Tommy’s Terror Trope Tutorials • Book of the Vampyre and Final Girls

Sitting in the Dark

Our very own Tommy Metz leads us on a harrowing tale of tropes this month. We start with the Book of the Vampyre as depicted in 1922's "Nosferatu" and beyond, then pose the most important question three men could ask about horror movies: is the Final Girl a feminist icon?

• Nosferatu Clip #1
• Nosferatu Clip #2

Movies we mention:

• IT
• The Changeling
• The Babadook
• House on Haunted Hill
• Oculus
• 1408
• The Cabin in the Woods
• Midsommar
• Hellraiser
• It Follows
• Dark Skies
• The Mist
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Black Christmas
• Alien
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Nosferatu
• Halloween
• Friday the 13th
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Scream
• Happy Death Day
• Psycho
• X

• (00:00) - Welcome to Sitting in the Dark
• (04:47) - The Book of the Vampyre
• (26:32) - The Final Girl

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