Oct. 10, 2026
Countdown To Halloween! Amy & T.J.'s Comedy/Horror Pick #2: “The Final Girls”
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RSS Feed Every Saturday and Sunday we are counting down to Halloween, giving you our top recommendations for guaranteed horror movie hits. There are so many sub-genres in the horror movie category, so each weekend day we’ll highlight our top movies within that category. Today’s sub-genre is one of our absolute favorites: horror comedy. Who doesn’t like to laugh and scream in the same movie? It’s the perfect balance to entertain you, and keep you in the spooky spirit of the month.
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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Saturday, October 10th, and we got another doozy of a guaranteed crowd-pleasing horror movie for you as we continue in the comedy horror genre. And this next movie has one very, very familiar face to you, and another actress in it is essentially part of horror movie royalty. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. This is one on our comedy horror list. Robes, this has more genuine heart to it than I'm used to seeing in a horror movie.
00:00:37
Speaker 2: Yes, and it's acted so well. The script is beautiful. You're right. It has horror, it has comedy, and it has heart. Those are three things that are very difficult to combine, and this movie does it beautifully.
00:00:51
Speaker 1: Genuinely, you might cry on this one a little bit.
00:00:55
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:00:55
Speaker 1: Genuine, and it's so well acted. Maybe that has a lot to do with it, but the story is kind of... It's kind of special.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we are talking about the final girls, and there is a mother-daughter relationship in this movie that is... It's the way they tell it. It's so cool. It's so unexpected. But the final girl, her mother dies, and her mother was a real-life final girl, basically, in a horror movie, an actress. And she dies, but.
00:01:29
Speaker 2: It's a fantastical situation because this group of teens who go to see this movie end up... getting into the movie. It's hard to explain.
00:01:38
Speaker 1: You should probably read the synopsis.
00:01:39
Speaker 2: Oh, you know what?
00:01:40
Speaker 1: You're trying. We have it right there laid out, and I was just watching you. That's hilarious. You're going to try to piece it together, or you can just read that.
00:01:46
Speaker 2: Or I should just read the synopsis that the film actually offered, which would probably be the best way for people to understand.
00:01:52
Speaker 1: Give it a shot.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:01:53
Speaker 1: All right.
00:01:54
Speaker 2: Here's the synopsis, everyone. Max, recently orphaned, goes to see a screening of a B-horror movie that her mother made 20 years earlier. When Max and her friends find themselves in the world of the film itself, they must apply their knowledge of horror tropes to survive. And so she ends up getting to be in the film with her mother as her mother 20 years earlier. So they're like the same age, basically.
00:02:21
Speaker 1: You read the synopsis and then you still try to make it clunkier.
00:02:24
Speaker 2: Sorry.
00:02:24
Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is, it is hard to explain. And it is a unique concept. And it is... Even while watching the movie, trying to understand what they're in a loop or what's going on, so who's real and who's not real. This is one of the smarter horror movies you'll find.
00:02:42
Speaker 2: It's like Groundhog Day meets a horror movie meets a mother-daughter relationship story.
00:02:51
Speaker 1: You are struggling with this one. Should I stop? It's all right. But the movie, I think most, and maybe not, if you are not a big time horror movie fan, I think most people get the concept of Final Girl, right? But if you don't, the name of this movie is The Final Girls. But Robes, this is, and if you're not a huge horror movie watcher, pay attention. Think of all the classic horror movies. There's never a guy hero at the end.
00:03:15
Speaker 2: Never is there a final man or a final boy or a final guy. There just isn't. They're usually the bad guys or they might be there helping the girl, but they die heroically at the end so that the final girl gets to be the badass who takes down whatever the or whoever the enemy is and runs into the street, flags down a car, blood streaming down, but they've beaten the enemy. She survived. And she's survived.
00:03:43
Speaker 1: She's the last one. She's the final girl. Just about every horror movie has to have that. One woman standing at the end. So the title here, The Final Girls, is a play on that. So, Robes, this is one. And the one I said, Robes, a lot of people will. I love this actress. And I couldn't come up with her name off the top of my head. Malin Ackerman. You see her and you immediately go, oh, of course. She's been in... This is one of those working actresses, Robe. She's everywhere in everything. And you just can't ever really place her. But what will people recognize her from most? She's in Billions. She's in... What's the show? Well, she's in Couples Retreat. She plays Vince Vaughn's wife in Couples Retreat, if you know that comedy movie.
