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Oct 16, 2024 · The best horror movie scream queens don't just survive nightmarish scenarios, they thrive in them, transforming suspenseful narratives into unforgettable cinematic experiences.
- What Are Scream Queens historically?
- 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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- Barbara Steele. Preternatural beauty Barbara Steele is known as both “The Queen of All Scream Queens” and “Britain’s first lady of horror.” She was the it girl-scream queen of the 1960s thanks to her lengthy resume in gothic horror movies of the decade.
- Janet Leigh. Janet Leigh makes it to this list for her iconic scream queen moment in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). Leigh received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination in the same category for her role.
- Marilyn Burns. Marilyn Burns and Olivia Hussey below both have held the title for the original final girl, having had their respective films both premiere on the same day in 1974.
- Olivia Hussey. Black Christmas heavily influenced slashers to come, including John Carpenter’s classic Halloween (1978). Hussey played Jess Bradford, a progressive and sexually active sorority sister set on practicing her fundamental right to choose, even against her anti-abortion boyfriend’s wishes.
- Jamie Lee Curtis. Who else could it be? As we’ve already noted, Curtis is the ultimate scream queen because she helped create a character (in her film debut, by the way) that seemed so real, so honest that everyone who saw Halloween became instantly invested in the well-being of Laurie Strode.
- Neve Campbell. On the surface, Campbell seemed like an unlikely choice to star in a horror movie. And it appeared that Barrymore was the star of Scream, anyway.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar. No one expected much from a TV series based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- after all, the movie of the same name was a misguided dud, and the lead actress of the new version was a former soap star.
- Vera Farmiga. The Conjuring and its sequels would not work without an actress the audience believes in, and Farmiga channels the right amount of fear, skepticism and faith in her portrayal of paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren to have made what appeared to be a small horror film into a huge international franchise.
Oct 18, 2022 · From Linda Blair to Neve Campbell, from Janet Leigh to Mia Goth, here are the women (and sometimes the girls) who made an indelible mark on horror movies
Dec 11, 2023 · Scream Queens like Jamie Lee Curtis or Neve Campbell are essential to what keeps the genre trucking – that being said, which of these female horror acting icons of the big screen (and...
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Oct 9, 2023 · Here are the seven best Scream Queens in horror history, some you will already know, but a few you might not expect.
