Breslin, whose recent resume hasn't lived up to her Oscar nomination for "Little Miss Sunshine," needs to find something worthy of her talents. An Oscar nominee shouldn't even watch "Final Girl," much less star in it.

This patchy, underwritten thriller could almost pass for a critique of any number of genre forebears in which the mere presence of a hot, ass-kicking female avenger is meant to seem subversive.

The filmmakers never really answer inevitable questions: What's the point of these fussy allusions?

If you’re really in the mood for a low-stakes slasher with a female lead who can handle herself, there are a dozen better options out there that actually feel like someone cared about making them.