The damsels who survived the horror were many, and most of them even had the last laugh – often more in number than the surviving men, some of those are listed here. The last minute twists after the action and in the post-credits scenes, as well as the implied deaths by the finish won’t count.

I. Kristen Connolly in The Cabin in the Woods {Pic I}
II. Amanda Righetti in Friday the 13th {Pic II}
III. Jaime King in My Bloody Valentine
IV. Jane Levy in Evil Dead {Pic III}
V. Briana Evigan in Mother’s Day
VI. Rooney Mara in A Nightmare on Elm Street {Pic IV}
VII. Bobbi Sue Luther in Laid to Rest
VIII. Neve Campbell in Scream
IX. Nicki Aycox in Joy Ride 2
X. Rachael Taylor in Shutter
XI. Sigourney Weaver in Alien
XII. Tabrett Bethell in The Clinic
XIII. Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil
XIV. Jennifer Love Hewitt in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
XV. Olivia Thirlby in The Darkest Hour
XVI. Odette Annable in The Unborn
XVII. Amber Heard in The Stepfather
XVIII. Eliza Dushku in Wrong Turn
XIX. Camille Keaton in I Spit on Your Grave
XX. Sara Paxton in The Last House on the Left
XXI. Jennifer Lopez in The Cell
XXII. Jaime King in Mother’s Day
XXIII. Adelaide Clemens in Silent Hill 2
XXIV. Amber Heard in And Soon the Darkness
XXV. Samantha Noble in See No Evil