Final girl

Introduction The horror genre is one of the oldest genres used in storytelling. It was used in old folklore stories and was commonly used during the ancient Greek plays. Horror genre became one of the first genres to be adopted into filmmaking in the 1920’s. Though the word "horror" to describe in the film genre would not be used until after Universal Pictures released Dracula and Frankenstein both in 1931. J. A. Cuddon (1984) defined horror in The Penguin Book of Horror Stories as “a

become victorious. First off, in Carol Clover’s essay“Men Women and Chainsaws” the argument is focused on how women overcome their challenges throughout various films.  Clover focuses in on a few different films and specifically looks for the “Final Girl” which is the last female standing after overcoming their challenges.  All of this brings a new aspect to film watching because Clover’s theory shifts the viewer's attention from focusing on how the male is essentially tormenting a female to zooming

helps build an understanding on why only females seem to prevail and men fall at the last hurdle. Using a variety of theories that explore the representation of women and being able to contradict ideas. An essential element in slasher films is the ‘final-girl’ – this refers to the “last woman alive to confront the

Second, the final girl concept fights against the story's momentum. Now, allow me to set the scene. A killer runs through young people with ease. He tracks them down and ruins their fun by splattering blood everywhere. Then, all the sudden, one girl has enough wherewithal to overcome the killer. Or, she uses common sense and gets help from others. And once they act as a good enough distraction, the final girl can either catch the killer by surprise or get away. Regardless, the scenario involves either

has explained that the inspiration for Buffy the Vampire Slayer struck while he was watching horror films and TV shows in which pretty women run away from or get killed by monsters in alleyways. Whedon claims he wanted to give this paradigmatic girl-victim a new role: that of the monster-killing hero. Whedon's explanation of his own artistic inspiration reveals at least two things about him as a film-viewer and maker: first, his description suggests his awareness of the pervasive, archetypal

horror, young girls, specifically high school or college girls, are used as the main character. Whether it’s a group of teenage girls or one singled out, they always tend to be the center of attention. Why is this specific gender and age chosen to take the main role in slasher films? Girls of the ages between sixteen and twenty-two featured in these types of films usually occur to fall under some of the same categories. They are all characterized as stereotypical teenage/young adult girls being viewed

Clover later goes on to explain that slasher films share five characteristics; the terrible place, the killer, weapons, the victims, and the Final Girl (52). The terrible place in the case of Cabin, is the basement where the group is led to choose their demise through a plethora of mysterious (yet familiar) artifacts. Once the group has unknowingly made a decision, their killers are revealed as

Alien is one of the most revolutionary movies to come out of its time. It brought classic slasher horror together with sci fi, and wrapped it all up with female leads. Although revolutionary there is conservatory of weather it is a film that deliberately sets a feminist icon front and center, or if it's just a movie to scare men about female sexuality. The movie is riddled with symbols that show off female sexuality and hit at the true horror that is femininity. Therefore alien is not a film about

Director (Sigourney Weaver), who played a Final Girl in the film Alien, mentions that “[the ritual] is different for every culture. And it changes over the years, but it’s very specific.”. The audience is given brief glimpses into other rituals, the most prominent being Japan’s. Japan never went through a ‘slasher film’ phase like the U.S.; instead, Japanese horror films often revolve around the supernatural; usually in the form of pale-white, ghost girls with long dark hair, who torment young victims

She is our final girl and in a departure from the previous films, she has no help from Steve at the end of this film. He even tries to help her and Kristy literally pushes him away and saves the day herself. This movie has a deeper meaning when you consider the slang