The Final Girls
- language: English
- director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
- actor: Adam DeVine Alexander Ludwig Alia Shawkat Chloe Bridges Malin Akerman Nina Dobrev Taissa Farmiga Thomas Middleditch
- writer: Joshua John Miller M. A. Fortin
Synopsis:
The Final Girls is an unconventional comedy about Max, a high school senior, who is mysteriously transported with her friends into a 1980s horror film that starred Max’s mother, a celebrated scream queen.
Trapped inside the movie, Max finds herself reunited with her mom, who she lost in real life. Together with Max’s friends, they must fend off the camp counselors’ raging hormones, battle a deranged machete-wielding killer and find a way to escape the movie and make it back home. [Synopsis courtesy of SXSW Film Festival]
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