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      • Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode exists in a class of iconic scream queens who stand the test of time. She ranks among Heather Langenkamp’s Nancy from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott of Scream. And, of course, she shares such a label with her incomparable mother, Janet Leigh.
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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Scream_queenScream queen - Wikipedia

    A scream queen (a wordplay on screen queen) [1] is an actress who is prominent and influential in horror films, either through a notable appearance or recurring roles. A scream king is the male equivalent.

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    • What Is A Scream Queen in The Contemporary Sense?
    • What — If Anything — Is A Scream Queen Not?
    • Does Any Other Genre Boast Its Own Version of A Scream Queen?

    ALISON FOREMAN:After Wray’s dazzling damsel-in-distress act for “King Kong,” casting directors began to shorthand these centerpiece monster movie performances as scream queen roles: using the snappy description to draw talent and audiences toward projects anchored by leading ladies’ panic-stricken beauty and piercing pipes. Thanks to typecasting, “...

    ERBLAND: OK, so what is a scream queen now then? One thing we discussed early on when putting together this package was the idea that filmmakers can be scream queens, an idea you put forth and that we both instantly made us say,“yes, YES, YESSS!!” So many of the best, brightest, and boldest horror films in recent years have been delivered to us fro...

    FOREMAN: That said — and I’m not one for gate-keeping much — but there is a bit of Syndrome from “The Incredibles” (“When everyone’s super, no one will be…”) in the approach we’re taking with this label. If you broaden the definition of scream queen to include any performer in any kind of horror role — as well as influential horror filmmakers — you...

    ERBLAND: Here’s a final thought worth pondering: is the scream queen moniker so special because it doesn’t have much competition when it come to corollaries in other genre spaces? The only potential contender I could cook up is “Action Dude,” think Tom Cruise or The Rock or Liam Neeson in one of their many, many action outings. But even that doesn’...

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  3. Sep 25, 2015 · When Curtis starred in 1978’s Halloween in an iconic turn as Laurie Strode, she had to do a lot more than scream; she’s also scrappy. She stabs the killer, Michael Myers, with multiple weapons.

  4. Sep 12, 2023 · Curtis's iconic portrayal of Laurie Strode in Halloween solidified her status as cinema's ultimate scream queen, with subsequent horror film roles cementing her fame.

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  5. Nov 5, 2020 · Strode is a scream queen that fights back using anything she can, from a wire clothes hanger to knitting needles. She’s crafty and badass, making such a strong impact that Curtis returned to the series for the 2018 Halloween and two more sequels slated for release in 2021 and 2022.

  6. Oct 6, 2022 · How Laurie Strode's return in the new Halloween trilogy kickstarted a new era of creativity for the original scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis.

  7. Feb 18, 2021 · Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode exists in a class of iconic scream queens who stand the test of time. She ranks among Heather Langenkamp’s Nancy from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Neve...

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