Final Girls Feel Bi with Horror Queers
She gets good grades, she's cautious, she's the only one alive at the end of the movie, and she's … maybe a little queer? Yes, bi babes, for this topic, we break down the FINAL GIRL, a slasher trope that's historically steeped in queer-coding, and more recently, overt queerness and bisexuality.
With the help of genre experts, Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman of the Horror Queers podcast, we track the evolution of this beloved character archetype throughout horror history. From Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN (1978), to Sidney Prescott in the SCREAM franchise, to Kris and Billy in CAMP MIASMA (2026)…
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