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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping some of my favorite final girls into the ol’ VCR. 

If you couldn’t tell by my piece about I Am Not Your Final Girl, I respect the hell out of final girls. They represent the fight that women (including trans women) and femme presenting peeps face each and every day. 

Before I start throwing out some of my favorite final girls, I want to say a couple of things. 

First and foremost, I’m not listing out every single final girl in horror history because this piece would be unending. Just because they aren’t on this list doesn’t mean I don’t believe in what they represent. 

Secondly, I want to address the lack of diversity. I am fully aware that this list is almost exclusively white, straight, cis women. 

Dear future horror writers, directors, etc…

Let’s shake this up. 

Add women of color and women and non-binary folks from the LGBTQIA+ community into the mix, please. 

We’re starting to build stronger female and non-binary characters within the horror genre, and I greatly appreciate it, but now, let’s work on the final girl herself. 

Deal? Deal. 

P.S. Let’s also continue to increase this same diversity in the writers’ room, director’s chair, and all other aspects of the genre. 

Alrighty, let’s get to it. 

My favorite final girls, in no particular order, are: 

• Laurie Strode
• Sidney Prescott
• Gale Weathers 
• Erin Harson 
• Grace Le Domas
• Ellen Ripley 
• Tree Gelbman
• Dani Ardor 
• Alice Johnson
• Sienna Shaw 

Honorable mentions 

• Deena Johnson 
• Sarah Connor 

Now, I feel like I need to explain myself a little bit here. I love Heather Langenkamp, but for some reason, I like Alice more than Nancy. I know that’s a HOT take, and I can’t fully explain it, but I just connect with Alice more. 

Additionally, I’m aware that Sarah Connor *technically* isn’t a horror final girl, but Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a) the best action movie of all time and b) it could be argued that it borders on dystopian horror. 

Hasta la vista, baby.