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Horror Movie Tropes: The Evolution Of The “Final Girl” And What It Takes To Survive
The “final girl” is the last girl standing in a horror film, usually in a slasher film, who outlives all of her friends or other victims and confronts the killer in the end.
By Jaimee Marshall6 min read
She has consistent characteristics which largely revolve around being “not like the other girls” in the horror movie. To begin with, she’s a woman – something many academics and feminists take issue with. “Why do we enjoy watching young women getting brutalized and murdered so much?” is a question many feminists think we ought to spend more time thinking about, but we’ll dive more into that once we understand what makes a character a “final girl.”