It’s true that disproportionally women are vessels for much of the world’s violence. Even in the many incarnations since the trope’s first bonafide appearance in 1970s slashers, a number of troubling through-lines persist to this day. Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws, the “final girl” trope refers to the last woman standing at the end of a bloodbath who escapes and sometimes vanquishes her would-be killer. And I don’t just mean a stray knife slash here and there.Ĭoined by Carol J. But their legacy is a complicated one, to say the least.
Today, we’re watching a montage of the evolution of the final girl.įinal girls are as essential to horror as slasher villains and jump scares.
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