FEMALE MONSTERS 15 • Teeth (2007)
Explicit content warning
09/18/20 • 65 min
We're joined by writer and podcaster Becky Darke to dive into the 2007 horror-comedy Teeth, in which teenage chastity advocate Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina (the real-life incarnation of the 'vagina dentata' myth) when she becomes the object of male violence.
Digressions include: WAP, Whitby and severed penises.
100% NSFW
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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.
Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon.
The illustration of the cover is by Yas Aybar.
Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe
We're joined by writer and podcaster Becky Darke to dive into the 2007 horror-comedy Teeth, in which teenage chastity advocate Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina (the real-life incarnation of the 'vagina dentata' myth) when she becomes the object of male violence.
Digressions include: WAP, Whitby and severed penises.
100% NSFW
***
The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.
Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon.
The illustration of the cover is by Yas Aybar.
Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe
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FEMALE MONSTERS 14 • Trouble Every Day (2001)
We're joined by writer Leila Latif to deep dive into the controversial erotical cannibal horror by French auteur Claire Denis, Trouble Every Day (2001). The film inhabits the strange grey area between arthouse and horror cinema, and will most definitely provoke a reaction.
We discuss the fantastic performance by Béatrice Dalle, what the film is really about, themes of infidelity, desire, the way the hyper-graphic violence is shot and Leila posits a whole new theory on the film.
Trigger warning: there is some conversation about sexual assault.
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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.
Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon.
The illustration of the cover is by Yas Aybar.
Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe
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BONUS • Ratched (2020)
How could we not cover a new addition to the Ryan Murphy Cinematic Universe.
In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.
We're joined by The Independent's and The Next Supremes' Clarisse Loughrey to discuss the whole series in detail.
The first part of the episode is spoiler free, and from 0:23:43 we will go into a spoilerific discussion about the show.
The show is created by Evan Romansky based on Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and works as a prequel to the 1975 film of the same name.
Ratched stars Sarah Paulson in the title role of Nurse Ratched, alongside Finn Wittrock, Jon Jon Briones, Judy Davis, Harriet Harris, Cynthia Nixon, Charlie Carver, Sophie Okonedo, Corey Stoll, Hunter Parrish, Amanda Plummer and Sharon Stone.
Ratched is streaming now on Netflix.
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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.
Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon.
The illustration of the cover is by Yas Aybar.
Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe
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