It’s been a decade since David Fincher’s adaptation of Gone Girl hit our screens and sent waves through society. Amy Dunne was villainous, vengeful, and… also kind of relatable. And while the story was grounded in its era, it’s in many ways even more relevant today. So let’s take a look back at the film, how its commentary on splits of the self, existing in the public eye, and the problem with the media all fit into our current world, and why Amy’s wrath still connects with audiences.

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From Wednesday to The Wilds to Euphoria to Stranger Things and beyond, the 2020s have already been filled with awesome Scary Teen Girls across the spectrum. Sometimes she's still a tyrant, or based on adult's fears of what teens are like, but no matter what, these modern portrayals have a new level of sensitivity and introspection, and have ramped up the horror to match the terrifying world these girls are up against. So join us in analyzing the newest crop of Scary Teen Girls in movies and TV to find out what makes their stories so impactful!

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In the 2000s & 2010s, the Terrifying Teen Girl - from Jennifer's Body's Jennifer to Mean Girls' Regina George to Thirteen's Tracy & Evie and beyond - started taking back her power in movies and tv by getting to tell her *own* story.

The teen girl had become a rather terrifying force in movies and tv at the end of the 20th century – adults just couldn’t understand what was going on with teens, and so this fearful, outsider perspective informed on screen portrayals. But as the 2000s and 2010s rolled around, the terrifying teen girl on screen began to enter a new, more powerful phase. These stories actually grappled with the harsh, conflicting realities that teen girls have to deal with (and many felt much more real because now they were actually written by people who had, y’know, actually experienced being a teen girl instead of just outside observers. From lack of control to oversexualization to the intricacies of war in Girl World, these teens were constantly being pushed to the edge – but they were always up for the challenge.

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Good For Her has evolved from a hilarious Lucille Bluth quote-turned-meme into a powerful Horror and Thriller subgenre, initially focused around a few select films: The Witch, Midsommar, Us, The Invisible Man, Knives Out, Gone Girl, Ready or Not, and the Suspiria remake. But not everyone agrees on what *really* makes a good Good For Her film. So let's take a deeper look at the subgenre's origins, the different ways it's been defined, and the real reasons that we all love Good For Her stories so much!

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Fight Club, David Fincher’s cult classic film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, was released a quarter of a century ago. It’s deeply rooted in the end-of-the-millennium Gen X malaise of the era of its release, but it’s also managed – even through decades of misinterpretation and misreadings – to continue to feel connected to our current world and experiences. So looking back now, 25 years after it originally hit theaters, what lessons can we take from the Narrator and Tyler Durden about surviving in our modern day?

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Modern Family’s Haley Dunphy was seen in a rather negative light by those around her, as a beautiful but empty package. And, okay, sure, she might not have been the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but over the course of the show we got to see how her outlook on life actually helped not only her but everyone around her. Not just a shallow airhead, Haley had a lot of tenacity and confidence, which helped her keep moving forward even when things didn’t go her way. So let’s take a closer look at how Haley was actually right about so many things.

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Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to 2019's Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular mad clown and Lady Gaga as Harleen “Lee” Quinzel, has surprised viewers, but… not for great reasons. It’s all led to audiences having a lot of questions. Like, why is this a musical (and why did they try to hide that fact?!) And, who is this even for? Let’s take a deeper look to uncover the answers to these questions and more.

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From Twin Peaks to Heathers to Teen Witch to Beetlejuice's Lydia Deetz to The Craft to Buffy and beyond, we're taking a look at the scary teen girl and... *why* she became so scary. There are certain characters who are iconic villains and monsters, but one scary figure in pop culture doesn’t outwardly appear so terrifying at all. She’s vengeful and ruthless, cold and cunning. She has the tactical prowess of a political mastermind and the calculating mind of a killer – and she does it all from behind a sweet, innocent facade. The teenage girl is at the heart of so many shows – and she’s only getting scarier. So when did Hollywood turn her so terrifying – and what’s driving the shift? In this three-part series, we’re going to take you on a trip into the history of the terrifying teen girl onscreen.

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Let’s unpack Agatha All Along, what the new series tells us about the infamous mage and how it explores long held misconceptions about witches.

WandaVision was a huge hit that kept audiences coming back week after week – and one of the most talked about and shocking moments was the reveal that Wanda’s quirky sidekick neighbor wasn’t at all what she seemed. Now it’s Agatha’s turn in the spotlight in the new series Agatha All Along, where we’re finally getting the opportunity to learn more about Agatha’s past, and maybe even her future.

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Go to http://zocdoc.com/thetake to find and book a top-rated doctor today. | Gossip Girl’s Dan Humphrey made his way to the very top of the elite society of New York City’s Upper East Side. In the finale, it was revealed that this upward climb wasn’t just a fluke of fate and circumstance but all part of a twisted bid to help him cement his place in this elite world. If we ignore the parts of his story that don’t make a whole lot of sense (like all of the times he was surprised by his own Gossip Girl blasts…) we can see that while Dan was shady, he wasn’t really wrong about how the world works and what one has to do if they really want to break their way into those kinds of insular, exclusive social circles as an outsider. So, let’s take a deeper look at the pretty dark lessons we learn from Dan’s story.

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