Welcome to prime time, bitch!! This week we’re talking about final girl Nancy Thompson and perhaps the most successful horror franchise, A Nightmare on Elm Street. In the first film of this franchise, teenage Nancy chases after the monster herself. Throughout all of her films, she is outsmarting Freddy Krueger at every turn, ultimately killing the killer every chance she gets. It is also in this series that writer/director Wes Craven introduces his particular brand of meta-horror, primarily centered on the final girl, which alters horror in the decades to come.
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Sources:
Clover, Carol. Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. 1993.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street#/media/File:A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_(1984)_theatrical_poster.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_3:_Dream_Warriors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven%27s_New_Nightmare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Langenkamp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Thompson_(A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59752/15-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-nightmare-elm-street
