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Black "Final Girls" - A combination of Clover's Final Girl and Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman's Enduring Woman, a character whose story richly mirrors Black feminst and womanist theoretical markers and experience with intersectional oppression...
Black "Final Girls" - A combination of Clover's Final Girl and Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman's Enduring Woman, a character whose story richly mirrors Black feminst and womanist theoretical markers and experience with intersectional oppression...
... and finds themselves in a supernatural/dystopian, additionally horrific circumstance, manages to fight and survive this story to the end, but it could be implied that their fight does not end. They must continue to combat 'real' and systemic monsters to ensure their survival.
Carol Speed, ABBY (1974)
Adina Porter, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT (2017)
Alma Hill, ONE LAST SUNSET (2010)
Avis McCarther, LORD SHANGO (1975)
Cathryn Caviness, THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941)
Danai Gurira, THE WALKING DEAD (2012-2020)
Emayatzy Corinealdi, THE INVITATION (2015)
Fredi Washington, OUANGA (1936)
Marlene Clark, GANJA AND HESS (1973)
Georgette Harvey, CHLOE, LOVE IS CALLING YOU (1934)
Gloria Lynne Henry, PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD (1994)
Golden Brooks, THE INHERITANCE (2011)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018)
Halle Berry, GOTHIKA (2003)
Jada Pinkett Smith, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT (1995)
Janee Michelle, THE HOUSE ON SKULL MOUNTAIN (1974)
Janelle Monáe, ANTEBELLUM (2020)
Jurnee Smollett, EVES BAYOU (1997)
K.D. Aubert, FRANKENFISH (2004)
Kellita Smith, Z NATION (2014-2018)
Kelly Jo Minter, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1989)
Crystal Sha'nae, Z-STUY (2018)
Kiersey Clemmons, SWEETHEART (2019)
Kyliegh Curran, DOCTOR SLEEP (2019)
Lex Scott Davis, THE FIRST PURGE (2018)
Linara Washington, HAUNTING OF CELLBLOCK 11 (2014)
Lyndie Greenwood, SLEEPY HOLLOW (2013-2017)
Mame Bineta Sane, ATLANTICS (2019)
Maria Sten, CHANNEL ZERO: THE DREAM DOOR (2018)
Marki Bey, SUGAR HILL (1974)
Naomie Harris, 28 DAYS LATER... (2002)
Natalie Paul, INTO THE DARK: DELIVERED (2020)
Nicole Beharie, SLEEPY HOLLOW (2013-2017)
Pam Grier, SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM (1973)
Ruth Negga, ISOLATION (2005)
Sanaa Lathan, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (2004)
Saniyya Sidney, THE PASSAGE (2019)
Saoirse Scott, DANGER WORD (2013)
Sennia Nanua, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016)
Storm Reid, DON'T LET GO (2019)
Susan Wokoma, CRAZYHEAD (2016)
Taylor Russell, ESCAPE ROOM (2019)
Vonetta McGee, BLACULA (1972)
Kimberly Elise, BELOVED (1998)
ALL this to assert; there are multiple Black Final Girls in many variations of a horror film and they operate in many forms. This isn't a definitive list. With newer (and older) films forthcoming, we'll see much more of these kind of characters. At least, I hope.
Oops! Two more...
Nia Fairweather, PARALYSIS (2016)
Nia Fairweather, PARALYSIS (2016)
Farrah Martin, BLOOD RUNS DOWN (2018)
Here are some references/resources for this theory:
More Black Final Girls:
Ella Balinska, RUN SWEETHEART RUN (2020)
Ella Balinska, RUN SWEETHEART RUN (2020)