00:04:32
Speaker 2: It's such a good movie. I also love her in The Proposal because she plays Ryan Reynolds' ex-girlfriend who is a little jealous of the Sandra Bullock... girl but she's great and that every time i see her in a movie i want to watch because she's just fun she's in 27 dresses.
00:04:49
Speaker 1: Hunting wives i didn't know them but it's fairly pretty popular yes.
00:04:54
Speaker 2: So she's she's just an iconic actress who makes every film better she doesn't steal the show but she enhances every movie.
00:05:02
Speaker 1: She's in you know she's one of those where you see her in it and you go okay I'm in good hands.
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Speaker 2: Exactly.
00:05:07
Speaker 1: Because you go, okay, she doesn't do any bullshit. She's solid. You do. There are a few actors and actresses out there like that, Ro. If you see them and go automatically, yeah, I'm good. Yep.
00:05:16
Speaker 2: And she is among them. Now, so she plays the mom who is the 80s B-list actress, but it's so good. Then Tysa Farmiga, and you know the last name because her famous sister, of course, of The Conjuring status, Vera Farmiga, but- Taisa Farmiga is in The Nun, which is another amazing, amazing horror movie.
00:05:41
Speaker 1: Again, it's Conjuring adjacent. It's part of the whole Conjuring universe. And to think those two, those sisters, play such significant roles in that is cool. But she has her own credits. And she is adorable and sweet and authentic. And she just has a girl next door. She sells it. You buy her as everything she's selling. She just has a way about her in everything she does.
00:06:05
Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:06:05
Speaker 1: You know what? That same sensibility she has in The Nun, she has here. She plays younger in this movie, though, right?
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Speaker 2: She does. And for any ladies out there who love The Gilded Age the way I do, I love that TV series. She's in The Gilded Age. She's one of the main roles in there. So she's just, she is a solid actress. Solid.
00:06:33
Speaker 1: So those are the two you have leading... This one. And I wasn't familiar with the director. Todd Strauss-Schulzen is his name. This is another movie. Just like before, Hour 28. That is a very, very good sweet spot when it comes to runtime. And this one, brobes. The audience and the critics seem to both like it, and the scores are fairly similar.
00:06:53
Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. And they are 76% for the critics, 71% for the audience. I actually can't even imagine what people would say that they didn't like about this film. It's hard for me to imagine, because it really does have everything that you would want in a movie, especially if you're looking for a horror movie... That has some fun, you know, like a fun, entertaining horror movie. I can't think of a better one.
00:07:21
Speaker 1: Well, a lot of people aren't looking for that. So we always, we did. We have to give that disclaimer. Again, people hear horror and they think certain things.
00:07:30
Speaker 2: That's true.
00:07:30
Speaker 1: They hear horror and they see Final Girl. They think a certain thing. You see a couple of blondes on the movie poster and you think a certain thing. You just have to go into it not having that expectation of what this is going to be. or that it's going to be that this is again a sweet spot comedy horror movie that gets both of them correct they nail both of those genres and that's why we love this one so much i didn't expect and normally i would be turned off by a sweet story in the middle because oftentimes they're kind of just an aside they're just kind of sappy not a lot is invested man uh taser farmiga gives a performance that is touching throughout this movie.
00:08:13
Speaker 2: You can feel her heart. It feels like you're actually watching a love story between a mom and a daughter. It's really beautiful. And I think anyone who has experienced grief or who has lost a parent, I actually think will really be moved by this. It won't bring you down. It'll actually lift you up. which is kind of a cool thing. I think that's fairly rare. The critics' consensus. The Final Girls offers an affectionate nod to slasher tropes while adding a surprising layer of genuine emotion to go with the meta amusement. That's a tough thing to do. And we've often talked that sometimes we see films in general, but a lot of times horror films lean way too heavily. There's always a dead parent, a dead child.
00:08:55
Speaker 1: An illness. Yes.
00:08:57
Speaker 2: Someone's dying of cancer.
00:08:59
Speaker 1: You got to get the medicine.
00:09:01
Speaker 2: You're like, why is there always a dead parent? Like always. And so it's almost annoying. This one is not. This one actually makes it work.
