ep. 164: True Crime, Horror & Women
Women dominate both true crime and horror but in unexpectedly different ways. Bobbi Miller (The Afternoon Special) and Cristen dig into true crime media, fandom and white ladies’ fascination with serial killers. Then, film critic Amy Nicholson (Unspooled) reframes horror as “the genre that has always belonged to women,” the origin of the Final Girl trope and an iconic scary movie worth rewatching.
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Nasheed, Jameelah. Black Women Filmmakers Are Leading an Exciting Era for Horror Movies. Teen Vogue. Mar 31, 2022.
Sayles, Justin. The Bloody Bubble. The Ringer. July 9, 2021.
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Zhou, Maya. Evolution of the Final Girl: Exploring Feminism and Femininity in Halloween (1978-2018). Scripps Senior Thesis. 2019.
