Stereotypically men are shown as the strong protagonist within most horror films because of there role within society as the leaders and the people in charge.
Within some of the first Horror-Zombie films like Night of the living dead which was released in 1968, men are shown to be the hero's and women are represented as useless as the just scream in the corner and let the men do all the work.
It is the same thing in more recent film such as Dawn of the dead, which is an internationally known film directed by George A. Romero, within this film a group of survivors are hiding in an shopping mall and there is a bleak chance for survival but against all odds a man fights his way through saving a woman and then they fly off into the horizon.
These representations
came from when women had less rights and men dominated. Due to the rise in
feminism and cultural as well as society changes, these roles and
representations have been somewhat altered. For example, women are seen to
outsmart killers and solve the mystery; this is seen in ‘Scream’ when female
character Sidney overpowers the killer. Following this, some movies have
strayed away from the whole idea of representation completely, and focus more
on men and women working together to escape from the killer or death; this is seen
in the ‘Saw’ movies.
In more recent years the role of men as the hero's have changed and they are no longer always the hero's and can in fact be the villains. Films such as Zombieland and Resident Evil have shown women in more central characters who save the day, but still the men are also still depicted as strong characters. Within my Zombie-Horror film i hope to subvert peoples expectations of the male role and make a female the main hero, and the men the weaker ones that need saving. This is in order to make my short film stand out and be different to the rest of the other short zombie films out there.
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