The Evolution of the 'Final Girl' in the Movie 'You're Next'. Women in Horror Movies

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Film Science, grade: 1,3, University of Regensburg, course: Final Girl. Frauen im Horrorfilm, language: English, abstract: This paper serves the purpose of presenting the evolution of the 'Final Girl' into the 'Final Woman', with special focus on the newly developed characteristics. It defines the horror genre and its subgenres. Furthermore, a precise definition of the 'Final Girl' is given, explaining all the details on how to define the term. The term 'Final Girl' has been underlying specific changes over the past decades. Certain films, for instance, 'You're Next' (USA/UK 2011) were decisive to define a new term. These changes are massive and lead to the assumption that the 'Final Girl' has finally evolved into something new.