Haters and gentlefriends, welcome to That Final Girl Life. It’s your new favourite final girl here, taking you through The Horrors and out the other side to find out what life is really like after the movie ends.
I can’t believe I need to say this, but apparently it’s a whole thing now: I am an actual real live human being, not an AI. I physically write all my scripts. I watch the movies at least twice before I do an episode on them. Any resources I use, like other people’s articles which I’ve found helpful, will be in the show notes.
In this episode we’ll be discussing the deeply claustrophobic movie The Descent, and its rage-fuelled final girl, Sarah. Please be aware that there will be spoilers throughout the episode. There will also be spoilers for The Descent Part 2, which I won’t be focusing on in any great depth, but it will come into the equation towards the end.
In this episode I’ll be talking about grief, child loss, suicide, men having affairs, betrayal in friendship, being stuck in small spaces, and of course, PTSD.
Ready? Strap on your climbing gear and make sure your arrogant friend hasn’t left the map in the car as we make our way down into…
The Descent.