2025
Stephanie in The Final Girl Support Group – Final Girl or Monstrous-Feminine?
HRŇOVÁ, PetraBasic information
Original name
Stephanie in The Final Girl Support Group – Final Girl or Monstrous-Feminine?
Authors
HRŇOVÁ, Petra
Edition
1. vyd. Opava, Contemporary Approaches to Text Analysis / Moderne Herangehensweisen an die Textanalyse, p. 125-142, 18 pp. 2025
Publisher
Slezská univerzita v Opavě
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study
60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form
printed version "print"
Marked to be transferred to RIV
Yes
RIV identification code
RIV/47813059:19240/25:A0001601
Organization unit
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
ISBN
978-80-7510-619-3
Keywords in English
abjection; Barbara Creed; Carol J. Clover; female agency; female monstrosity; Final Girl; gender and horror; horror archetypes; monstrous-feminine; radical abjection; The Final Girl Support Group; Stephanie Fugate
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 13/1/2026 18:02, Mgr. Veronika Nogolová, PhD.
Abstract
In the original language
This paper explores the character of Stephanie Fugate in Grady Hendrix’s The Final Girl Support Group as a figure who destabilizes the traditional Final Girl archetype. Situated between victim and villain, Stephanie blurs the boundaries between survivor and slasher, innocence and monstrosity. Drawing on feminist horror theory – particularly the works of Carol J. Clover and Barbara Creed – the analysis argues that Stephanie embodies the monstrous-feminine, revealing the limitations of the Final Girl as a framework for representing feminine trauma. Her portrayal forces a reconsideration of who is allowed to survive horror narratives – and at what moral and cultural cost.