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Wired.com presents the Geeks Guide to the galaxy.

And here's your host David Bar Curly.

Hello, it's welcome to episode 482 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing the common horror movie trope of the final

girl, a female character who is often young and innocent, who survives to the end of the

movie while most or all of the other characters do not, and I'm joined by three guests.

So first up, we've got Grady Hendrix, making his 22nd appearance on the show.

He's the author of nonfiction books such as paperbacks from hell, and novels such as

my best trans-exorcism and the Southern Book Club's Guide to slaying vampires.

He's worked as a screenwriter on the movie's satanic panic and mohawk, and his new

novel, The Final Girl Support Group, is out now.

So Grady, welcome to the show.

Hello.

The next up we've got Teresa Dulucci, making her 13th appearance on the show.

Her articles have appeared on Boeing, Boeing, and Tenof Geek, and her short fiction has

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