Original Air Date: April 9, 2025

In space, no one can hear you scream! In Alien (1979), Sigourney Weaver redefined what a Final Girl could be: smart, resourceful, emotionally grounded, and completely unafraid to torch a xenomorph when it comes down to it. This week, we board the Nostromo and break down Ripley’s iconic status and why her legacy still looms large over the Final Girls canon.

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Hey listeners! We love this show, we love all of you, and we are stoked to have been doing this podcast for almost a hundred episodes! As you can imagine, we need a little break from time to time, so we will be back with brand new Final Girl episodes for Season 3 on December 9th.

With that said, we’re NOT going radio silent! We have a few new regular Final Girls episodes we are going to debut on our Patreon, so be sure to sign up on our website at Final-Girls.com. $5 a month gets you those two new episodes during the break AND the full catalog of Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-Ish Girls, panels, interviews, discussions, face offs, and more!

And we aren’t going radio silent on our social media OR our main podcast feed during the break either - so stay tuned for more!

Thank you for being faithful, wonderful listeners, and we can’t wait to be back for Season 3. You’re not going to want to miss our first final girl of Season 3 - to give you a hint, she’s one everyone has been SCREAMING at us to cover.

Until the next final girl showdown, stay spooky!

What an excellent day for an exorcism! This week we’re covering the head-turning story of poor Regan from The Exorcist. We go into Regan’s journey from sweet 12-year-old wingwoman to her mom, Chris, to possessed pre-Deadite projectile vomiting pea soup, to scuffed up 12-year-old again, and we also cover all the spooky things that happened during and right after the movie’s production. So press play and we’ll let Captain Howdy know you’re joining us!

Join our Patreon! For only $5/month, get TWO extra podcast episodes – including Final Daddies, Final Cats, Final-ish Girls, discussions, panels, and more! But don't think of it that way. Think of it as a tip, like getting us a Diet Coke (for Sarah) or coffee (for Kellie). 💕

Find us at final-girls.com and check out our Patreon. Please leave us a rating or review! :)