While she didn't return for 'Scream VI,' Sidney Prescott will always be a horror icon.
The Big Picture The horror trope of the "Final Girl" has been part of the cultural conversation around horror films for decades. While it wasn't officially coined until 1992 by author Carol J. Clover, the trope itself has been around much longer, stretching back into the horror films of the 1970s and '80s. For the uninitiated, the term "final girl" refers to the last woman standing at the end of a horror movie.
This is further demonstrated in the film's climax. When it's revealed that her boyfriend, Billy , is actually behind the murders, Sidney is afraid, but she doesn't run. She bravely faces her trauma and the hard truths regarding her boyfriend and their relationship head-on rather than resorting to cowardice, even when Billy reveals that it was him who killed Sidney's mother since she was sleeping with his father.
Sidney Uses Her Past Trauma as Her Strength Even after she ensures her own safety by teaming up with Gale and shooting Mickey to death, Sidney shoots the already dead Mrs. Loomis in the head once more, "just in case." Sidney uses her experience of the previous film's climax to make sure that the killer has been unequivocally executed, and that she is truly safe. But Sidney knows from the first film that this is just the beginning of the press storm.
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