It’s SHOW-Kat.
Welcome to October, y’all! After the last few weeks talking lesbian vampires, urban legends and <checks notes> Vegas Showgirls, we’re ready to break out the big guns for the pumpkin month.
To kick things off, we’re revisiting queer screenwriters (and real life couple) M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller‘s great meta horror-comedy, The Final Girls (2015). This fun, clever and emotional film follows Max (Taissa Farmiga) as she has a second chance to connect with her deceased mother (Malin Akerman) when she and her friends – including The Vampire Diaries‘ Nina Dobrev and Green Room‘s Alia Shawkat – are sucked into campy 80s slasher film, Camp Bloodbath. The problem is that now they have to find a way to survive until the final reel!
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Episode 94 – The Final Girls (2015) feat. Jenn Adams
This week on the podcast, we’re escaping into the movies (literally) to revisit queer screenwriters M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller’s meta horror-comedy The Final Girls. Joining us at Camp Bloodbath is Jenn Adams, co-host of Psycho Analysis Podcast and The Losers Club Podcast, who has a deep appreciation for the film’s emotional beats.
We spend plenty of time unpacking this comfort horror film, particularly the mother/daughter relationship between Malin Akerman and Trace’s fave, Taissa Farmiga, and Vicki (Nina Dobrev)’s redemptive arc.
Plus: disagreements over Adam Devine and Thomas Middleditch’s humor, getting sidetracked talking about everyone’s filmography and the apex of Joe’s inability to pronounce names correctly.
Cross out The Final Girls!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re getting psyched up for Netflix’s re-adaptation of the famed Daphne DuMaurier novel Rebecca with a look back at Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 masterpiece.
– Joe & Trace
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