What is the best "final girl" story in a horror movie?

Ripley

But my fave is Nancy

Grace from Ready or Not, more comedy but love it. The girl from The Hunt was pretty awesome too

Erin from You’re Next. She was the living definition of fuck around and find out, and I love that about her so much.

Lieutenant (First Class) Ellen Ripley - "Alien"

"I say that we abandon this ship! We get the shuttle and just get the hell out of here! We take our chances and... just hope that somebody will pick us up!"

Sidney Prescott from Scream.

Tree in Happy Death Day. With a theme of repetition I felt they kept it engaging, with a lot of misdirection. I can’t think of the actress’s name, but I thought she really did an excellent job.

Surpriiiiiise, Sidney

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien.

Obviously Ellen Ripley but also Dana Barat. Shall we just say Sigourney Weaver.

Ellen Ripley.

Nancy Thompson

I really like Maika Monroe's character in It Follows as she tries to survive being pursued by a supernatural entity as it slaughteres everyone else.

Mia from Evil Dead.

"Feast on this, motherfucker!"

I spit on your grave

Tina from Friday the 13th 7.. Only one who truly beat Jason’s ASS 😂

Sidney Prescott fan

Max from The Final Girls. She finally gets over her mothers death. Sweet and kickass movie.

You're next

Sally Hardesty - TCM Dani Ardor - Midsommar

Sally Hardesty and it isn’t even close (1974)

Right now I’ll say Sidney Prescott from Scream and Sienna from Terrifier 2

Hostel 2

Ripley. No one is even close to her badassery.

Kirsty Cotton from Hellraiser

Sarah Connor

Crystal May Creasey - The Hunt, ranks pretty high for me.

Ripley in Alien.

Constance in Just Before Dawn, how her body turns into the weapon she uses for the killer. Plus her whole attitude change and how she takes charge compared to her boyfriend.

nancy thompson from nightmare on elm street or ginny from friday the 13th

I Spit on Your Grave

Suspiria

For me its a tie between Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and You're Next.

Ellen Ripley and it isn't even close.

Taylor in Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Behind the mask, Leslie Vernon

Sarah The Descent

High Tension!

Sarah from The Descent.

She’s a badass trauma survivor no matter how the ending plays out.

Kate from The Thing prequel. She didn’t make a ton of mistakes and she was smart throughout most of the film.

The Blackguard’s Daughter.

There are so many incredible final girls that it's hard to pick, but I think I'll go with Sidney Prescott from Scream.

To me, she basically personifies everything I want out of a final girl... she's a normal person who has flaws but a good heart. She overcomes adversity through a perfect balance of wit, resourcefulness and luck. She always feels like she's in actual danger and not being protected by plot-armor. She almost never does stupid things for the sake of the plot.

And the icing on the cake is that she has a tragic backstory that informs her character growth without totally defining it, giving her victories a little extra "oomph", and she also goes through significant changes with each film, becoming a better and stronger woman every time.

I think Ripley is the true answer.

My personal answer is Kelly Maroney in Chopping Mall.

Nothing even comes close to Laurie Strode and Halloween franchise minus the Rob Zombie crap.

Erin - You’re Next

You're Next is a great example, her story rocked

I really loved the Jamie Lloyd story in Halloween 4.

I also thought the Kate Siegel’s character in Hush was really well done. It was basically 90 minutes of a hearing impaired woman trying to fight off a killer she couldn’t hear.

Grace Ready or Not

Final girl is Wendy in the Shining

Chase scene is the female escort at the motel in My Bloody Valentine

Maxine in “X” is a new favorite. Looking forward to seeing the third film in the series next month!

Crystal from The Hunt. "YOU'RE FUUUCKED"

Crystal from The Hunt.  What a fucking bad ass.  

My fav is Sidney Prescott

Dana from Cabin in the Woods

The girl in You're Next, I mean..come on

Ripley!!!!

I enjoy Ready or Not it was very memorable for me. And arguably The Descent.

The answer is Ripley

Ginny from Friday the 13th part 2 wasn't too shabby

Nancey

Clear Rivers final destination

AI post.

Schwarzenegger from Predator. Get to the choppa!

Unconventional pick. I'll say Arnold in Predator. I love how this movie turns horror slasher in the middle of the movie and all the 80s action hero dudes can't do anything but die. Then Arnie has to outwit the Predator in the end.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in the predator

Ash

The Final Girl's