The Final Girls

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Audience Member Good premise, good execution, good use of dated phrases, good acting, and overall an enjoyable little movie. The ending was very classic. Stuck to the formal. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review 3am3ii 3 It was a good movie and wish they could have done a second movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Peter G I loved this film! An original and wholesome ode to slashers with a great cast and a perfect soundtrack Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review Roman T If you’re a fan of typical Slasher Tropes, you’ll love this movie. While a bit predictable at times, still worth a watch for slasher fans. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Jedi R I saw this movie shortly after it came out and I remember enjoying it. Given that 'tis the season to be frightened (October 2024, close to Halloween), this movie came up as a suggestion on my streaming watchlist. I figured I'd watch it again and I'm so grateful I did. This is a GREAT movie all around. It's got a good cast, with people such as Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Thomas Middleditch, Nina Dobrev & Adam Devine giving their respective roles the attention they deserve. Watching the movie took me back to the 1980s which is when the movie takes place. The one thing that really stood out upon 2nd viewing was the movie's soundtrack. Many times throughout the movie, the music was as guilty of advancing the movie plot as the script itself. It really seems to me like the director, Todd Strauss-Schulson, having previously worked with composer Gregory James Jenkins, trusted Gregory enough so as to let him do as he pleased with the soundtrack for this film. The end-result is a superb masterpiece of a horror/comedy almost doubling as a comedy/musical/horror flick. The soundtrack's electronic music is like a sonic painting which entangles itself with the video images so much that it's as if it were infused into the movie itself. It almost feels at times as if we're watching something like Pink Floyd's The Wall, The Who's Tommy, The Phantom of the Opera, etc. As a parody of 80s slasher films, this film does a great job laughing at itself while at the same time presenting an emotional, heart-felt tale of love & loss between a mother & daughter. The directing & cinematography also deserve a mention. Some of the kill scenes as well as the chase scenes are so effective because of the blend of killer (pun intended, maybe?) cinematography, directing, acting AND engaging music. One of my favorite scenes is at around 1:03 (near the end of the movie) when the slasher jumps out of the cabin's second floor window as he chases the remaining camp counselors. At the beginning of this scene, the music gets intense while everything else gets slightly confusing and distorted, which then leads Malin's character to say, "What's happening?" but with a weird, slowed down, low-pitched voice (as if she were a baritone singing in an opera). Then, Taissa answers with a similar style voice, "It's slow motion" because, of course we're in a slow motion scene. Genius, funny and terrifying all at the same time. If you like comedies and/or 80's slasher films, this is a movie you don't want to miss. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Torin F THE FINAL GIRLS is playfully meta, simultaneously celebrating and subverting slasher tropes in an attempt to elevate the conventions. The movie gets caught in its own gimmicky rule-bound premise, however, and thereafter rushes through all the necessary tropes, which limits its success as either horror-comedy or social commentary, all while trying to elevate a more genuine mother-daughter drama. The result is just okay. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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