Best of Horror's Final Girls

Forget the strapping jocks --it's the smart girls who end up surviving. Which of horror's final girls rates the highest?

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1 Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Escapes bogeyman brother Michael Myers in the original flick, not to mention Halloween II and Halloween: H20. 11 23

2 Nancy Thompson, (Heather Langenkamp)
In a Nightmare on Elm Street, once Nancy figures out Freddy kills you in your sleep, she pulls him from the dream world into the real one.
11 19

3 Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell)
Outsmarts masked psycho slashers in all three parts of the trilogy. We'll assume they same goes for the upcoming fourth chapter. 10 24

4 Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)
Extra-terrestrial predators were no match for her, or her bad-ass attitude, in any of the franchise's four movies. 10 24

5 Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt)
Julie goes two full rounds with a vengeful slasher and comes out alive in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. 4 18

6 Chrissie (Jordana Brewster)
Five years before Sally Hardesty's ordeal, Chrissie escaped Leatherface's saw in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 3 19

7 Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns)
Escaped Leatherface and his clan of killin' cousins in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. 3 17

8 Francine Parker (Gaylen Ross)
This Dawn of the Dead's zombie-whacker extraordinaire delivers the kills even while hugely pregnant.
1 13

9 Ginny Field (Amy Steel)
Ginny will always be remembered as the first girl to go head-to-head with Jason Voorhees, in Friday the 13th, Part 2. 1 15

10 Alice Hardy (Adrienne King)

Bested psycho-mom Mrs. Voorhees in the original Friday the 13th, though her mojo wanes a bit in Part 2. 0 16

Best of Horror's Final Girls

Forget the strapping jocks --it's the smart girls who end up surviving. Which of horror's final girls rates the highest?

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