00:09:09
Speaker 1: You know what? It works because the dead parent is present throughout the movie. The dead parent that you know is dead is actually still there and playing a role in her daughter's life and she doesn't even know it. Robes, that part that they pulled off is special. That part of it, Robes, is about second chances and having more time and saying what you never got to say. All of that stuff works, baby. That works. Yes.
00:09:36
Speaker 2: And you know what you were saying about how you are rooting for all the characters? One of the critics' reviews I really liked, he nailed it. He said, the film deconstructs its chosen genre without the cynicism that could render an exercise such as this into simple, unengaging snark and proves that it's okay for the filmmakers to like their victims right down to the final ones. I think that's part of what makes this movie so enjoyable is that you do love all the people and you're rooting for them, even though, yes, you know that the mom doesn't make it in the end, you still get to witness something fantastical. It's like a, a frozen moment in time. And it might even be like a dream people would have about being able to spend one last day with that person they loved. It's really cool. And yet it's also scary and funny.
00:10:24
Speaker 1: It's awesome. The, um, The cast, you'll recognize a lot. I can't remember. You probably forgot this guy, Robes. What is it people know him from? He's in this movie.
00:10:34
Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
00:10:35
Speaker 1: And he's hilarious. Adam Devine.
00:10:36
Speaker 2: He's in Glee. It's his big thing.
00:10:40
Speaker 1: But hold on. He is amazing as always.
00:10:42
Speaker 2: Wait, I didn't mean to say Glee. I meant to say Pitch Perfect, I think.
00:10:47
Speaker 1: Ah, yes.
00:10:47
Speaker 2: That's where I get those two confused all the time. But Pitch Perfect is the one that I remember him the most from, but Modern Family is If you love that series.
00:10:56
Speaker 1: He was in Modern Family? Oh, yeah.
00:10:57
Speaker 2: He was huge in Modern Family.
00:10:59
Speaker 1: Okay. That guy is hilarious. There are a couple of other recognizable actors and actresses in here. And as soon as you see them, you go, oh, yeah. And you love them all. And he is one that adds so... Doesn't he play kind of a jerk in this movie? Yeah, yes.
00:11:13
Speaker 2: But he's always like a funny jerk.
00:11:15
Speaker 1: Yeah, charming jerk.
00:11:16
Speaker 2: He's a likable jerk. In everything he does, I feel like he's a little kind of like a snot nose, know-it-all. Like, na-na-na-na-na. That's kind of how he is.
00:11:23
Speaker 1: He's a big highlight to this movie.
00:11:25
Speaker 2: I loved him in this movie. I forgot he was in it. He is great.
00:11:30
Speaker 1: Well, stay with us, folks. When we come back, we'll tell you where... You can watch this one tonight and we will explain once again why we guarantee this movie will be a Halloween crowd pleaser.
00:11:53
Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. Yes, it is a horror filled Saturday, but it's a comedy horror film. So you don't have to be too scared. You can laugh a little. It's one of our favorite sub genres of our favorite genre of all movies. Of course, horror movies being it, but the final girls is a special film. There really isn't anything quite like it. And I think that's why obviously it made our number two of the day. It's, you know what, if you love the 80s slasher films, and I just love the 80s period, it's fun to kind of go back into that era. So you get a modern day movie that takes you back into an 80s slasher film, but behind the scenes. It's just really clever and smart. And I loved the 80s vibe throughout. The costumes, the decor, the language. They're using 80s terms. Part of that is part of the humor.
00:12:45
Speaker 1: The hair, right?
00:12:47
Speaker 2: Yeah, the hair. Everything. It's awesome. So I just love that, to me, this is an elevated comedy horror film. It's smart. It's clever. And I have never felt so much emotion, like genuine emotion, for the characters in a horror movie.
00:13:06
Speaker 1: You said elevated, but it's not art house.
00:13:08
Speaker 2: No. It's elevated.
00:13:09
Speaker 1: The way it looks, it looks classic and fun and campy. It has all that. But as far as the emotion and script writing in that story, that is some high-level stuff.
00:13:21
Speaker 2: Yes, it's clever. It's so clever for them to get stuck in this loop where they can't get out of an 80s film. And in some ways, the young daughter doesn't want to. So you know what? A good way to describe it is charming. And I don't think I've ever described a horror movie as charming enough. but there's a charm to it that just keeps you coming back. If you watch this and love it as much as you do, you will watch it again. There's no way you'll just be one and done. And this is one, by the way, it's PG-13. I think it's important to note, I do think this is fun for the whole family. Truly, if you're trying to get into the Halloween spirit, You have some older kids who want to dip their foot, dip their toes, I guess, into a horror movie. This would be a fun one to watch with the family. I mean, it's a slasher. But again, it's PG-13, so it's nothing that goes too far. There's no over-the-top gore.
