Who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of horror survivors? Welcome back to Once Upon a Nightmare! In our third launch-day episode, host Lorraine breaks down the ultimate horror archetype: the Final Girl.

From 1970s slashers to modern survival icons, we countdown our Top 5 Final Girls of all time. What makes a truly great survivor—resourcefulness, grit, booby traps, and pure refusal to die, while tracing how the trope evolved from helpless scream queens to battle-hardened heroines who fight back on their own terms.

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