Final Girl (film)

Final Girl

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tyler Shields
Produced by
  • Jack Nasser
  • Rob Carliner
  • Joseph Nasser
Screenplay by Adam Prince
Story by
  • Stephen Scarlata
  • Alejandro Seri
  • Johnny Silver
Starring
Music by Marc Canham
Cinematography Gregory Middleton
Edited by Trevor Mirosh
Production
company
Distributed by Cinedigm
Release dates
  • August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14) (United States)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Final Girl is an American action thriller horror film directed by Tyler Shields in his directorial debut, written by Adam Prince, based on the story by Stephen Scarlata, Alejandro Seri, and Johnny Silver,[1] and starring Abigail Breslin, Alexander Ludwig, and Wes Bentley. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand beginning on August 14, 2015 by Cinedigm. [2]

Plot

The film begins with a young Veronica meeting with a man named William after her parents have died. He asks her how she feels about it and she responds that people die all the time. After a few questions, he then offers to take her in and train her for a job that is only for "special" people. After he explains that his wife and child were killed by "a very bad man", she decides to take him up on his offer.

Twelve years later in what appears to be 1950's America, a now blonde haired Veronica prepares to finally finish the job. She and William go into the woods so that she can get used to running through the woods bare foot. They briefly discuss why she can't use a gun for the job (since they are useless after running out of bullets). Next, William teaches her how to put someone in a choke-hold. For the last piece of her training, she is given a combination of truth serum and a hallucinating drug in order to confront her greatest fear. This is so she can understand what her victims will be experiencing. Despite initially believing she fears nothing, Veronica is faced with an underlying fear that if she fails her mission then William will have to kill her.

Meanwhile, we are introduced to the boys: Jameson, Daniel, Nelson, and Shane. Jameson, their leader, chooses the women (always blondes since that's his "type") whenever they go to a diner. One night while there, he invites a waitress named Gwen on a date. Gwen wears a long white dress on the date, where the boys then take her to the woods where they hunt her and shoot her dead.

On a recon mission, Veronica then seeks out and meets Shane's girlfriend, Jennifer, for information about the boys. They bond over their boy issues, revealing Veronica's romantic feelings for William despite their age difference and her realization that he is emotionally unavailable. Jennifer tells her the boys are on the verge of falling apart. Next, using herself as bait, Veronica meets Jameson at the diner who invites her on a date. He tells her to wear red lipstick and not to be late.

On Saturday, Veronica picks out a red dress and writes 'I Love You' in lipstick on her mirror before leaving. The boys pick her up at the diner and take her to the woods where they pick dares and truths from a bag. Offering a whiskey flask to the boys from her purse, she tricks every boy except Jameson into drinking the hallucinogen. She draws the dare 'Die' and asks to go home, but they refuse to take her. Jameson then assures her that they won't rape her because women don't run so well following sexual assault. He gives her five minutes to run, which she takes before getting rid of her heels so she can fight. The boys decide not to wait the full five minutes and go after her immediately.

The first boy, Daniel, hallucinates two panda heads in suits coming after him, who is actually Veronica, who then kills him with his own axe. Next, Veronica goes after Nelson. He sees a group of gray figures circling around him whom he tries to fight. His mother appears and they kiss deeply before he dies from Veronica crushing his head with a rock. Jameson begins to discover his friends bodies and is intrigued.

A car, meanwhile, drives up to the front of the woods and Jennifer gets out. She finds Jameson and asks for Shane, however, he comes onto her. It is revealed that before she started dating Shane, she lost her virginity to Jameson. However, she gives into his advances just as Shane appears. Betrayed, he punches Jameson, who taunts him by saying people like them can't love. Jameson explains to Jennifer what they do in the woods, despite Shane's protests. He kills Jameson before, while saying he loves her, begins to strangle Jennifer. It all turns out to be a hallucination as Jennifer is revealed to actually be Veronica before she strangles him.

Finally, Jameson and Veronica come face to face. After giving her time to catch her breath, they ask each other questions. He asks if she enjoyed killing his friends and she answers yes. She asks how many girls they have killed and he says "21 including you." (William revealed to Veronica earlier that it was believed to be 11, including Gwen.) Jameson briefly suggests that he and Veronica get married and travel town to town while killing people, but she refuses. They then fight until he passes out from a choke-hold that William taught Veronica earlier in the film. She forces him to drink the drugged alcohol and, when he awakens, finds a noose tied around his neck while standing on a tree stump. Crying, he begs for his life and swears never to kill again, but Veronica doesn't believe him. As the drugged alcohol begins to take effect, all of his victims, with Gwen leading the way, come out of the trees and move toward him. In his haste to get away, Jameson steps off the tree stump and hangs himself.

William then appears behind Veronica, holding a rifle, who bids her a good job on her mission. He asks if she's okay, and she says yes. They then go to the diner and have pancakes in victory.

Cast

Production

Development

On November 29, 2011, Variety announced that photographer Tyler Shields will make his directorial debut with Final Girl, which will be produced by Prospect Park.[1][3]

Casting

On May 21, 2012, Abigail Breslin joined the cast of the film as a lead actress.[4] Later, in October 2012, Alexander Ludwig also joined the cast.[5] That same month, Wes Bentley joined in an unspecified role.[6] Other actors that later joined the cast include Logan Huffman, Cameron Bright, and Francesca Eastwood.[7]

Filming

Filming began in November 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.[7]

Marketing

On June 19, 2014, the first trailer of the film was released.[8]

Release

The film was released in the United States on August 14, 2015 in a limited release and through video on demand.[9] The film was released in the United Kingdom through video on demand on August 31, 2015.[10]

References

External links

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