[marcusgv]

Originally Posted by dee123

I think 'the final girl' thing is changing. Some of the more recent horror movies i've seen, nobody survives.

Yes, this is a time when there are so many problems in the world, economic, environmental and political and little hope of solving them, why shouldn't horror films reflect this sense of hopelessness?

[BlizzardUK]

(below spoiler written by username egregarious on page 1)

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The Reef - based off a true story where a guy survives a shark attack. In the movie version they have him die and his girlfriend survives. This has to be the dumbest example of stupid test audiences or "horror movie scholars" that couldn't handle a single male survivor.

That was the movie my original post was talking about and what made me start the thread

[Alrightmate]

In recent years the final girl end does appear to have been changing.

I'm thinking of 'Wolf Creek'.

[Yuffie]

Originally Posted by Wulfster

Aah, yes ...
But if you've seen "The Cabin in The Woods" you'll know why this happens ...

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If "The Virgin" is not sacrified last or allowed to survive, then The Elder Gods will be displeased and the ritual will be broken.Thereby allowing the evil ones to break free and causing the end of mankind and destruction of the world ...

...which is as good as an explanation as anything else really ...

Really though, it's just because most people want to see characters they can empathise with, to triumph against the odds ... 'cos that doesn't usually happen in real-life.

It does suck though, when they knacker the story (true or otherwise) to fit in with some dumb test-screen ratings.
(Like the Reef, as somebody pointed out earlier ...)

One of the reasons why I liked this film. Tries to turn it all on its head and make sense of it!