Dawn Of The Dead (1979)

This scene breaks the stereotypes for generic conventions of characters in horror films. Stereotypically Stephen would be the male hero, he is tall and manly, and is also dating the seemingly stereotypical blonde female victim. Stephen should be good with a phallic symbol (the gun). However this scene consists of a montage of Stephen missing his shots at a zombie and then Roger doing it for him. He is also unconventional has he isn’t a survivor and later dies in the film. However roger is more of the hero due to that fact of him being brave and saving people throughout the film. However he isn’t the typical hero in a horror film due to his looks and body shape, he also dies which is unconventional for the hero.  This happens multiple times throughout the film. Also Steven having to be saved throughout the film also is unconventional for the stereotypical character that he should be. This is part of George A.  Romero auteur influence in his films, of changing stereotypes and them not conforming the conventions of that genre. George A. Romero also does this in his other films such as a disabled hero in Land Of The Dead.