Thursday Movie Picks - The Final Girl

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This week's Halloween theme from Wandering Through The Shelves is the final girl! We love a queen that makes it until the end. Laurie, Sydney, Sally, Nancy, the icons are on a first name basis. Since I went with very popular picks last week, I'm going to try to avoid using those icons and use ones that I think deserve icon status alongside them


1) The Cabin in the Woods - Dana deserves final girl status for a variety of reasons. Not just because of the horror she survived, but because of her humility. She apologizes for almost shooting her friend to save the entire world while sharing a joint with him. We love someone who can admit they're wrong.


2) Ready or Not - Grace got the in-laws from Hell and came out on top in this hilarious horror-comedy. This film had no right being as good as it was. 


3) Hush - I hate home invasion films. They make me very uncomfortable but Maddie, a deaf woman being terrorized by a crazed psycho felt fresh. It made me rethink my judgmental-ness on this type of movie ever so slightly. 

Comments

  1. SJHoneywellOctober 13, 2022 at 11:20 AM

    I like all three of these movies. Both Ready or Not and Hush are part of a subgenre I call "Good for her!"

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  2. thevoid99October 13, 2022 at 4:05 PM

    We share a pick with Dana. Yeah, I too wanted to get away from the usual final girls to focus on the newer ones. Hush is the one film I haven't seen and yes, Ready or Not had no right to be better than it actually was.

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  3. BirgitOctober 13, 2022 at 4:11 PM

    I hVe not seen any of these as they look...scary but Iight see the comedy one. Now I could kick myself for not choosing Wait Until Dark.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamOctober 14, 2022 at 6:03 AM

      Ready or Not and Cabin in the Woods are definitely more comedic, do not scary. Hush is creepy.

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  4. Wandering Through The ShelvesOctober 14, 2022 at 3:37 PM

    Picked Ready or Not myself. The pop at the end was sooo unexpected.
    Have also seen Hush and like it.
    Cabin in the Woods is the only one I haven’t seen.

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