Haters and gentlefriends, welcome to That Final Girl Life. It’s your 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 a movie from my Letterboxd list ‘If you hate your mother then you’ll love this film.’ The Voices of Our Mother is an occult horror about the monstrousness of family, with a quiet and understated final girl, Annika. Please be aware that there will be spoilers throughout the episode.
In this episode I’ll be talking about demons, religion, child abuse, intergenerational trauma, monstrous mothers, sibling rivalry, wellness retreats, drug addiction, gambling, and of course, PTSD. I’ll also be discussing self-harm in some depth. And I will mention here that my incredibly dark sense of humour starts to come out in this episode. It’s got me through a lot of shit in my life and I refuse to apologise for it, but I understand that for some people it’s too much, and if that’s you, fair enough. You don’t have to listen!
Ready? Pack your bags and get ready to visit a truly horrific family home as we gather around the dying matriarch of…
The Voices of Our Mother