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Movie · Horror, Comedy · 2015 · PG-13

The Final Girls: parents' guide

14+our pick

Best for ages 14 and up. Rated PG-13 for horror violence, some crude and sexual material, language and drug use.

A clever, surprisingly tender horror comedy for teens who enjoy slasher spoofs. A girl still grieving her actress mother, who died in a car crash, gets pulled with her friends into the 1980s camp slasher film her mom starred in, where she meets her mother's character. The killings are mostly played for laughs but include machete stabbings, a severed head and a body snapped in two. Expect constant sex jokes and talk about virginity, a striptease without nudity, some cursing, and characters popping Adderall. The grief story hits hard, which is part of why we suggest 14.

What's in it

Violence

Moderate

Machete stabbings, neck snapping, choking, a bear trap, a theater fire and two car crashes, one of which kills a parent. Brief gory sights include a severed head in a refrigerator and a body snapped in two. Mostly comic, with little lingering blood.

Language

Moderate

Some profanity, including s-words, 'bitch' and 'hell,' plus 'Jesus' as an exclamation. Common Sense says the cursing is not frequent, and the MPA cites language.

Sex and nudity

Moderate

Frequent sexual innuendo and talk about who is or isn't a virgin, a Playboy cover, a couple about to have sex before being interrupted, and a striptease used to lure the killer, with no nudity shown.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Strong

Characters take Adderall for comic effect, which is the drug use the MPA cites. The movie's 1980s camp counselors also drink beer and vodka and smoke cigarettes.

Scary or intense scenes

Moderate

A masked killer stalks the group through the woods with jump scares, though the tone stays jokey. The opening crash and scenes where the heroine relives losing her mother are emotionally intense.

Sensitive topics

  • Death of a parent

Worth talking about

Max gets a strange second chance to spend time with her mom. Talk about how people carry grief, and what it means to finally let someone go.

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Wikipedia, the MPA. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.