Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the earliest examples of the Final Girl trope. When Sally and her friends go on a road trip through rural Texas to visit her grandfather's grave, they fall victim to a family of cannibals. One by one, her friends are picked off by a leather-masked, chainsaw-wielding mass murderer until Sally is left standing as the film’s Final Girl.
As Sally narrowly escapes in the back of a passing pickup truck, Leatherface fades into the distance, angrily waving his chainsaw in the air. The image of a blood-soaked Sally manically laughing is one of the most iconic endings in horror movie history.
Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) from the Halloween franchise is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of the Final Girl. As the OG "Scream Queen," every Final Girl since pays homage to her legacy.
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