Horror movies, particularly slasher movies, often contain a strange paradox. They depict women as two-dimensional victims, often punished for their autonomy and enjoyment of sex. Yet, they often end with a female survivor triumphing against the monster. Author Carol J. Clover discussed the trend in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film, and coined the term “final girl” to describe it.The term stuck, and today, final girls are a recognized part of the horror movie landscape. More recent movies have explored the idea in depth, both enhancing and subverting it in the process. There have even been films dedicated solely to the idea, such as The Final Girl and Final Girls, both released in 2015. But the trope itself is more complicated.The first confirmed appearance of a final girl arrived with 1960’s Psycho, with Vera Miles surviving Norman Bates’ deranged attack in the film’s finale. That evolved into grindhouse fare in the 1970s, such as I Spit on Your Grave and The Last House on the Left. Marilyn Burns’ Sally Hardesty is credited for catalyzing the trope in 1974’s The Texas Chain-Saw Massacre, after escaping from the movie’s twisted cannibal family.RELATED: One Horror Game Deserved the Movie Treatment More Than FNAF
Horror movies, particularly slasher movies, often contain a strange paradox. They depict women as two-dimensional victims, often punished for their autonomy and enjoyment of sex. Yet, they often end with a female survivor triumphing against the monster. Author Carol J. Clover discussed the trend in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film, and coined the term “final girl” to describe it.
The term stuck, and today, final girls are a recognized part of the horror movie landscape. More recent movies have explored the idea in depth, both enhancing and subverting it in the process. There have even been films dedicated solely to the idea, such as The Final Girl and Final Girls, both released in 2015. But the trope itself is more complicated.
The first confirmed appearance of a final girl arrived with 1960’s Psycho, with Vera Miles surviving Norman Bates’ deranged attack in the film’s finale. That evolved into grindhouse fare in the 1970s, such as I Spit on Your Grave and The Last House on the Left. Marilyn Burns’ Sally Hardesty is credited for catalyzing the trope in 1974’s The Texas Chain-Saw Massacre, after escaping from the movie’s twisted cannibal family.
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