by Chris Snellgrove | Published 2 seconds ago
I’m a huge horror fiend, but there are two things that usually stop me from checking out a scary movie: bad reviews and a bad cover. Unfortunately, 2015 Final girl it suffers from both, which is why I kept ignoring the movie, no matter how many times my various algorithms shoved it in my face. I finally gave in and watched this movie for free on Tubi, and I’m happy to report that despite what the haters say, this is almost. perfect horror movie.
Final Girl Cast Catches The Eye
The cast of Final girl it’s pretty thin, but it has some pretty big names in it, including Abigail Breslin (best known for Little Miss Sunshine) as the titular final girl and Wes Bentley (best known for American Beauty and Interstellar) as his no-nonsense trainer. He is trained by a mysterious organization that gives him James Bond-level skills to help him kill the bad guys. In this film, the villains in question are a quartet of murderous boys led by a charismatic sociopath (Alexander Ludvig, best known for The hunger games and the Vikings TV shows).
While it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, I really enjoyed it Final girl for its thin narrative, including the fact that we don’t have many precise details about who this mysterious organization is, what its purpose is, or even the exact year that this period piece takes place. It’s the ultimate “show, don’t tell” horror film, and that’s only fitting because of director Tyler Shields. Shields is actually a photographer by trade, and to his credit, he infuses every frame of the film with a signature style, one that strikes a balance between the artistic excess of Zack Snyder and the artistic minimalism of Jim Jarmusch.
Buffy fans take note
If you like horror movies, you may enjoy how Final girl subverts expectations in the late tradition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The villains are a quartet of young assassins whose dirty trick involves choosing an unsuspecting target, taking them into the woods, and revealing their plan to hunt and kill them dressed in tuxedos. They intend for Breslin’s character to be their next target, not knowing that she has spent her entire life training to kill these types of scumbags in the most brutally creative ways.
The film is equally creative, but that can be difficult to appreciate unless you look beyond its very trope design. Basically, it’s the classic revenge story with a twist that the would-be victim is ready to turn the tables, a bit like what would happen if Buffy Summers hunted human monsters rather than undead. Despite some very familiar tropes on display, this film’s dialogue is sparkling, the cinematography is breathtaking, and the kills are both unpredictable and satisfying, making this a film that is more than the sum of its trope-y parts.
There are not enough reviews
Unfortunately, not everyone liked it Final girl almost as good as when it came out (first via a limited theatrical release and then via video on demand). On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently has a critical score of 25 percent, albeit from only 12 critics. And while every fanboy likes to say that the critics made his favorite movies dirty, this is a case where most of the critics were really wrong, complaining about things like the plot is basic and the film is too violent. What the hell did they expect from a horror movie?
It is true that Final girl won’t blow your mind with a convoluted plot out of a Chris Nolan movie, but I contend that the best slasher movies are those that stick to the classic formula of movies like Friday the 13th while still managing to surprise us with a few unexpected twists. That’s exactly what Final girl does: it takes the formula of hunting and killing unsuspecting victims in the woods, but turns those victims into victim actors. The result is the rare horror movie where we can root for the brutal killer while she’s busy murdering some of the absolute worst people.
you will find Final girl as exciting as I made it, or do you agree with the critics that this attempt at an artistic slasher just doesn’t hit the cinematic artery? The only way to find out is to stream it for free on Tubi. I leave you with a simple reminder that I wish someone had shared with me when this movie came out in 2015: it’s a lot, a lot better than his awful cover would imply.
Final girl it’s streaming it’s Tubi.
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