With Halloween almost upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to share a list with some of my favorite "final girls".
Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) from "Halloween" (1978)
Ginny Field (Amy Steel) from "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981)
Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) from "Scream" (1996)
Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from "Alien" (1979)
Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) from "Hellraiser" (1987)
Stretch (Caroline Williams) from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" (1986)
I know I'm forgetting several more, but these were the ones that I thought of off the top of my head. I would add more, but it's getting late and I'm tired. I might make a second list later, though.
Do you have a favorite "final girl"?
I've been thinking about this for awhile and because you picked some greats and defined it so well, the only ones I can add are Barbara from Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Cynthia from Night of the Creeps (1986).
ReplyDeleteTwo good picks that I had completely forgotten about!
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