a control freak? A victim of misogyny? Or just the only one trying to not die in the woods? We recorded this episode LIVE in front of an audience at GhoulieCon on July 20, and it was an extra special one because our Scream Things picked Heather as our Final Girl for this episode.

Spoiler Warning: If you don’t know how this one ends, bless your VHS-deprived heart.

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They still know what you did and we still don’t know why this movie exists. This week, we’re talking about Julie & Karla from I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, aka the sequel that proves not every Final Girl deserves a follow-up. We hated this movie (not even in a fun way), but trust: it made for one of our most chaotic, laugh-out-loud episodes yet. White Guy Rasta Jack Black? This movie somehow manages to be moderately offensive and so dumb while trying to be deadly serious.

Spoiler Warning: If you’ve seen it, you know. If you haven’t… you’re probably fine.

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Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) goes from small-town golden girl to survivor in I Know What You Did Last Summer, a film that asks: what if your worst mistake came back with a hook? This week, we unravel Julie’s transformation from trembling honor student to one of the most iconic Final Girls of the late ’90s.

Spoiler Warning: This episode contains major spoilers for I Know What You Did Last Summer and the sequel that… maybe we all kinda forgot?

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For Final Girls' 4th of July episode, we're The Purge: Election Year (2016), and Elizabeth Mitchell’s Senator Charlie Roan. Senator Roan transforms personal trauma (watching her family murdered during a Purge) into a fierce political campaign to abolish the ritual once and for all. This week, we discuss Senator Roan's Final Girl energy, whose platform puts her directly in danger. We also ponder whether she's really the star of this movie, and if Frank Grillo is a Final Daddy.

Spoiler Warning: This episode contains The Purge: Election Year spoilers, political violence, and a pulse-pounding fight for democracy.

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