But leaving behind a legacy within a movie is something else entirely.
The horror-comedy appeared out of nowhere in 2015 and just as quickly disappeared off the radar.
All of them arrive at the small town theater hosting a special screening ofCamp Bloodbath.
When they wake up, theyre officially in the world ofCamp Bloodbath.
After Middleditchs geeky character times his watch, Max and her friends start to recognize what is going on.
The van with excited camp counselors that passes every 92 minutes, is the film restarting from the beginning.
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So sets into motion the actual story ofThe Final Girls.
Despite this, Max resolves to do whatever she can to keep her mom alive until the credits roll.
Think back toHalloween,A Nightmare on Elm Street, andFriday the 13th.
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How many of the female characters survived to the end in those?
There is only one final girl to fight back against the slasher villain.
Things get even messier from there.
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One by one, Nancys fellow counselors and Maxs friends get knocked off by Billy.
As the victim count rises and the number of survivors grows more limited, Max realizes her next dilemma.
But its all wish fulfillment.
She defeats Billy and when the credits roll, Nancy awakens to find her friends alive.
The story of parental loss resonated with him.
Its a kids second chance to be with her parent in the middle of a dream."
The 1939 fantasy classic even proved influential for director Strauss-Schulson, though more aesthetically than thematically.
So it’s more likeThe Wizard of Oz.
They get sucked into a technicolor dream world where everything gets to be hyper-real."
Like Strauss-Schulson, Miller lost a parent too.
His father was none other than late actor,Jason Miller, immortalized onscreen inThe Exorcistas Father Karras.
Like Nancy, Karras is predestined to a grim fate once their respective films hit the play button.
But what if Miller could travel inside the iconic possession film and interact with his late father?
It was supposed to belong to the horror genre, after all.
The film may not be scary but that is its secret weapon.
Slasher films are fun, harmless shlock most of the time.
Only a select few attempt to dive deep into the human emotions of such a wildly unhinged event.
This is whyThe Final Girlsis so much more than the horror-comedy hybrid it’s initially premised as.
