Final Girl, Final Season 1 Episode!
Olivia and Jessie knew they could not pass up a bonus 13th episode to release on Friday, Oct. 13, during their favorite season: spooky season! If you've listened even once, you've probably heard us mention our love for horror movies. We frequently hang out to watch horror movies together, and they are really the BEST genre for exploring human emotions and imagination.
On this ep, we do a deep dive on some of the feminist themes central to the horror genre (including the Final Girl trope), and some of the scary movies formative to their childhoods (yes, we watched scary movies as kids and they deeply shaped our love for the genre!). Also somehow, we go a full hour+ and forget to mention The Ring.
Jessie's top five scary movies: The Ring, Halloween (1978), The Shining, It Follows, The Haunting of Hill House (yes, we can put shows on this list, it's our podcast, our rules). Honorable mention to Us, noted on the podcast, since she literally forgot The Ring and said on the episode "I feel like I'm forgetting an important one." Jessie has even watched and enjoyed The Ring on her birthday.
Olivia's top five scary movies: Nope, Suspiria, Hereditary, It Follows, The Haunting of Hill House (take the hint, what this show!)