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March 30, 2022 26 mins

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



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