THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP is a homage to and critique of
slasher films like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th,
and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It follows six “final girls” who have
met for group therapy for almost twenty years. These women managed to survive
the unthinkable, and now someone is coming for them—but the thing about final
girls is that they never give up.
A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of
heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times bestselling
author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.
In horror movies, the final girl is the one who’s left standing when the
credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her
friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade
and the audience moves on, what happens to her?
Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre
twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she’s
not alone. For more than a decade she’s been meeting with five other actual
final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the
unthinkable, putting their lives back together, piece by piece. That is until
one of the women misses a meeting and Lynnette’s worst fears are
realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to take their lives
apart again, piece by piece.
But the thing about these final girls is that they have each other now, and no
matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will
never, ever give up.
Hendrix says, “The Final Girl Support Group has
been with me for years, a project I’ve written, re-written, added to and
changed as my life has changed, almost like a diary. It’s a book about
survival, finding reserves of strength you didn’t know you had, and our mad
fight to make it through the night. Final girls are one of horror’s most
enduring tropes, and this book contains everything I wanted to say about the
horror I grew up with in the ‘80s and ‘90s and how it taught me to never quit.”
Meet the Author: Grady Hendrix
He is the author of Horrorstör, My Best
Friend’s Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by
Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, and the New York Times bestseller The
Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (currently being
adapted into a TV series).
Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction
book, Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom
of the '70s and '80s.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have you ever thought about that “last girl standing” at the end of horror movies you’ve watched?
This sounds compelling - and beyond nasty. Final Girls should only have to go through it once...
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting premise! I have to admit, I'm not much of a one for horror films, but I can see how this might be a compelling read for those who are. And the whole question of the Final Girl is interesting, too. Thanks for sharing, Mason.
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