In 'Halloween' (1978) the moral fibre of the characters is directly linked to their potential to survive. Chase virginal characters survive and vice versa this has become a convention of Slasher films.
In 'Halloween' we see the final girl's friends give her drugs, lie to the police/parents and prepare to have sex, these girls are killed. After witnessing the final girl refuse to date a boy and show genuine concern over school work she is left the only of her friends to survive.
This convention has even been subverted in many films. An example of this would be Cabin in the Woods (2012) in which the narrative openly highlights the character's roles from the 'whore' who must die first to the 'virgin' who must suffer but can become final girl. However although the final girl favours intellect and finds pleasure in studying she is not a virgin and the narrative mocks this as the manager says "we take what we can get". Also it is not certain whether the 'virgin' ends up as final girl as she is rescued by a boy; the labelled 'fool' whose drug antics save him rather than being the lack of morality that ends in him being killed.
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