00:14:15
Speaker 1: And you were, Rose, the way you just described it, this makes sense. This is probably one on anything we're going to talk about this month. This is the one that if you're You're that person or you got somebody that covers their eyes at any horror movie, give them this one. This is one that does, Rogue, it captures something for everybody. Even if you're a rom-com, drom fan.
00:14:36
Speaker 2: Yes, yes.
00:14:37
Speaker 1: You have something in there. And, Rogue, that part of the story, you know I'm turned off usually by this idea.
00:14:43
Speaker 2: You don't like the sappy stuff.
00:14:44
Speaker 1: But I love those two actresses. And, Rogue, maybe it is. This might be a very good, this is why they make the big bucks.
00:14:52
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:14:53
Speaker 1: They made you give a damn about the relationship between this mom and daughter. They were awesome in this movie.
00:14:59
Speaker 2: The power of acting, the power of script writing, this is all on full display in this film. So I actually think if you were having a Halloween party, and again, you have mixed company where you have people who don't like scary stuff, this is just a fun one to turn on and enjoy the heck out of.
00:15:18
Speaker 1: So we guarantee that if you put this one on, It will be a crowd pleaser. Yes, if everybody's gathered around, Robes, saying, hey, anybody got a horror movie we can watch? Go ahead, folks. Throw up your hand and say, yeah, I got one. The final, girls. Y'all are going to love it. And we feel confident that you could say that because people are going to like this movie.
00:15:42
Speaker 2: Agreed. And it's streaming on Amazon Prime.
00:15:45
Speaker 1: Yeah, you have to pay for it right now. I think Fandango is the only place that has it free. Do I have that right?
00:15:51
Speaker 2: But Fandango, you have to have a subscription, I think. But look, this is one that I would buy. Because what are they? This is a movie from 2015, by the way. So those are usually fairly cheap. You can get them and own them. We go back and revisit some of our favorite flicks. The Final Girls is among them. So we hope you enjoy our number two pick for our Horror Comedy Saturday, The Final Girls.
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Speaker 1: And our number one pick in the horror comedy category is coming up next. Keep an eye on the feed. This is a movie that actually took us days, maybe even weeks to watch because one of us kept falling asleep. But do not let that be an indictment on the movie. It is special. Look for that one on the feed. We always appreciate you spending some time with us. I'm TJ. That's Robes. We'll talk soon.
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Saturday, October 10th, and we got another doozy of a guaranteed crowd-pleasing horror movie for you as we continue in the comedy horror genre. And this next movie has one very, very familiar face to you, and another actress in it is essentially part of horror movie royalty. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. This is one on our comedy horror list. Robes, this has more genuine heart to it than I'm used to seeing in a horror movie.
00:00:37
Speaker 2: Yes, and it's acted so well. The script is beautiful. You're right. It has horror, it has comedy, and it has heart. Those are three things that are very difficult to combine, and this movie does it beautifully.
00:00:51
Speaker 1: Genuinely, you might cry on this one a little bit.
00:00:55
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:00:55
Speaker 1: Genuine, and it's so well acted. Maybe that has a lot to do with it, but the story is kind of... It's kind of special.
00:01:00
Speaker 2: Yes, we are talking about the final girls, and there is a mother-daughter relationship in this movie that is... It's the way they tell it. It's so cool. It's so unexpected. But the final girl, her mother dies, and her mother was a real-life final girl, basically, in a horror movie, an actress. And she dies, but.
00:01:29
Speaker 2: It's a fantastical situation because this group of teens who go to see this movie end up... getting into the movie. It's hard to explain.
00:01:38
Speaker 1: You should probably read the synopsis.
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Speaker 2: Oh, you know what?
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Speaker 1: You're trying. We have it right there laid out, and I was just watching you. That's hilarious. You're going to try to piece it together, or you can just read that.
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Speaker 2: Or I should just read the synopsis that the film actually offered, which would probably be the best way for people to understand.
