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Buzzfeed: 25 Fiercest Final Girls
Topic Started: Apr 24 2015, 09:56 PM (183 Views)
CaineDidIt

http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/the-25-fiercest-final-girls-of-horror#.pjmJ0X7YQ

The list goes
25. Julie James-I Know What You Did Last Summer
24. Lila Crane- Psycho
23. Alana Maxwell- Terror Train
22. Natalie Simon- Urban Legend
21. Sally Hardesty- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
20. Chris Higgins- Friday the 13th Part III
19. Sarah- The Descent
18. Kristen Parker- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
17. Jesse Walsh- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
16. Jess Bradford- Black Christmas
15. Suzy Bannion- Suspiria
14. Alice Hardy- Friday the 13th
13. Samantha Hughes- The House of the Devil
12. Alice Johnson- A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master
11. Dana Polk- The Cabin in the Woods
10. Ash Williams- The Evil Dead
9. Ginny Field- Friday the 13th Part 2
8. Mia Allen- Evil Dead
7. Kirsty Cotton- Hellraiser
6. Marybeth Dunston- Hatchet II
5. Stretch Brock- Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
4. Nancy Thompson- A Nightmare on Elm Street
3. Ellen Ripley- Alien
2. Laurie Strode- Halloween
1. Sydney Prescott- Scream

Found this article from 2013 and I think it is frustrating and predictable. What are your thoughts on it?

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That list is fucking dreadful
Wait, Jesse Walsh is there? Add kiiiiiiiind of offensive to the list as well
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Kristen in Elm Street 3 is like the least fierce final girl ever created. That's kind of the point of her character. Her whole dream power is the dependency of others. Pleasantly surprised Alice made it, though.

This was written a few months after You're Next came out, so I'm kinda astonished Erin isn't on here at #1. Guess Repo's head will have to explode another day. :P Like her or hate her, the other Erin from the TCM remake is also pretty fierce. More so than Julie or Natalie, anyway.

Sidney makes enough sense as #1, but Ripley alone is pretty obviously fiercer.
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Erin should have made the list. I mean I know You're Next didn't do amazing at the box office, but it was their pick for the best horror film of 2013! She should be above Julie, Natalie, Lila, Jesse, Sally, and Alice. Jesse is just a horrible character, parodying final girls or not.
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Apr 24 2015, 10:30 PM
Like her or hate her, the other Erin from the TCM remake is also pretty fierce. More so than Julie or Natalie, anyway.
She's fiercer and I like her more than like 1/4th of the list. Seriously.

Even in terms of actual quality, most of those final girls are basically disasters (How the fuck does Natalie make these lists when literally no one likes her?)
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The more I think about the worse the list actually is. Some of the girls are on the list for halfheartedly defeating the villain and surviving, not actually doing anything fierce.
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Apr 24 2015, 10:35 PM
Erin should have made the list. I mean I know You're Next didn't do amazing at the box office, but it was their pick for the best horror film of 2013! She should be above Julie, Natalie, Lila, Jesse, Sally, and Alice. Jesse is just a horrible character, parodying final girls or not.
He's not parodying final girls. The reason he's a bit more feminine ties into all the gay subtext, thus why I said his inclusion is actually kiiiiiind of offensive (ignoring the fact that they're saying final boys aren't even allowed to be considered male but are actually really final girls in disguise)
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Apr 24 2015, 10:44 PM
CaineDidIt
Apr 24 2015, 10:35 PM
Erin should have made the list. I mean I know You're Next didn't do amazing at the box office, but it was their pick for the best horror film of 2013! She should be above Julie, Natalie, Lila, Jesse, Sally, and Alice. Jesse is just a horrible character, parodying final girls or not.
He's not parodying final girls. The reason he's a bit more feminine ties into all the gay subtext, thus why I said his inclusion is actually kiiiiiind of offensive (ignoring the fact that they're saying final boys aren't even allowed to be considered male but are actually really final girls in disguise)
The article made it seem like he was subversion of the final girl and it was a hilarous attempt. I know that there was a whole bunch of gay subtext, but he seemed to make the list for playing the with the gender roles instead of the subtext. It's a stupid reason, especially when there were plenty of more worthy entries.
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Apr 24 2015, 10:44 PM
CaineDidIt
Apr 24 2015, 10:35 PM
Erin should have made the list. I mean I know You're Next didn't do amazing at the box office, but it was their pick for the best horror film of 2013! She should be above Julie, Natalie, Lila, Jesse, Sally, and Alice. Jesse is just a horrible character, parodying final girls or not.
He's not parodying final girls. The reason he's a bit more feminine ties into all the gay subtext, thus why I said his inclusion is actually kiiiiiind of offensive
Well, they also included Ash, so I wouldn't cry homophobia. They seemed to be included more for their names, since both follow the "ambiguous sex" thing.

I guess I can see how he could be considered a deconstruction. "Let's see how much you like a crying, screaming, scantly clad character that needs to be saved at the end when they're YOUR gender".
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Apr 25 2015, 12:43 AM
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Apr 24 2015, 10:44 PM
CaineDidIt
Apr 24 2015, 10:35 PM
Erin should have made the list. I mean I know You're Next didn't do amazing at the box office, but it was their pick for the best horror film of 2013! She should be above Julie, Natalie, Lila, Jesse, Sally, and Alice. Jesse is just a horrible character, parodying final girls or not.
He's not parodying final girls. The reason he's a bit more feminine ties into all the gay subtext, thus why I said his inclusion is actually kiiiiiind of offensive
Well, they also included Ash, so I wouldn't cry homophobia. They seemed to be included more for their names, since both follow the "ambiguous sex" thing.

I guess I can see how he could be considered a deconstruction. "Let's see how much you like a crying, screaming, scantly clad character that needs to be saved at the end when they're YOUR gender".
Oh, I missed Ash (I literally just skimmed), nevermind then.
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