Final Girl Theory - Carol. G. Clover


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Carol. G. Clover is an American professor of film studies, rhetoric language and Scandinavian mythology. She has been widely published in her areas of expertise.
Her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film achieved popularity beyond academia, and she is credited with developing the "final girl" theory within the book, which changed both popular and academic conceptions of gender in horror films.


Androgynous in some way, she'll have a unisex name and is not sexually active.
Meanwhile young women who smoke, drink, party and are promiscuous in slasher films are often killed off quite early. Clover argues they are being punished.
Clover states that in order for horror to be successful - a female has to be terrorised rather than a male. It is interesting, in a genre popular with males, that there is a female lead. However, Clover argues she is masculinized throughout the film and that she kills the killer with knife or chainsaw or gun that this is 'phallic appropriation'.

Common characteristics of a 'Final Girl'  

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  1. Does not drink alcohol or illegal drugs
  2. Virginal status
  3. Classed as a 'Nerd' or 'Goodie two shoes' - Doesn't do no wrong
  4. Dresses appropriately and does not sexualise herself
  5. It is successful, well-behaved student 
  6. Does not swear or use taboo language 
Which films is the 'Final Girl' theory used ? 

 Scream (Sidney Prescott)
Psycho (Lila Crane)
Halloween (Laurie Strode)
Black Christmas (Jess)
Friday the 13th (Alice)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Sally Hardesty)
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