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5. Alice Hardy - Friday The 13th

Friday the 13th 2009 Whitney Miller
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The OG of the franchise's survivors, Adrienne King's Alice Hardy has a special place in horror history.

Much like how Laurie Strode became a huge horror favourite for surviving Michael Myers' return to Haddonfield, or how Nancy Thompson burst onto the scene by besting Freddy Krueger, the Alice character cemented her place as a beloved horror hero by making it out of the first Friday the 13th picture in one piece.

It wasn't Jason Voorhees who Alice found herself up against, of course, for this first film was all about Pamela Voorhees on a roaring rampage of revenge against the counsellors of Camp Crystal Lake who she deemed responsible for her son drowning.

The reveal of Pamela as the killer was held off until the final act, and said final act wrapped up with Alice decapitating Betsy Palmer's Pam. In doing so, that landed Alice a special place in the history of the Friday the 13th franchise and the broader slasher subgenre.

Unfortunately for Alice, her 'win' in that first Friday the 13th movie was only a temporary one - with her brutally murdered during the opening moments of Friday the 13th Part 2, as Jason Voorhees stuck an ice pick through her temple.

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