The Final Girls

"Who will survive?"

2015 1h 31m EN

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6.4

MID

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76%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 1,447🍅76%Rotten Tomatoes●59Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 55,294

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Synopsis

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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.

“Who will survive?”

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Cast

Taissa Farmiga
Max Cartwright
Malin Akerman
Nancy / Amanda Cartwright
Nina Dobrev
Vicki Summers
Alexander Ludwig
Chris Briggs
Adam Devine
Kurt
Thomas Middleditch
Duncan
Alia Shawkat
Gertie Michaels
Chloe Bridges
Paula

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Writers: M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, shot by Elie Smolkin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gregory James Jenkins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Debbie Berman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Taissa Farmiga and Malin Akerman and Nina Dobrev carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Who will survive?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2118624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Todd Strauss-Schulson directs. Elie Smolkin behind the camera. Gregory James Jenkins scores. Debbie Berman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, shot by Elie Smolkin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Gregory James Jenkins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Debbie Berman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Taissa Farmiga and Malin Akerman and Nina Dobrev carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Who will survive?".
7IMDB entry: tt2118624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 20 themes, including "virgin", "summer camp", "parent child relationship", "time travel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Elie Smolkin
Original score: Gregory James Jenkins
Editing: Debbie Berman
Production design: Katie Byron
Costume design: Lynette Meyer
Makeup / hair: Elvis Jones
VFX supervisor: Matthew Poliquin
Sound: Lewis Goldstein
Stunt coordinator: William Scharpf
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $4,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Final Girls (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 76% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 59/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 55,294 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

7 wins & 13 nominations total

Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award

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Gimly2018-03-19
★ 6/10
Make a slasher movie that's about an R-rated slasher movie, then make that movie be PG-13? Solid weird ass choice. But whatever, The Final Girls is some proper fun. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
Wuchak2018-08-18
★ 6/10
Amusing slasher parody with heart This is a parody of 80’s slasher flicks, especially the Friday the 13th franchise. The story revolves around five teens somehow being translated into a fictitious 1986 slasher movie called “Camp Bloodbath.” The prematurely deceased mother (Malin Akerman) of the teen heroine (Taissa Farmiga) starred in the movie and she gets to meet her again, albeit as a young woman. While this 2015 film is a throwaway flick it’s reasonably entertaining, especially if you’re familiar with slasher films. What I like best is that it has heart and you can feel the loving relationship of mother and daughter. It’s also nice to see Nina Dobrev again, who’s one of the most alluring females in the cast, although she’s outshined by curvy Angela Trimbur as airhead Tina. The movie runs 1 hour, 28 minutes and was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with some stuff done in Los Angeles. GRADE: B-
Peter89Spencer2020-05-12
★ 8/10
It was silly, but entertaining. And it had room for poignant moments. And personally, the outtakes were the most hilarious! And, good cast as well.