Cinderella’s story gives her a seemingly happy ending, but the tale of her step sister is a toe-tally different story. Join us as we watch from the opposite side of the ball’s dancefloor in 2025’s The Ugly Stepsister.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of disordered eating, body dysmorphia, parasites, sexual assault

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• “Cinderella (Aschenputtel).” Grimm Stories, The Brothers Grimm, https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/aschenputtel

• Schimkowitz, Matt. “The Ugly Stepsister Director Emilie Blichfeldt on Body Horror, Fairy Tales, and David Cronenberg.” The A.V. Club, 21 Apr. 2025, https://www.avclub.com/the-ugly-stepsister-interview-emilie-blichfeldt

• The Ugly Stepsister (2019 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Stepsister

• The Ugly Stepsister (2025) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29344903/

We’re kicking off a month of body horror and having a special guest to help us to it! We promise the discussion won’t be too much to Swallow (2019).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of pica, disordered eating, compulsive behavior/OCD, sexual assault, reproductive control

Thanks again to Payton McCarty Simas for joining us!

Follow Payton @paytplace on Instagram or check out their website https://www.pmccartysimas.com/ to learn more about their research & writing

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• Bartleet-Cross, Charlotte. “10 Facts About Swallows You Didn’t Know.” Songbird Survival, 20 Apr. 2024, www.songbird-survival.org.uk/post/blog-10-facts-about-swallows-you-didnt-know. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

• Harris, Shani. “How Swallow’s Director Chose the Odd Objects Haley Bennett’s Housewife Eats.” MovieMaker, 31 Jan. 2023, moviemaker.com/how-swallows-director-chose-the-odd-objects-haley-bennetts-housewife-eats/.

• “Pica Cravings During Pregnancy.” American Pregnancy Association, AmericanPregnancy.org, https://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/is-it-safe/unusual-cravings-pica/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

• Swallow (2019 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow_(2019_film)

• Swallow (2019) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8372298/

• Vroomen Durning, Marijke, RN. “Pica Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment.” WebMD, Medically reviewed by Jabeen Begum, MD, 24 Oct. 2024, https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-health-pica. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

The new-ish ANTM documentary gave us one reason to fear a trenchcoat, and this movie from 1980 will give you another! Pick your best outfit and make sure your razor is sharpened as we slice through the questionable representation in Dressed to Kill.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of transphobia, sexual violence

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• “Definition & Meaning of ‘Dressed to Kill’ in English.” Picture Dictionary, LanGeek, 2024, dictionary.langeek.co/en/word/55563?entry=dressed+to+kill. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

• Dressed to Kill (1980 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_(1980_film)

• Dressed to Kill (1980) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080661/

• Tobias, Scott. “Dressed to Kill at 40: Brian De Palma's Thrilling yet Problematic Shocker.” The Guardian, 25 July 2020.

Ghostface’s reign of terror comes to an end with a…unique conclusion to our Scream marathon in 2026’s Scream 7.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of domestic violence

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• Scream 7 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_7

What happens when you stop apologizing and start…growling?! Find out in Your Monster (2024).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of cancer,

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• ​Mujeres Problemáticas. “‘Your Monster’ Has Us Falling in Love with Our Rage.” LatinaMedia.Co, 3 Mar. 2025, https://latinamedia.co/your-monster-has-us-falling-in-love-with-our-rage/
• ​Your Monster Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Monster
• ​Your Monster IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/

The year is 2011 and the students are live-streaming, the fans are marathon-ing, and Sidney was ready to close the book on her time in Woodsboro…until the remake rules throw a wrench in her plans. Unpack the uncannily meta (no, not that one) takes with us in Scream 4.

***CONTENT WARNING: potential spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Scream 4 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262416/trivia/

• Scream 4 wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_4

• • ‘Scream 4’: The First Mainstream Feminist Horror Film by Melissa Saleh: https://medium.com/the-awl/scream-4-the-first-mainstream-feminist-horror-film-2e51a39dcf09
    The Final Girl Gone Wild: Post-Feminist Whiteness in ‘Scream 4’ by Jeremy Cornelius: https://btchflcks.com/2012/10/horror-week-2012-the-final-girl-gone-wild-post-feminist-whiteness-in-scream-4.html

We’re in the year 2000: the stakes are high, and the bangs are short, and beneath the Hollywood sign many a’ mystery unfold on the set of Stab 3, and Sidney’s back to reprise her role (in Scream 3).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, school violence, gun violence, spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Rewatching Scream 3 20 years later in the era of Time's Up and Me Too by Emma Fraser:

• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/rewatching-scream-3-20-years-later-in-the-era-of-times-up-and-me-too

• Scream 3 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134084/trivia/

• Scream 3 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_3

We’re (not) back in Woodsboro and Sidney’s got a new boyfriend, Gale’s got a new haircut, but Ghostface has a new phone number. Find out how to survive the sequel in 1997’s Scream 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racial violence, school violence, gun violence, potential spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Scream 2 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/trivia/

• Scream reddit posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scream/comments/r7h69p/scream_2_social_commentary/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scream/comments/nub3uw/a_summary_examining_diversity_in_the_scream_movies/

• Scream 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_2