My Top 5 Favorite Final Girls

With Halloween creeping up on us, I present a post concerning Final Girls because they're a part of the horror genre.

Final Girl: "The final girl is a trope in thriller and horror films (particularly slasher films) that specifically refers to the last woman or girl alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story." (via Wikipedia)

 

I've done a post about Final Girls before, but that was just a list of them, this post will feature my top 5 favorite final girls. I'm not going to lie, it's been difficult to pick just 5, but here goes nothing...

 

 

 

#5: Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) - Scream

 

 

 

 



 

#4: Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) - A Nightmare on Elm Street

 





 



#3: Stretch (Caroline Williams) - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

 

 

 

 

 





#2: Ginny Field (Amy Steel) - Friday the 13th Part 2

 

 

 

 



 

#1: Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) - Halloween

 

To me, Laurie Strode is the ultimate final girl and that's why she is #1 on my list!



Favorite "Final Girls" (Repost)

About this time last year, I created a post that featured some of my favorite "final girls". With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I'd repost it just like I did with my Top 10 Favorite Jason Voorhees kills.

Final Girl: The final girl is a horror film (particularly slasher film) trope that specifically refers to the last woman or girl alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story (wikipedia).

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"?

Favorite "Final Girls"

Final Girl: The final girl is a horror film (particularly slasher film) trope that specifically refers to the last woman or girl alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story (wikipedia).

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"?