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Speaker 1: Give it a shot.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: Here's the synopsis, everyone. Max, recently orphaned, goes to see a screening of a B-horror movie that her mother made 20 years earlier. When Max and her friends find themselves in the world of the film itself, they must apply their knowledge of horror tropes to survive. And so she ends up getting to be in the film with her mother as her mother 20 years earlier. So they're like the same age, basically.
00:02:21
Speaker 1: You read the synopsis and then you still try to make it clunkier.
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Speaker 2: Sorry.
00:02:24
Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is, it is hard to explain. And it is a unique concept. And it is... Even while watching the movie, trying to understand what they're in a loop or what's going on, so who's real and who's not real. This is one of the smarter horror movies you'll find.
00:02:42
Speaker 2: It's like Groundhog Day meets a horror movie meets a mother-daughter relationship story.
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Speaker 1: You are struggling with this one. Should I stop? It's all right. But the movie, I think most, and maybe not, if you are not a big time horror movie fan, I think most people get the concept of Final Girl, right? But if you don't, the name of this movie is The Final Girls. But Robes, this is, and if you're not a huge horror movie watcher, pay attention. Think of all the classic horror movies. There's never a guy hero at the end.
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Speaker 2: Never is there a final man or a final boy or a final guy. There just isn't. They're usually the bad guys or they might be there helping the girl, but they die heroically at the end so that the final girl gets to be the badass who takes down whatever the or whoever the enemy is and runs into the street, flags down a car, blood streaming down, but they've beaten the enemy. She survived. And she's survived.
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Speaker 1: She's the last one. She's the final girl. Just about every horror movie has to have that. One woman standing at the end. So the title here, The Final Girls, is a play on that. So, Robes, this is one. And the one I said, Robes, a lot of people will. I love this actress. And I couldn't come up with her name off the top of my head. Malin Ackerman. You see her and you immediately go, oh, of course. She's been in... This is one of those working actresses, Robe. She's everywhere in everything. And you just can't ever really place her. But what will people recognize her from most? She's in Billions. She's in... What's the show? Well, she's in Couples Retreat. She plays Vince Vaughn's wife in Couples Retreat, if you know that comedy movie.
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Speaker 2: It's such a good movie. I also love her in The Proposal because she plays Ryan Reynolds' ex-girlfriend who is a little jealous of the Sandra Bullock... girl but she's great and that every time i see her in a movie i want to watch because she's just fun she's in 27 dresses.
00:04:49
Speaker 1: Hunting wives i didn't know them but it's fairly pretty popular yes.
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Speaker 2: So she's she's just an iconic actress who makes every film better she doesn't steal the show but she enhances every movie.
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Speaker 1: She's in you know she's one of those where you see her in it and you go okay I'm in good hands.
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Speaker 2: Exactly.
00:05:07
Speaker 1: Because you go, okay, she doesn't do any bullshit. She's solid. You do. There are a few actors and actresses out there like that, Ro. If you see them and go automatically, yeah, I'm good. Yep.
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Speaker 2: And she is among them. Now, so she plays the mom who is the 80s B-list actress, but it's so good. Then Tysa Farmiga, and you know the last name because her famous sister, of course, of The Conjuring status, Vera Farmiga, but- Taisa Farmiga is in The Nun, which is another amazing, amazing horror movie.
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Speaker 1: Again, it's Conjuring adjacent. It's part of the whole Conjuring universe. And to think those two, those sisters, play such significant roles in that is cool. But she has her own credits. And she is adorable and sweet and authentic. And she just has a girl next door. She sells it. You buy her as everything she's selling. She just has a way about her in everything she does.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:06:05
Speaker 1: You know what? That same sensibility she has in The Nun, she has here. She plays younger in this movie, though, right?
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Speaker 2: She does. And for any ladies out there who love The Gilded Age the way I do, I love that TV series. She's in The Gilded Age. She's one of the main roles in there. So she's just, she is a solid actress. Solid.
00:06:33
Speaker 1: So those are the two you have leading... This one. And I wasn't familiar with the director. Todd Strauss-Schulzen is his name. This is another movie. Just like before, Hour 28. That is a very, very good sweet spot when it comes to runtime. And this one, brobes. The audience and the critics seem to both like it, and the scores are fairly similar.
00:06:53
Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. And they are 76% for the critics, 71% for the audience. I actually can't even imagine what people would say that they didn't like about this film. It's hard for me to imagine, because it really does have everything that you would want in a movie, especially if you're looking for a horror movie... That has some fun, you know, like a fun, entertaining horror movie. I can't think of a better one.
