- Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/tag/final-girl/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:05:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 Feminine or Feminist? Abortion, Motherhood, and the Traditional Final Girl https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/feminine-or-feminist-abortion-motherhood-and-the-traditional-final-girl/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:41:46 +0000 https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/?p=11452 It is generally accepted that the final girl in late-twentieth-century slashers evidences a “moral integrity mark[ing] [her] as special”…

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]]> “There Are Better Ways to Die”: Final Girls and Ecohorror https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/there-are-better-ways-to-die-final-girls-and-ecohorror/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:04:49 +0000 https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/?p=11422 Named for their natural settings, The Handmaid’s Tale season four finale, “The Wilderness” (2021) and Land (2021) are both,…

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]]> “Blood Opera”: A Celebration of Stretch Brock https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/blood-opera-a-celebration-of-stretch-brock/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:24:25 +0000 http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/?p=8193 Imagine a Final Girl. She’s probably a teenager, virginal, with a hint of androgyny in her haircut, her outfit,…

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]]> Top 10 Horror Protagonists Deadlier Than the Big Bad https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/top-10-horror-protagonists-deadlier-than-the-big-bad/ Thu, 10 May 2018 10:08:27 +0000 http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/?p=4606 The horror movie Final Girl (or Boy) is the character you’re rooting for! They’ve suffered brutal losses, witnessing their…

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]]> Gwen’s Pick for the Final Woman: Sarah Logan https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/final-woman/ Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:23:16 +0000 http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/?p=2380 As Women In Horror Month draws to an end, I wanted to bookend our discussion of the final girl…

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