The concept of the “Final Girl” was created
by Carol Clover which implied the last character left alive in the slasher
movie, to confront the killer. A certain set of characteristics is followed, which
the first and most obvious one is being a female. Other characteristics are
that she would most likely be a virgin and remain fully clothed in the film;
she’d avoid sex and probably won’t drink alcohol, smoke or take drugs. Also,
she would be the most intelligent one out of the victims and would therefore, survive
the horror.
Typically, in films, women are portrayed as
being weak and fearful characters and are viewed as a damsel in distress who
always needs to be saved. They are stereotyped as a sex symbol and are portrayed
to the audience from the male perspective. Furthermore, they are mostly shown
to not make it to the end of the film without the help of a man, who are
supposedly shown superior as compared to women. However, the Final Girl theory
represents some women as strong and smart and has the characteristics of a male
hero. These characters, who survive the whole film, while all the other
victims, including the men are all killed, tend to be sexually unavailable and have unisex names. This is known as the Clover’s Final Girl
theory.
Some examples of the Final Girl in some
horror films are:
Sidney Prescott - Scream 
Laurie Strode - Halloween
Nancy Thompson - Nightmare on Elm Street
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