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i dont know about masculinized ...
I think she just hits the 'i'm not going to take it anymore' point ..
Its more akin to the phenomenon of the mother that lifts the car to get it off of her child ...
Anger, strength and fighting back isnt for men only ...
It is funny how the bad girls get killed off and the virgin (usually) survives ..
Was it like that in the beginning ... as a justification for killing them off - or was it to make a greater more interesting contrast when the mousy (read : J.L Curtis) girl becomes a pillar of strength ? (and since then the pattern/rules were established and other filmmkers followed suit ?)
When i think of horror movies - esp the slasher films .. the good girl is also the last one the killer comes for so she's a bit more prepared. The bad girls are always being caught unawares .. during or just after the act.
I personally think thats just a very concious effort to link sex and violence .. i dont think the filmmaker is trying to give us a moral lesson.
Quite often too the heroine is aided by luck ... and help ... and othe plot devices made solely to build tension.
Other than that .. she usually has a few more minutes to try to defend herself because unlike the other girls, she knew what was coming.
any of that make any sense ?
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