The Final Girl Support Group

Grady Hendrix clearly loves a horror flick (the names of the characters here, let alone their backgrounds, ought to be enough to tell you that), and this is simultaneously an ode to and interrogation of the slasher movie. It asks what happens after the credits roll, and what's it like inside the head of the lone survivor, dealing with that unbelievable trauma, as well as considering the misogyny and violence against women that is the engine driving these movies we all thrill to. But it's not some po-faced treatise, as all these musings are wrapped up in a fast moving plot that takes in enough action, gore and thrills to satisfy any fan of Halloween or Friday 13th. It's an homage to the slasher movie that celebrate its heights while not excusing its lows, and open-minded fans of the genre are going to get a lot out of it.