Final Girls Come in All Shapes, Sizes, and Genres
We have reached the end of our time together. We are in Act Three of the slasher movie, and by the looks of it, you have survived my blog about final girls. We have spent all this time talking about the diversity of the final girl. We started with one of the most iconic final girls, Sidney Prescott from the Scream franchise. Sidney broke common stereotypes associated with women in horror. Then we took a look at Samara Weaving as Grace le Domas in Ready or Not and how marital and familial violence are a common trend in horror movies. Next we discussed a personal favorite of mine, the Fear Street trilogy, and how queer people are becoming final girls after a long history of burying your gays. Most recently, the Escape Room franchise showed us a glimpse of final girls of color. After all of these characters and analyses, we’ve proven that there are no limits to how a final girl looks or acts, despite the boxes history had tried to put them in. Final girls have never been constrained ...