Jackalopes Reading

“Why are we more comfortable with fast, dramatic deaths than the slow decay most people get? After all, isn’t this why we fought so hard? To have the right to do what Michelle is doing right this minute?”
― Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group

“Did you know that all the best oracles in classical mythology were crazy?”
― Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group

“diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then reliable handguns with a lot of stopping power are a final girl’s.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group

“The killer’s got a chainsaw/boat hook/butcher’s knife and this girl’s got zip: no upper body strength, no mass, no shotgun. All she’s got is good cardio and an all-American face. Yet somehow she kills the killer, then stares numbly off into the middle distance, or collapses into the arms of the arriving police, or runs crying to her boyfriend, makes one last quip, lights one last cigarette, asks a final haunting question, gets taken off in an ambulance screaming and screaming like she’s never going to stop. Ever wonder what happens to those final girls?”
― Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group