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by Sarah Spurlock and Kellie Nicole Hill
Final Girls is a dynamic podcast that dives deep into the world of horror by examining one iconic final girl per episode. Co-hosted by Kellie and Sarah — both UC Davis alumni with strong academic backgrounds — each episode explores the final girl's journey in detail, from the creative escape scenes that have become cult favorites to the narrative complexities that define their battles against overwhelming odds. Final Girls celebrates the spirit of women who fight back, inviting listeners to rethink classic horror tropes and appreciate the empowering narratives that make these characters enduring cultural icons.
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- 1 weeks ago48 min
Ripley from Alien (Replay)
Original Air Date: April 9, 2025In space, no one can hear you scream! In Alien (1979), Sigourney Weaver redefined what a Final Girl could be: smart, resourceful, emotionally grounded, and completely unafraid to torch a xenomorph when it comes down to it. This week, we board the Nostromo and break down Ripley’s iconic status and why her legacy still looms large over the Final Girls canon.Join our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
- 2 weeks ago1 min
Final Girls Season 3 Announcement!
Hey listeners! We love this show, we love all of you, and we are stoked to have been doing this podcast for almost a hundred episodes! As you can imagine, we need a little break from time to time, so we will be back with brand new Final Girl episodes for Season 3 on December 9th. With that said, we’re NOT going radio silent! We have a few new regular Final Girls episodes we are going to debut on our Patreon, so be sure to sign up on our website at Final-Girls.com. $5 a month gets you those two new episodes during the break AND the full catalog of Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-Ish Girls, panels, interviews, discussions, face offs, and more!And we aren’t going radio silent on our social media OR our main podcast feed during the break either - so stay tuned for more!Thank you for being faithful, wonderful listeners, and we can’t wait to be back for Season 3. You’re not going to want to miss our first final girl of Season 3 - to give you a hint, she’s one everyone has been SCREAMING at us to cover.Until the next final girl showdown, stay spooky!
- 3 weeks ago54 min
Regan from The Exorcist
What an excellent day for an exorcism! This week we’re covering the head-turning story of poor Regan from The Exorcist. We go into Regan’s journey from sweet 12-year-old wingwoman to her mom, Chris, to possessed pre-Deadite projectile vomiting pea soup, to scuffed up 12-year-old again, and we also cover all the spooky things that happened during and right after the movie’s production. So press play and we’ll let Captain Howdy know you’re joining us!Join our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
- Oct 7, 20261h 9m
Mary from Backrooms
This week we’re covering the Final Girl of one of two Summer 2026 Barbenheimer for Sickos movies, Backrooms (Obsession is the second). Like so many female characters in horror movies these days, Mary is left to deal with a whiny man-baby who can’t hold himself accountable for the sh*tty way he’s treated women, so that’s her first Final Girl fight. But there are many more FG fights she encounters, including escaping a scary tall pirate and getting trapped in the World’s Creepiest Bile-Hued Liminal Space. It’s safe to say this movie is straight up psychological TERROR, and Kellie is here for it (Sarah doesn’t need to see it again.)Join our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
- Sep 30, 202653 min
Kristen from The Strangers
Nothing - and we really mean NOTHING - good happens after 3am, so if you get a knock at your door around that time after a particularly rough night with your significant other, DO NOT OPEN IT. This week we’re covering Kristen from The Strangers (2008), a movie that feels different in 2026 because of the massive shift in the genre. It is always lauded as one of the scariest movies ever, so is Kristen’s Final Girl journey worthy of that praise? Listen now! And RIP to the Golden God himself.Click to listen to our Hush episode on Spotify or AppleJoin our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
- Sep 23, 202659 min
Morticia from The Addams Family (1991)
“I would kill for her! I would die for her! Either way, what bliss!” This week we’re taking it back to the 90s with Morticia from The Addams Family (1991). This movie is basically a live action cartoon, but we love it and we love her. It may be a bit of a stretch to call Morticia a Final Girl, but she is the matriarch of a family of outsiders - and in this episode we dive into her confident, unbothered journey when a con artist mother/son duo try to take the Addams’ for all they’re worth.Join our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
- Sep 16, 202654 min
Rocky from Don't Breathe
Rocky from Don’t Breathe (2016) fits all the definitions of a Final Girl, yet this movie is still deeply unpleasant and a very difficult watch. But she does have some great moments, and in this episode we cover all of them. We also dive into ladybug tattoos and the trope of Detroit as shorthand for urban blight, as well as how gross visuals are fun in Evil Dead ways but not in story lines that feature SA. Listen now!Join our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
- Sep 9, 202651 min
Trish from Jeepers Creepers
Which is scarier: The Creeper, or Justin Long’s early 2000s tribal rose tattoo? This week we’re covering a highly requested Final Girl, Trish from Jeepers Creepers (2001). Trish is road tripping it home from college with her kid brother, Derry, and his garbage bags of laundry when they encounter a creepy truck and its creepier driver. And instead of minding their business, Derry forces them to investigate, which sets off a chain of events that puts one of the coolest, scariest horror villains on their tails. Is Trish the ultimate Final Girl because of her boldness and bravery?***CONTENT NOTE*** We understand that this may be an episode some listeners will want to skip because of the horrific crimes of the filmmaker. We completely understand and support you passing this week, if that’s you. We do not discuss him or his crimes in the episode; we focus entirely on Trish’s journey. Like many podcasters who cover entertainment, we are always trying our best to ethically navigate an industry full of predatory male executives while still giving props to badass femme characters, as well as the hundreds of people involved in production who pour their hearts into the art form we all love.Check us out on Sean’s Horror Corner, covering all four of the Jeepers Creepers movies:Jeepers CreepersJeepers Creepers 2Jeepers Creepers 3Jeepers Creepers RebornJeepers Creepers Franchise Review LIVEJoin our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)
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About Final Girls
Final Girls is a dynamic podcast that dives deep into the world of horror by examining one iconic final girl per episode. Co-hosted by Kellie and Sarah — both UC Davis alumni with strong academic backgrounds — each episode explores the final girl's journey in detail, from the creative escape scenes that have become cult favorites to the narrative complexities that define their battles against overwhelming odds. Final Girls celebrates the spirit of women who fight back, inviting listeners to rethink classic horror tropes and appreciate the empowering narratives that make these characters enduring cultural icons.
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