00:07:21
Speaker 1: Well, a lot of people aren't looking for that. So we always, we did. We have to give that disclaimer. Again, people hear horror and they think certain things.
00:07:30
Speaker 2: That's true.
00:07:30
Speaker 1: They hear horror and they see Final Girl. They think a certain thing. You see a couple of blondes on the movie poster and you think a certain thing. You just have to go into it not having that expectation of what this is going to be. or that it's going to be that this is again a sweet spot comedy horror movie that gets both of them correct they nail both of those genres and that's why we love this one so much i didn't expect and normally i would be turned off by a sweet story in the middle because oftentimes they're kind of just an aside they're just kind of sappy not a lot is invested man uh taser farmiga gives a performance that is touching throughout this movie.
00:08:13
Speaker 2: You can feel her heart. It feels like you're actually watching a love story between a mom and a daughter. It's really beautiful. And I think anyone who has experienced grief or who has lost a parent, I actually think will really be moved by this. It won't bring you down. It'll actually lift you up. which is kind of a cool thing. I think that's fairly rare. The critics' consensus. The Final Girls offers an affectionate nod to slasher tropes while adding a surprising layer of genuine emotion to go with the meta amusement. That's a tough thing to do. And we've often talked that sometimes we see films in general, but a lot of times horror films lean way too heavily. There's always a dead parent, a dead child.
00:08:55
Speaker 1: An illness. Yes.
00:08:57
Speaker 2: Someone's dying of cancer.
00:08:59
Speaker 1: You got to get the medicine.
00:09:01
Speaker 2: You're like, why is there always a dead parent? Like always. And so it's almost annoying. This one is not. This one actually makes it work.
00:09:09
Speaker 1: You know what? It works because the dead parent is present throughout the movie. The dead parent that you know is dead is actually still there and playing a role in her daughter's life and she doesn't even know it. Robes, that part that they pulled off is special. That part of it, Robes, is about second chances and having more time and saying what you never got to say. All of that stuff works, baby. That works. Yes.
00:09:36
Speaker 2: And you know what you were saying about how you are rooting for all the characters? One of the critics' reviews I really liked, he nailed it. He said, the film deconstructs its chosen genre without the cynicism that could render an exercise such as this into simple, unengaging snark and proves that it's okay for the filmmakers to like their victims right down to the final ones. I think that's part of what makes this movie so enjoyable is that you do love all the people and you're rooting for them, even though, yes, you know that the mom doesn't make it in the end, you still get to witness something fantastical. It's like a, a frozen moment in time. And it might even be like a dream people would have about being able to spend one last day with that person they loved. It's really cool. And yet it's also scary and funny.
00:10:24
Speaker 1: It's awesome. The, um, The cast, you'll recognize a lot. I can't remember. You probably forgot this guy, Robes. What is it people know him from? He's in this movie.
00:10:34
Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
00:10:35
Speaker 1: And he's hilarious. Adam Devine.
00:10:36
Speaker 2: He's in Glee. It's his big thing.
00:10:40
Speaker 1: But hold on. He is amazing as always.
00:10:42
Speaker 2: Wait, I didn't mean to say Glee. I meant to say Pitch Perfect, I think.
00:10:47
Speaker 1: Ah, yes.
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Speaker 2: That's where I get those two confused all the time. But Pitch Perfect is the one that I remember him the most from, but Modern Family is If you love that series.
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Speaker 1: He was in Modern Family? Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 2: He was huge in Modern Family.
00:10:59
Speaker 1: Okay. That guy is hilarious. There are a couple of other recognizable actors and actresses in here. And as soon as you see them, you go, oh, yeah. And you love them all. And he is one that adds so... Doesn't he play kind of a jerk in this movie? Yeah, yes.
00:11:13
Speaker 2: But he's always like a funny jerk.
00:11:15
Speaker 1: Yeah, charming jerk.
00:11:16
Speaker 2: He's a likable jerk. In everything he does, I feel like he's a little kind of like a snot nose, know-it-all. Like, na-na-na-na-na. That's kind of how he is.
00:11:23
Speaker 1: He's a big highlight to this movie.
00:11:25
Speaker 2: I loved him in this movie. I forgot he was in it. He is great.
