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Best Final Girls Movies –

WARNING: SPOILERS. The very nature of the list includes spoilers.   

Let’s not split hairs about what defines a ‘final girl’ and instead focus on all the awesome movies with great characters and performances that this trope brings to mind.  

Here are some of my favorite Final Girls from some of my favorite horror movies.

WARNING: Some of these trailers contain SPOILERS.

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Top 13 Classic Final Girl Films of the  20th Century

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13. Julie James – I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

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12. Ginny Field – Friday the 13th, Part II (1981)

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11. Jamie Lloyd – Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

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10. Alice Hardy – Friday the 13th (1980)

Not sure why Jason is in the thumbnail.

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9. Kristen Parker –  A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

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8. Sidney Prescott – Scream (1996)

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7. Kirsty Cotton – Hellraiser (1987)

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6. Jess Bradford – Black Christmas (1974)

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5. Francine Parker – Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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4. Sarah Connor – The Terminator (1984)

3. Nancy Thompson – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

2. Laurie Strode – Halloween (1978)

1. Ellen Ripley – Alien (1979)

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Top 13 Final Girl Movies of the  21st Century

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13. Abra Stone – Doctor Sleep (2019)

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12. Thomison – The Witch (2015)

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11. Deena Johnson – Fear Street Trilogy (2021)

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10. Ashley – Better Watch Out (2016)

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9. Dana Polk – The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

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8. Jay Height – It Follows (2015)

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7. Anna Peterson – The Guest (2004)

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6. Needy Lesnicky – Jennifer’s Body (2009)

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5. Michelle – 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

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4. Emma Ward – No One Lives (2012)

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3. Grace Le Domas – Ready or Not (2019)

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2. Clear Rivers – Final Destination (2000)

This is my favorite overall slasher franchise. I recommend watching all parts.

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1. Erin Harson – You’re Next (2011)

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More Favorite Final Girls in Film…

Noriko Nakagawa – Battle Royale (2000)

Rachel Keller – The Ring (2002)

Rocky – Don’t Breathe (2016)

Max Cartwright – The Final Girls (2015)

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Top 10 Scary Horror Movies About Demons and Devils –

It’s easy for a list about movies with demons to overlap with the list about Movies with Crazy Cults, but it’s just an excuse to share more wonderful movies with you.

So, for this list, we’ll focus on movies that center around demons and demon possessions. You get the idea.

Here are my favorite dark and scary movies about demons and devils.

Top 10 Demonic Horror Films

In no particular order.

WARNING: Some of these trailers contain SPOILERS.

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Frailty (2002)

Demon Hunting… Maybe?

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The Exorcist (1973)

Demonic Possession

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Hellraiser (1987)

Demonic Exploration

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The Wailing | Gokseong (2016)

Demonic Despair

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A Dark Song (2016)

Demonic Incantation

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Fallen (1998)

Cops vs. Demons

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The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)

Demonic Boarding School

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Constantine (2005)

Demonic Magic

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Insidious (2010)

Demonic Realms

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The Witch (2015)

Daughters of the Devil

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Demons with more humor…

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

Jennifer’s Body (20019)

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Deathgasm (2015)

Hellboy (2004)

Wishmaster (1997)

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Favorite YoutTube Channel Recommendations –

I can’t get enough of enthusiastic YouTubers who share and discuss the stories and entertainment that I love. 

These creators are interested in the stuff that inspires the making of False Positive—the same stuff that we celebrate for Halloween—visual storytelling, comics, movies, TV, Science fiction, fantasy, and horror. 

Here’s a list of some of the YoutTube shows that inspire me. 

Check out these Tubers and support the ones you dig.

CONTENT SPOILERS AHEAD.

Celebrating the Macabre:

Scaredy Cats

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In Praise of Shadows

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Girly Gore

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The Homicidal Homemaker

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Celebrating Storytelling in Film:

The Beauty Of

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Filmento

Fun Fact: I was surprised to spot some of my uncredited art at around the 27-second mark in the above video.

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Every Frame a Painting

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Ryan Hollinger

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Celebrating Comics:

Strip Panel Naked

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Cartoonist Kayfabe

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Casually Comics

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Fantastic Frankey

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Celebrating Pop-culture:

Toy Galaxy

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Implicitly Pretentious

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Screen Crush

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Matt Draper

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If the List Kept Going…

Adam Cesare

CZsWorld

The Closer Look

Cinema Tyler

The Royal Ocean Film Society

The Discarded Image

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I’m trying to share stuff that I love and find inspirational. If anybody sees that I’ve done this in the ‘wrong’ way, please let me know.

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What are some of your favorite genre discussion YoutTubers?