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Horror Literati (Jen Smith)'s avatar

I love all the final girls on your list. I also love Nightmare on Elm Street's Nancy and Scream's Sidney.

John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

So many great ones to choose from.

Janelle Schiecke's avatar

I love Ready or Not! And great article! Honestly, Grace and then Erin from You're Next are two of my very favorite modern final girls.

Bon C's avatar

Ripley for sure.

Elizabeth Hartl's avatar

I thought I was the only one who doesn’t consider Laurie Strode to be a final girl. Yes, she did fight back, but in the end it was dr loomis who got her out of the situation.

John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

And a lot of people consider her the OG. For me, Ripley made the final girl what it is now.

Joshua Bader's avatar

Have you read Riley Seger's Final Girls? Its a fantastic novel and plays with a lot of these ideas.

John Watson - Horror Author's avatar

I have not. I’ll check it out.