On how Leigh Whannell’s film treats its central final girl, for good and bad.
All in Beyond the Final Girl
Beyond the Final Girl: Suspiria and the Power of Witches
On witches in horror; more specifically, those in Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria.
Beyond the Final Girl: Midsommar, Family and the Final Girl Smile
From suffering to a smile, and the bodies piled up along the way.
Beyond the Final Girl: Rape, Reverence and Revenge
On how Coralie Fargeat’s debut feature shifts away from the traditional male gaze leaving behind the gratuitousness.
Beyond the Final Girl: Hereditary and The Possessed Woman
How Ari Aster’s debut film defies the lazy ‘possessed woman’ characterization.
Beyond the Final Girl: Us and the Monsters Within
On the female hero and villain dynamics of Jordan Peele’s film, and how they’re flipped.
Beyond the Final Girl: It Follows and the Weaponizing of Sex
A look into how the 2014 horror film breaks the Final Girl mold.
Beyond the Final Girl: We Need to Talk About Kevin and Motherhood in Horror
In the first in her new column, Hannah dives into the complex horror elements of Lynne Ramsay’s film.