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Max, recently orphaned, goes to see a screening of a B-horror movie that her mother made 20 years earlier. When Max and her friends find themselves in the world of the film itself, they must apply their knowledge of horror tropes to survive.
7 November 1983, Waterloo, Iowa, USA
7 May 1992, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
9 January 1989, Sofia, Bulgaria
17 August 1994, Readington, New Jersey, USA
18 April 1989, Riverside, California, USA
7 January 1985, Monroe, Louisiana, USA
27 December 1991, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
19 July 1981
12 May 1978, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
10 March 1982, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
February 24, 2017
The downfall of The Final Girls is that it pretty much becomes the tired thing it makes fun of. And it doesn't do much for thrills.October 09, 2015
The Final Girls is all smiles and winks, but lacks the blood to make its horror satire pulse.October 08, 2015
A playful deconstruction of the slasher film that ultimately packs a surprisingly affecting punch.October 09, 2015
As horror comedies go, this one sadly winds up somewhere between Scary Movie 4 and 5.October 08, 2015
A horror comedy that proves that with the right actors you can make an amusing movie even if a lot of your ideas are borrowed.February 26, 2016
It hopes to riff off the classic era of slasher films, but unfortunately The Final Girls only ends up adding to the clichés.February 23, 2016
Missteps aside, with the vivid imagery around the campgrounds and the slick sense of humor, Strauss-Schulson nails certain aspects.April 10, 2016
Cut-rate CGI, shaky performances, and a frequently unintelligible screenplay sink the ship.August 10, 2016
Beneath the horror-comedy hijinks lies a beating heart.November 23, 2015
Hiding beneath the veneer of a slasher horror comedy beats a touching and heartbreaking dramedy about letting go, and accepting that sometimes nature has to take its course.October 09, 2015
"The Final Girls" is never once scary, the effects are schlocky, and the action/fight scenes are confusing, especially one that takes place in a dark shack where it is impossible to tell what is happening.October 08, 2015
The gender commentary is still on point, and The Final Girls successfully disembowels its target trope. But it works better as film criticism than it does as a film.