Now Science Fiction has five major themes which unites them under the one genre. ... Other notable examples since Fay Wray have been Barbara Steele, who mainly performed in Italian horror movies and Linnea Quigley, who's most famous performance was in the Return of The Living Dead (1985). ... As it can be seen, the representation of women in science fiction films has changed dramatically from them being the cliché victim' who gets captured in the hope of creating a character arc to the hero; to women coming to the forefront and taking dominant roles in major Hollywood cine...

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