Last Girl Standing starts at what would normally be the climax of a horror movie, two teens are running for their lives from a masked man. When the boy gets impaled, the girl runs until she finds the corpses of all her friends strung up in the woods. There, she does final battle with the killer and eventually gets the upper hand. She stumbles out into the rising sunlight and wanders a back country road until a car comes along to help her. Fast forward five years and Camryn finds herself waking up screaming every night, plagued by nightmares of that one incident. She lives in a bare apartment, working a nothing job where she doesn't have to speak to anyone. One day, a new guy starts the job and might be just the thing to get her out of her shell. Unfortunately, that's when the masked killer from the beginning seems to come back as well.
This is a fascinating premise for a movie. How well would you react if you were the last survivor of a slasher film? Camryn very definitely sees some things that aren't there but she also experiences some things that aren't so easily explained. Is she going crazy or has someone come to get her and her new friends? You'll be surprised how late in the game you get before you find out one way or another. The whole thing is pretty gripping and kept me guessing until it had to show its hand. It also pulls off a nifty trick without the audience even realizing it, but to say more would spoil it. This is a well-made and entertaining movie I would recommend.
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