The Final girl theory is possibly the most common trait within the horror movie franchise. Its a basic concept which involves a female character in the film, often the protagonist of the film because females are usually the main characters of horror films anyway. As n many horror films the characters are one by one killed off by a common enemy or by some other force and with the final girl theory the only remaining (or in some occasions one of 2/3 max) character at the end of the film. The trates of the character often vary, she can be developed as a strong willed character who can defend herself, or as is usually the case she is shown as being venerable and weak but against all odds defeating the killer (or whatever force) and surviving.
Male Gaze Theory
This theory is essentially whatever appeals to the male audience in horror or what would be from the point of view of a male. The antagonist or 'killer' in horror movies is almost always a male and alot of the chase footage is filmed in their perspective showing which often works with the final girl theory to show the venerability of the girl and how much of a threat the antagonist poses. The perfect of example of this relationship is in the shinning, Jack Nicholson is the protagonist of the film aswell as the villainous killer which puts us in is point of view of him for almost the entire film, and his wife is shown as being extremely venreble in comparison to him in every way (physically, mentally).
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