Horror is known for its many tropes and iconic characters that comprise the genre. One such trope is the famed final girl archetype. A phrase coined by Carol J. Clover in 1992, the final girl is the ...

A female character who becomes the sole survivor of a monster (human or otherwise), the final girl is one of the most famous tropes in the horror genre. Ever since its introduction in the classic 1974 ...

Scream's meta-rich horror satire revolutionized the slasher genre in the mid-'90s, paving the way for parodies like Cabin in the Woods, the Scary Movie series, and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. However, ...