Embodying the moral code? Thirty years of Final Girls in slasher films.

2013/11/04 by Angela D. Weaver, A. Dana Ménard, Christine Cabrera +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies #Media Influence and Health #Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

paper · doi:10.1037/ppm0000006

openalex publication_date 2013/11/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

The slasher film is a subgenre of horror characterized by suspenseful scenes emphasizing victims’ fear of an antagonist and depicting graphic violence. A well-recognized characteristic of the slasher formula is the potential for viewers to quickly predict the fate of each character. Slasher films ar

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