The Final Girls (2015)
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Writers: M.A. Fortin (screenplay), Joshua John Miller (screenplay)
Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam DeVine | See full cast and crew
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Writers: M.A. Fortin (screenplay), Joshua John Miller (screenplay)
Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam DeVine | See full cast and crew
Storyline:
When Max (Taissa Farmiga) and her friends reluctantly attend a tribute
screening of an infamous '80s slasher film that starred Max's late
mother (Malin Akerman), they are accidentally sucked into the silver
screen. They soon realize they are trapped inside the cult classic movie
and must team up with the fictional and ill-fated "Camp Bloodbath"
counselors, including Max's mom as the shy scream queen, to battle the
film's machete-wielding, masked killer. With the body count rising in
scene after iconic scene, who will be THE FINAL GIRLS left standing and
live to escape this film?
Movie Reviews:
The combination of
horror and comedy is always a volatile recipe, and the failure to mix
those ingredients just right can often result in disaster. But every
once in awhile, a film comes along that manages to stumble upon the
secret formula for success, with Cabin in the Woods being the most
recent example. Now, three years after that film blew the roof off the
Paramount Theater at the SXSW Film Festival, we have another SXSW debut
that premiered to a cacophonous ovation: director Todd
Strauss-Schulson's The Final Girls.
Max Cartwright (Taissa Farmiga) is struggling with loss after the tragic death of her mother, 80s slasher flick icon Amanda Cartwright (Malin Akerman). When she attends an anniversary screening of her mom's landmark film, Camp Bloodbath, a freak accident transports Max and her friends (Alia Shawkat, Alexander Ludwig, Thomas Middleditch and Nina Dobrev) into the film itself, where they're forced to abide by the rules of the movie's narrative in an attempt to survive.
Of course, everyone knows that anyone who has sex in an 80s horror film is bound to be butchered shortly after, so Max finds herself in the awkward position of trying to convince her mother's character not to sleep with the cocky, swaggering Kurt (Adam Devine), whose dialogue is almost entirely made up of sexual innuendo. Meanwhile, the attractive but vapid Tina (Angela Trimbur) is constantly trying to disrobe, which is a big no-no in this film, since a pair of bare breasts will bring the masked killer and his machete running.
Max Cartwright (Taissa Farmiga) is struggling with loss after the tragic death of her mother, 80s slasher flick icon Amanda Cartwright (Malin Akerman). When she attends an anniversary screening of her mom's landmark film, Camp Bloodbath, a freak accident transports Max and her friends (Alia Shawkat, Alexander Ludwig, Thomas Middleditch and Nina Dobrev) into the film itself, where they're forced to abide by the rules of the movie's narrative in an attempt to survive.
Of course, everyone knows that anyone who has sex in an 80s horror film is bound to be butchered shortly after, so Max finds herself in the awkward position of trying to convince her mother's character not to sleep with the cocky, swaggering Kurt (Adam Devine), whose dialogue is almost entirely made up of sexual innuendo. Meanwhile, the attractive but vapid Tina (Angela Trimbur) is constantly trying to disrobe, which is a big no-no in this film, since a pair of bare breasts will bring the masked killer and his machete running.
