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I don't know if that helps at all but I've noticed a growing trend from the more passive female character in movies (a la Laurie Strode that spent a lot of time running away) to the more active female characters in todays films. Alice from Resident Evil is a good example. She understands whats going on, she sees the pattern, and she's directly confronting the evil in her path instead of constantly fleeing.
In a number of the movies I saw at Horror Fest I also noted that the women were given a MUCH stronger role. A lot of times the women were the ones left standing because they went and got the weapons, or took the enemy by surprise. In fact, it was almost humorous to be male in many of those films because the men didn't even get a chance to start the role as protector, or to launch in to battle. They were just mowed down.
So while women have always tended to be the survivor in the movies, I think Hollywood is realizing we're sick of seeing them trip when they run away and they're trying to play to the more feminist mindset these days where they're arming the survivors with guns and crossbows to protect themselves.
Same song, second verse, really. But more stuff blows up this way. :D
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