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The new "final girl" in horror; plus, who's afraid of a horny hag?

The new "final girl" in horror; plus, who's afraid of a horny hag?

It's Been a Minute vor 2 Jahren

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Halloween is upon us — and it's the season for horror movies. Host
Brittany Luse is a HUGE horror girlie, but loving horror also means
critiquing it. Today, we're breaking down two major figures in
horror: the final girl and the horny hag. First, Brittany chats
with Dr. Kinitra Brooks, Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair of
Literary Studies at Michigan State University, about what it means
when the final girl is a Black woman. And later, Brittany is joined
by horror author and film critic Gretchen Felker-Martin to discuss
what's behind the horny hags in movies like X and Barbarian — and
what that trope tells us about how we feel about older women in our
society.

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