As the credits roll and she stands alone in her bloodied dress watching the sun rise over the campsite lake, the final girl sure seems tough. But imagine being the sole survivor of a massive, violent attack by a murderous maniac over the course of one evening. That’s the kind of thing that’d mess you up for life, right? Grady Hendrix’s horror novel The Final Girl Support Group explores what must happen after the movie is over, when final girls from various horror stories have to meet up together weekly to deal with their PTSD.
But it won’t be just a novel for long…HBO Max has
expressed interest in turning the book into a TV series. Charlize Theron (yes, that one) is developing the story for television alongside Barbara and Andy Muschietti, the latter of whom directed the recent IT movies.
When you consider this novel was just...
