Kiss-Ass Heroine

The Cliché: Zombie movies retain the trait from parent genre Horror that they must contain a girl who goes from quiet to kick-ass in the blink of an eye.

After the transformation, they’ll generally wear much sexier clothing, because that makes it easier to kill zombies.

Seen In: Resident Evil

Marc Price: "Yeah, I'm all for a bit of girl power.

I'd use Molly Ringwald I suppose, that would be the hero’s journey for her – at the start she’s all scared and whiney, and by the end she’s all “get away from her, you bitch!”"

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