Every Horror Movie With A Final Boy (Not Girl)

Horror movies have several tropes that are common, but one of the most notable is the final girl, a woman or girl who often must triumph over evil in order to survive. However, what’s much less common is the final boy, often a man or teenage boy who fills the same role, fighting back against the story’s adversaries in order to live — here are all the horror movies with a final boy. While there are plenty of final girls and boys of all ages, final girls mostly fall within the same age range of late teens to early adulthood, while final boys seem to get a bit more variety.
Examples range from young children like Andy in Child’s Play to teens like Jesse in Nightmare on Elm Street 2, adults like Louis in Pet Sematary, and even middle-aged men like Dr. Verne in Prophecy. Horror movies with a final...
Examples range from young children like Andy in Child’s Play to teens like Jesse in Nightmare on Elm Street 2, adults like Louis in Pet Sematary, and even middle-aged men like Dr. Verne in Prophecy. Horror movies with a final...
- 4/7/2023
- by Maisy Flowers
- ScreenRant
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