Hosts Dana Vespoli and Shannon Rogers discuss the films The Substance and Promising Young Woman, exploring themes of feminism, The Gothic, biblical imagery, and the social pressures faced by women as they age. 

Links:

The Substance IMDB page:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/

Promising Young Woman IMDB page:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol Clover:

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691166292/men-women-and-chain-saws

Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman M.D.

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/judith-lewis-herman-md/trauma-and-recovery/9780465061716/?lens=basic-books