00:11:30
Speaker 1: Well, stay with us, folks. When we come back, we'll tell you where... You can watch this one tonight and we will explain once again why we guarantee this movie will be a Halloween crowd pleaser.
00:11:53
Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. Yes, it is a horror filled Saturday, but it's a comedy horror film. So you don't have to be too scared. You can laugh a little. It's one of our favorite sub genres of our favorite genre of all movies. Of course, horror movies being it, but the final girls is a special film. There really isn't anything quite like it. And I think that's why obviously it made our number two of the day. It's, you know what, if you love the 80s slasher films, and I just love the 80s period, it's fun to kind of go back into that era. So you get a modern day movie that takes you back into an 80s slasher film, but behind the scenes. It's just really clever and smart. And I loved the 80s vibe throughout. The costumes, the decor, the language. They're using 80s terms. Part of that is part of the humor.
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Speaker 1: The hair, right?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, the hair. Everything. It's awesome. So I just love that, to me, this is an elevated comedy horror film. It's smart. It's clever. And I have never felt so much emotion, like genuine emotion, for the characters in a horror movie.
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Speaker 1: You said elevated, but it's not art house.
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Speaker 2: No. It's elevated.
00:13:09
Speaker 1: The way it looks, it looks classic and fun and campy. It has all that. But as far as the emotion and script writing in that story, that is some high-level stuff.
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Speaker 2: Yes, it's clever. It's so clever for them to get stuck in this loop where they can't get out of an 80s film. And in some ways, the young daughter doesn't want to. So you know what? A good way to describe it is charming. And I don't think I've ever described a horror movie as charming enough. but there's a charm to it that just keeps you coming back. If you watch this and love it as much as you do, you will watch it again. There's no way you'll just be one and done. And this is one, by the way, it's PG-13. I think it's important to note, I do think this is fun for the whole family. Truly, if you're trying to get into the Halloween spirit, You have some older kids who want to dip their foot, dip their toes, I guess, into a horror movie. This would be a fun one to watch with the family. I mean, it's a slasher. But again, it's PG-13, so it's nothing that goes too far. There's no over-the-top gore.
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Speaker 1: And you were, Rose, the way you just described it, this makes sense. This is probably one on anything we're going to talk about this month. This is the one that if you're You're that person or you got somebody that covers their eyes at any horror movie, give them this one. This is one that does, Rogue, it captures something for everybody. Even if you're a rom-com, drom fan.
00:14:36
Speaker 2: Yes, yes.
00:14:37
Speaker 1: You have something in there. And, Rogue, that part of the story, you know I'm turned off usually by this idea.
00:14:43
Speaker 2: You don't like the sappy stuff.
00:14:44
Speaker 1: But I love those two actresses. And, Rogue, maybe it is. This might be a very good, this is why they make the big bucks.
00:14:52
Speaker 2: Yes.
00:14:53
Speaker 1: They made you give a damn about the relationship between this mom and daughter. They were awesome in this movie.
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Speaker 2: The power of acting, the power of script writing, this is all on full display in this film. So I actually think if you were having a Halloween party, and again, you have mixed company where you have people who don't like scary stuff, this is just a fun one to turn on and enjoy the heck out of.
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Speaker 1: So we guarantee that if you put this one on, It will be a crowd pleaser. Yes, if everybody's gathered around, Robes, saying, hey, anybody got a horror movie we can watch? Go ahead, folks. Throw up your hand and say, yeah, I got one. The final, girls. Y'all are going to love it. And we feel confident that you could say that because people are going to like this movie.
00:15:42
Speaker 2: Agreed. And it's streaming on Amazon Prime.
00:15:45
Speaker 1: Yeah, you have to pay for it right now. I think Fandango is the only place that has it free. Do I have that right?
00:15:51
Speaker 2: But Fandango, you have to have a subscription, I think. But look, this is one that I would buy. Because what are they? This is a movie from 2015, by the way. So those are usually fairly cheap. You can get them and own them. We go back and revisit some of our favorite flicks. The Final Girls is among them. So we hope you enjoy our number two pick for our Horror Comedy Saturday, The Final Girls.
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Speaker 1: And our number one pick in the horror comedy category is coming up next. Keep an eye on the feed. This is a movie that actually took us days, maybe even weeks to watch because one of us kept falling asleep. But do not let that be an indictment on the movie. It is special. Look for that one on the feed. We always appreciate you spending some time with us. I'm TJ. That's Robes. We'll talk soon.