Fear Street Final Girls

In honor of Women in Horror Month, us girls at WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID ON FEAR STREET are going to be doing some womenly horror posts-- starting with our favorite FINAL GIRLS on Fear Street (so far).

Not everyone makes it off Fear Street alive. For those that do they find themselves in the most exclusive club. These women are wiser, stronger and more traumatized than any of us, but which ones are the best? Which do we look up to as true Final Girls?

1. Nikki Meyer from The Halloween Party

• Nikki was the only one to keep calm during Justine’s terrifying remake of the car crash her parents died in, mostly because she couldn't actually hear any of the terrible noises. Still, it’s Nikki who first suspects something weird is going on, Nikki who investigates and begins to put together the clues, and Nikki who gets them the majority of the guests out of the murder party alive. She’s smart, cool in a crisis, and has some sort of magic eyesight that let’s her lip-read through walls. She’s definitely on my “survive a night in Fear Mansion” team.

2. Reva Dalby from Silent Night

• Reva’s terrible. She’s mean and bitchy and selfish, but she’s also not a pushover. She’s smart and honestly, I’d rather have her with me than against me. Don’t mess with a mean girl. She will end you.

3. Cara Burroughs from Missing

• When Cara’s parents go missing she doesn’t lose her cool. She teams up with her brother to find them and save the day. Cara must have read a lot of Nancy Drew growing up and it paid off. She is determined to solve the mystery, save the day and reign in her brother all without breaking a sweat. Oh, and she doesn’t take any of your gaslighting BS. You’re lying and she knows it.

1. Corky Corcoran from Cheerleaders: The First Evil

• Obviously, I had to go with Corky. She is probably the most final girl of all the characters in this series that I have met. Not only is making sure she’s trying solve the mystery but she also has to deal with the loss of her sister. And she kicks some serious Ancient Evil ass in the first of what I assume is many dirt tornados.

2. Dawn Rodgers from The Prom Queen and Bad Dreams

• We joke about Dawn being in all the clubs and not really having any boyfriends but she’s freaking resilient. Not only did she survive one attempted murder, but multiple attempts.She survived being pushed down the stairs in Bad Dreams and in The Prom Queen they tried to kill her like five times. Plus for one of them, she only survived because she stole a leather jacket. Much respect for that.

3. Lisa Blume from The New Girl and like all the books

• Lisa was like the only character I liked in The New Girl. She was the only one who had her head on straight. Plus she totally got the brunt of the shit in that book. There were dead cats in her locker and she got pushed down the stairs. But she came out of it (relatively) unscathed and was even elected student council president at one point. Her only issue is that she’s still dating Cory. I hope he becomes a villain in a later book and she has to cut him loose.

1. Lizzie McVay- The Prom Queen

• She didn't fall for Justin Stiles crap, and remember when that creepy guy Lucas tried to mess with her??  She rolled the window up on his fingers and kicked his ass out of her car.  She also gave a hell of a fight at the end of Prom Queen, and held the murderer down until the cops arrived.

2. Della O’Connor- The Overnight

• When dude tried to attack her, she pushed him down a ravine.  Sure, she made some bad decisions after that, but in the end she did NOT need Gary or Pete to save her, she saved herself... oh and she'll shoot you in the face with a ZAP gun with zero fucks given.

3. Kimmy Bass-- Cheerleaders Trilogy

• I don’t like her, okay??  But she survives a lot of ancient evil shizzzzzz.  Including…. Well, I don’t want to spoil books 2 & 3 for Cassi, but she fucking GETS it in those books.

Who are your fave Final Girls in Shadyside??