Hub Challenge: Final Girl Series

I've completed only about a third of my hub challenge hubs for the month of March but I'm still working on articles. I managed to get the "Final Girl" series completed. The Final Girl Series is a series all on "Final Girl" archetypes from the movies. Featured are 4 Final Girls and also, surprisingly, a Final GUY character that fits right in to the characteristics and attributes that female final girl personas exude.

In this series, I've dealt with the Final Girls from the movies Psycho (Lila Crane), Nightmare On Elm Street - the original first film (Nancy Thompson), Scream (Sidney Prescott), Hostel (final guy - Paxton - no last name), and Hostel II (Beth - no last name).

Just to reiterate on what a Final Girl is:

The Final Girl, particularly in horror films, slasher films, and some types of thriller genre films, is a character that represents "the last one standing" who confronts a killer or the main threat in a horror/slasher/thriller storyline. Our final girl is usually a sole survivor. Almost always a female, this character is resourceful, sexually pure or unavailable, curious and brave. All of these qualities help her defeat the killer/threat or escape from the killer/threat.

She/he usually will have some shared history with the killer/threat, even if this history is shown on film with the killer/threat being aware of our final girl while the final girl is unaware of the killer/threat. Often in the latter case, the killer/threat enforces this history through stalking the final girl character, whether she/he is aware of this or not.

Often, this tactic of forcing a history to be present between final girl and threat is the bridging information which makes the killer's actions 'make sense' and also identifies who our final girl is. You see - the killer/threat will almost always balk at killing the final girl at some point just BECAUSE of the history the killer/threat is sharing with the final girl. The final girl may become the ONLY persona in the killer's viewpoint who seems human. Sometimes the killer/threat starts to perceive of the familiarity between killer and final girl as proof that the final girl will be an easy target...which ends up being an error of judgment, thus, the main reason why the final girl is able to survive...she/he usually outwits the killer/threat with a surprise tactic of her/his own.

Here are the links for the articles in the Final Girl Series:
Final Girl Series: Lila II Final Girl Series: Nancy II Final Girl Series: Sid II Final Girl Series: Final Guy "Paxton" II Final Girl Series: Beth

ALTERNATE LINKS:
Final Girl: Lila II Final Girl: Nancy II Final Girl: Sid II Final Girl: Final Guy "Paxton" II Final Girl: Beth

For more information on the Final Girl trope/archetype in general, see:

Article: "Final Girl" and an alternate link: Final Girl (featuring information on the Halloween movie final girl)

Additional series articles I've completed in the March 2010 Hub Challenge will be posted on the blog soon. I've managed to complete 3 other series, so I just need a chance to arrange some links and alternative links.

Enjoy the Final Girls Series!

Nobody Cares About Laurie Strode?

I'm concerned about Laurie Strode. Laurie Strode is a character from the Hallowe'en movie series. She's Michael Myers' little sister.

The reason I'm worried about her is that I did a hub about her a while back, along with hubs on her brother, the psychotic killer and also on his doctor, Dr. Samuel J. Loomis. For some reason, as important as her character is - not just in the storyline and in the Hallowe'en series but in "horror movie-dom" itself, Laurie Strode is not receiving the views she deserves. Even Dr. Loomis gets more views.

The hub: Laurie Strode

Halloween Movie Trailer:



Now I know, I know - I went offline for a while and haven't exactly posted regularly since the summertime - but maybe you can leave some comments either on blogger or on the hub and suggest a few ways I might improve upon Laurie's hub.

After all - she's one of horror-dom's BEST and strongest "FINAL GIRL" characters!

E V E R !!!

Laurie Strode/Michael Myers (siblings) Tribute Video below:

• Would information about the importance of the 'final girl' role be useful on the hub?
• Perhaps more information about the actress (Jamie Lee Curtis) who played Laurie Strode?
• More details on her step-by-step actions in the original Hallowe'en and in the Final Hallowe'en?

I'll think on this a while and wait a week or so for some response before I set to work fixing Laurie up a little better.

Have a look, tell me what you think: Laurie Strode

In the meantime...BEK (Black Eyed Kids) stories are pouring in from r/l friends who've found out I'm not roasting chestnuts this holiday season (I'm 'hubbing' and researching on BEKs and more Urban Legends), so I'll have plenty to work on besides the Laurie Final Girl Strode hub!

So much for Santa and elves this Christmas Eve...I'm knee deep in black eyed kids.

Don't stop by, don't come a-caroling 'cos I won't open the door! I'm too scared, wrapped up in this research...merry ho ho ho

Final Girl