Final Girl Project

Ever had a night terror or a vivid nightmare that left your heart pounding after you woke up? Then you have something in common with Final Girl and OG badass Nancy Thompson! Nancy’s friends are being killed one by one by Freddy Krueger, a filthy child murderer seeking revenge by slaughtering the innocent kids on Elm Street. Come investigate with us as we analyze Nancy’s thought process, her actions, decisions, and her inner strength. Will Nancy be able to confront and defeat the evil that lurks in her unconscious dreams or will she be butchered like her friends on Elm Street?
Following the original Nightmare movie, Amanda and Jesse will talk about real life final girl Kelly Herron. While training for a marathon, Kelly is attacked by a man when she enters a bathroom. Using what she knows in tandem with the fact that her body is pumping with blood from her run, she’s able to put some hurt into her attacker and escape! Kelly’s brave actions and quick thinking resulted in the capture of this bad guy!
https://medium.com/fearless-she-wrote/kelly-herron-defeated-her-sex-offender-and-launched-a-movement-eac84bed7703

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Listen in this as we analyze final girl Laurie Strode played by Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween! In 1963 Michael Myers brutally killed his sister Judith and was then placed under the care of Dr. Loomis at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. After fifteen years under his care, Michael escapes the day before Halloween in 1978 to continue what he started in Haddonfield at age 6. We see Laurie as a somewhat introverted and timid high school student with a strong head on her shoulders who has plans of babysitting Halloween night. Can Dr. Loomis make it in time to stop this masked evil from terrorizing the town of Haddonfield? Will Laurie be able to defeat the boogeyman to save herself and the children she's babysitting? Grab a blanket to cozy up as we unpack details about how Laurie tries to survive this dreadful terrifying night!
Real life final girl Cynthia Vigil escaped the demonic torture of the Toy Box Killer named David Ray Parker and girlfriend Cindy Hendy. She was held captive for three days while unspeakable things were done to her, yet, somehow in all of the despair, she found the inner strength and will to survive. This is a bone-chilling tale of a real life bad ass woman who fought back when confronted with pure human evil!
https://www.aetv.com/shows/i-survived-a-serial-killer/season-1/episode-13
https://www.cynthia-vigil.com

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This week on Final Girl Project, we talk about Finney, a 13 year old boy who is held captive in a soundproof basement by a child killer referred to as The Grabber. He begins receiving phone calls on a disconnected rotary phone from previous victims who provide advice on how he can fight to survive. Gwen, who is Finney's sister does everything in her power to locate her brother that has suspiciously disappeared. Time is running out as this suspenseful story unfolds... will Finney unleash his FINAL GIRL energy to overcome his captivator The Grabber?
After The Black Phone, Amanda and Jesse discuss a real life bad ass final girl named Kara Robinson who escaped a serial killer when she was only 15 years old. Kara not only kept her cool and saved herself, she also collected enough information on her kidnapper to link him to other crimes.
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/escaping-captivity-the-kara-robinson-story/umc.cmc.371q730t7zcn5nk1b5l7p61de
https://www.kararobinsonchamberlain.com/

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Amanda & Jesse discuss Jennifer, a bad ass FINAL GIRL in the movie Revenge. Jennifer is on a getaway trip with her lover Richard and circumstances quickly escalate when Richard's two buddies arrive a day early as they have previously established plans to go hunting. Jennifer is assaulted by one of the men and ultimately left for dead in the desert. She uses her wits and limited resources to fight back and invoke her inner final girl to survive while strategically seeking REVENGE.
Following Revenge, we talk about a real life final girl named Willie Murphy who kicked ass when an intruder entered her home. Willie is an 82 year young body builder who sent her intruder home on a stretcher! Listen in on how she kicked ass and defended herself proving that anyone can be a final girl.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/female-bodybuilder-82-beats-home-intruder-badly-hospital/story?id=67289683

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