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History of horror films: “The progressive Final Girl”
Horror films are more than just bumbling, scary fun: cultural scientist Katharina Rein talks about defensive female characters, the grotesqueries in Frankenstein, and vampires as popular characters.
In the teen slasher film “Scream” Neve Campbell (right) plays the so-called “Final Girl”. In the role of Sidney Prescott, he survived a series of Ghostface murders
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