In horror franchises, however, the Final Girl, on occasion, dies in the sequel, paving the way for a new Final Girl to carry the torch. They are typically sexually unavailable or virginal ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Desiree Evans and Saraciea Fennell about their anthology of horror stories from Black writers with the racial and gender representation they've longed for in the genre.

F rom Ellen Ripley to Sidney Prescott, final girls number among some of the horror genre's most celebrated and memorable characters. A term used in cinema to describe the last woman left standing ...

Other prominent First Girls of horror to receive upvotes include Chrissie from Jaws, Marion Crane from Psycho, Pam from Deathproof, Annie from Friday the 13th, Kate Miller from Dressed to Kill ...