10 Horror Movie Final Girls Who Actually Weren't
3. Karen - Cabin Fever
As a horror fan himself, Eli Roth clearly relished toying with the audience in his gnarly directorial debut Cabin Fever.
Of the five college students we're introduced to at the start of the movie, Karen (Jordan Ladd) certainly seems to be the most probable survivor, largely through virtue of being the least bone-headed and most dignified member of the quintet, and also because actress Jordan Ladd is the film's top-billed female.
However, Karen ends up infected with the focal flesh-eating virus halfway through the movie, and spends the rest of her screen time confined to a shed as she slowly rots away. After seeing a dog feeding on her remains, Karen's boyfriend Paul (Rider Strong) decides to put her out of her misery by bashing her head in with a shovel.
Quite the nasty end for someone who seemed like such an obvious final girl from the outset.