Pattern info
10 ct 91×100 Stitches (23,1 x 25,4 cm) (9,1 x 10,0 in.)
14 ct 91×100 Stitches (16,5 x 18,1 cm) (6,5 x 7,1 in.)
16 ct 91×100 Stitches (14,4 x 15,9 cm) (5,7 x 6,2 in.)
18 ct 91×100 Stitches (12,8 x 14,1 cm) (5,1 x 5,6 in.)
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This counted cross-stitch pattern is inspired by the popular horror movie trope of the “final girl”:
“The simplest definition of this is “the last character left alive to confront the killer” in a Slasher Movie. […] The term was coined by Carol J. Clover in her 1992 book Men, Women, And Chain Saws: Gender In The Modern Horror Film, a critical examination of slasher movies.”
Final Girl definition by TV Tropes
The concept of “final girls” is ultimately extremely sexist – in the early days of horror movies, the woman who ended up as the last (or one of the last ones) alive after the brutal encounter with a killer used to be the embodiment of femininity. This goes for both her character (usually a good girl, who is intelligent) and her physical appearance – she will not be the sexiest girl in the group of characters- quite the opposite. The sexy usually blonde-haired airhead girl will meet her bloody ending.
I did not think much about the incredible resilience of final girls until I read “The Final Girl Support Group” by Grady Hendrix. In this very realistic retelling of life after surviving a horrible crime, a group of final girls based on well-known horror movie characters meets regularly to talk about being final girls. I was thinking of this quote when I designed this horror cross-stitch chart:
“I’m every girl who’s ever run from a man with a weapon, every girl who ever ran for her life across spaces where she was supposed to be safe. I crash into the next studio and I’m Julia running through her dorm, I’m Heather running down her high school halls, I’m Marilyn running through the Texas afternoon, I’m Dani running through a hospital, I’m Adrienne running through this camp, this camp where there will always be a girl running and screaming and screaming, and I’m Lynnette, running at last, and he can’t catch me, I’m as fast as all of us put together, I’m faster than Billy Walker, I’m faster than the Ghost, I’m faster than the entire Volker family, I’m the fastest girl in the world.”
Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group
After reading that book, my view of who a final girl is changed. She is resourceful, strong, and determined.
Her shoes might be blood-stained but she is still here.
She doesn’t cry – she survives.
(Although, crying is a great outlet for emotions that threaten to suffocate us. Cry if you must, but don’t give up just yet.)
