Dawn of the Dead 2004 Scene Analysis 4

 

 

 

 

 

This still shows Steve just after he was turned into a zombie. About 20 minutes before this happened; he was shown having sexual intercourse with Monica, who died moments before he was turned. A typical trait of male and female victims is to be quite promiscuous; this is because horror films like to tap into the nightmares of regular people. Common nightmares are: death, being trapped, torture, and sex. When horror films include any kind of sexual activity, they do it to represent the good and the evil, for example, a male or female hero is never normally shown to be partaking in sexual activity, this is to get the audience on their side as they’re not being arrogant or big headed. Whereas the victims/villains are often shown to be sexualised so the audience don’t take their sides.