final girl
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by film theorist Carol J. Clover in her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.
Noun[edit]
final girl (plural final girls)
- (film) A female character in a horror or thriller film who is the last person alive to confront the killer/monster, and often the sole survivor.