The Final Girl is a female character in a horror or slasher film that is the last person left alive. The Final Girl typically has characteristics that the other female characters in the movie do not possess. She may present masculine features, is intelligent and may be virginal, is the first to grasp the severity of the situation, can actively defend herself, often kills or injures the killer, always fights back, and is often saved by a male character in the end.
Laurie Strode, portrayed by Jamie Lee Curits, is the Final Girl in the 1978 film, Halloween. Laurie is a considered a Final Girl because she resembles most of the characteristics. She is intelligent, was the first person to realize that a killer was after her,