The Final Girl

Examining Shelley through the lens of the “final girl” horror trope, talking about feminist film theory, and questioning the popular perception of Wendy Torrance and Shelley’s portrayal of the character. Want to learn about the filmic phallus and castration anxiety? Tune in! Robert Hickerson roberthickerson.com Instagram @roberthickerson Bilge Ebiri Twitter @BilgeEbiri vulture.com/author/bilge-ebiri Further reading on The Shining and the final girl: Bilge Ebiri, The Discomforting Legacy of Wendy Torrance vulture.com/2019/11/the-discomforting-legacy-of-wendy-torrance.html Rebecca McCallum, Sympathising With Wendy: The Overlooked Heroine Of The Shining evolutionofhorror.com/blog/sympathising-with-wendy Jillian Cheney, It’s Okay to Scream: In Defence of the Weeping Mothers of Horror thefinalgirls.co.uk/bloody-women/shelley Theresa Baughman, The Shining’s Final Girl: Wendy Torrance & Vulnerability whatsleepsbeneath.com/movieblog/the-shining-wendy-torrance Candice Frederick, The Complex Dynamic Between Female Muse and Male Filmmaker slashfilm.com/556519/male-directors-and-actresses Amanda Gowin, The Misunderstood Perfection of Shelley Duvall in Kubrick’s The Shining thisishorror.co.uk/the-misunderstood-perfection-of-shelley-duvall-in-kubricks-the-shining/ Kier-La Janisse, House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films, 2012 Jason Hellerman, A Deep Examination of the Final Girl Trope nofilmschool.com/final-girl-trope Emily Gagne, [Final Girl Fashion] Anything But A Dull Girl: Why We Can’t Overlook Wendy’s Wardrobe In The Shining (1980) nofspodcast.com/final-girl-fashion-anything-but-a-dull-girl-why-we-cant-overlook-wendys-wardrobe-in-the-shining-1980 Patrons: Ken Lehman Duane Lehman Xavier Hamel José Armenta Justine Springberg Kelly Elasser Liz Wheeler Cavid Dassidy Sharon Sarah Elizabeth Dan Travis Sophia Pulido