10 Dumb Mistakes That Killed Horror Movie Characters

10. Cruz Gets Her Head Spun - Army Of The Dead

Zack Snyder returned to our screens last year with straight-to-Netflix zombie horror Army Of The Dead, a spiritual sequel to his original zombie smash Dawn Of The Dead (2004).

Las Vegas is besieged by the walking dead, a perimeter has been built around the city to prevent national infection, and soon the city is to be bombed out of existence. Enter a rag-tag team of zombie-hunting mechanics, safecrackers and pilots to break in and recover $200 million from a casino vault before it's too late.

Among these fresh faces is supposed badass and first-wave apocalypse survivor Maria Cruz (Ana de la Reguera). Pitched front and centre for the majority of the film, she acts as a counterpart and love interest to Dave Bautista's Scott Ward, but her utter inaction in the face of the undead leads to her untimely demise.

In a truly shocking mid-film sequence, while the gang are trapped in the lower levels of the casino, the lift pings open and out come a swarm of zombies. Rather than jumping into action and drawing her weapon, however, Maria stands and stares dumbfounded at the new arrivals, allowing one to grab her by the neck. And, in one sharp twist, she's wearing her head backwards.

If only she had done something, anything!