In this special Pride Month episode, the panel explores horror through a queer lens—where monsters speak the language of repression, desire, and outsider survival. From Bride of Frankenstein to Freddy’s Revenge to Titane, it’s a journey through coded fear and unapologetic transformation.
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In this special Pride Month episode, the panel explores horror through a queer lens—where monsters speak the language of repression, desire, and outsider survival. From Bride of Frankenstein to Freddy’s Revenge to Titane, it’s a journey through coded fear and unapologetic transformation.
This month on Sitting in the Dark, we pay homage to the original Final Girl—Mom. From toxic devotion to architectural annihilation, we crack open the gift box of maternal horror and unwrap three deeply uncomfortable truths about the women who raised us… and might bury us.
Haunted houses? Try haunted spaces—and even more haunted people. This week on Sitting in the Dark, Tommy, Pete, Kynan, and Kyle dive into Session 9, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and The Others to find out why the scariest thing lurking in any building… might just be you.
For nearly a century, horror films have told us a story—one of terror, of survival, of the inevitable confrontation between innocence and brutality. But there’s one story, in particular, that has evolved in ways both subtle and seismic: the story of the Final Girl.