Final Girl Film School
She’s the high school babysitter who survived the night “He” came home in Halloween (1978).
Who is Laurie Strode?
In 2014, this eerie storybook monster becomes a metaphor for grief — teaching one mother how to live with her trauma.
Who is The Babadook?
This “King of Shock” created the 1978 classic Halloween and is known for his signature use of the masked killer.
In this 1984 Stephen King adaptation, children in a small Nebraska town follow a murderous religious cult.
In Smile (2022), this seemingly harmless gesture from strangers becomes a death sentence if you witness it.
What is the sinister smile?
She became one of horror’s most self-aware survivors when she fought back against Ghostface in Scream (1996).
Who is Sydney Prescott?
Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) introduced this acid-blooded creature, teaching us the dangers of corporate greed and space exploration.
What is the Xenomorph?
The mastermind behind A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), this director made Freddy Krueger one of horror’s most iconic villains.
Who is Wes Craven?
In It: Chapter One, Pennywise often lures children by exploiting this personal vulnerability.
What is their deepest fear?
In It: Chapter One, Georgie wears this iconic piece of clothing during the terrifying sewer showdown with Pennywise.
What is a yellow raincoat?
In Terrifier 2 (2022), this teenager endures the terrifying attacks of a super-violent clown and rises to become the final girl.
Who is Sienna Shaw?
In A Quiet Place (2018), these blind, sound-hunting creatures taught us the value of silence — and the dangers of a squeaky floorboard.
What are the Death Angels?
Famed for his surreal and visually stunning style, this director created Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) and Crimson Peak (2015).
Who is Guillermo Del Toro?
In Sinister, Ethan Hawke’s character discovers these chilling films in his attic, each depicting a different family’s murder.
What are Super 8 film reels?
This 2021 film features a woman who begins to have visions of people being murdered, only to realize the events are happening in real life.
What is Malignant?
This bride’s wedding night turns into a deadly game of hide-and-seek with her in-laws in Ready or Not (2019).
Who is Grace Le Domas?
How many years go by before The Creeper comes back to feed in rural Ocala?
What is every 23 years?
The “Master of Body Horror,” this Canadian director terrified audiences with The Fly (1986) and Videodrome (1983).
The Black Phone is set in this year, during a series of child abductions in a suburban Colorado town.
What is 1978?
In Candyman (2021), this is his signature weapon that terrifies anyone who summons him.
What is a hook for a hand?
A young woman and her boyfriend get caught in a deadly cult’s rituals during a Swedish midsummer festival in Midsommar (2019).
Who is Dani Ardor?
In this 2022 film, a double‐booked Airbnb rental turns into a monstrous subterranean nightmare — teaching that the house’s secret is the creature.
What is The Barbarian?
This director’s Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019) use slow-burn terror and cult imagery to explore grief and societal breakdown.
Who is Ari Aster?
This supernatural realm, where souls become trapped, is central to the Insidious series.
What is The Further?
What is the highest grossing horror franchise?
What is The Conjuring Universe? (Approximately $2.25 billion)