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Final girl
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Olivia Hussey portrayed Jess Bradford in Black Christmas (1974), an early example of the final girl.
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The final girl or survivor girl[1] is a trope in horror films (particularly slasher films).[2][3] It refers to the last girl(s) or woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. The final girl has been observed in many films, notable examples being Psycho, Voices of Desire, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween, Alien, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and Terrifier 2.[4] The term "final girl" was coined[5] by Carol J. Clover in her article "Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film" (1987).[6] Clover suggested that in these films, the viewer began by sharing the perspective of the killer, but experienced a shift in identification to the final girl partway through the film.
- ^ Teague, Savanna (2017). "Ahabs, Turtles, and Survivor Girls: Postmodernism in "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon"". Studies in Popular Culture. 39 (2): 23–37. JSTOR 44779929.
- ^ Clover 1992, pp. 35.
- ^ Harper 2004, pp. 31.
- ^ Rogers 2002, pp. 118, 120.
- ^ Totaro 2002.
- ^ Clover 1987, pp. 201.
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