"The Final Girls is the kind of film that could only be made by a true scholar of the form. It's just as funny as it is thoughtful." - Consequence of Sound
"Todd Strauss-Schulson's sophomore feature is a sharp, wickedly funny, and unexpectedly heartfelt homage to 1980s slasher films. At its emotional core lies a tragic mother-daughter relationship: an ex–scream queen (Malin Akerman) dies, leaving her only child, teenager Max (Taissa Farmiga), distraught and missing her desperately.