Reign of the Scream Queens: Samara Weaving

Scream Queen Future

Born in February of 1992, Samara Weaving may not instantly come to mind when talking about Scream Queens. Why? Primarily because in Weaving’s short career she has amassed thirty-five acting credits and they range from comedy and horror to action and drama. She has no fear in taking on roles that don’t necessarily fit her “look” or “style.” That, in my opinion, is the mark of a great actor. I expect big things from Weaving as her career continues.

Weaving has multiple successful TV series under her belt including SMILF, Home And Away, and Out Of The Blue. She’s also appeared in a number of popular films such as Bill And Ted Face The Music (2020) and the cult action yarn Guns Akimbo (2019). She also starred in lesser films that, at least to me, deserve more recognition like the family flick Monster Trucks (2016).

So why have I chosen her as a future Scream Queen? For the simple fact that she had an amazing guest role on Ash Vs. Evil Dead, starred in and launched a Netflix franchise with The Babysitter (2017) and The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020), and starred in two off-kilter horror flicks, Mayhem (2017), and Ready Or Not (2019). She was also rumored to be in the latest Scream film released in 2022 but will instead appear in Scream 6 (2023). In other words, Ms. Weaving has plenty of horror chops and it looks like more are around the corner.

Weaving has done an excellent job of selecting roles. You can’t pigeonhole her as an actress. She can be funny, wicked, seductive, innocent, serious, or just plain goofy…..or any combination of those types of personas.

I really enjoyed her work in both of the The Babysitter films and highly recommend checking out those movies on Netflix. I also recommend watching Weaving in Mayhem and Ready Or Not. Outside of horror, check out Bill And Ted Face The Music. It’s not exactly what I hoped that it would be, but it’s still pretty good and Weaving does a fine job. I also recommend Monster Trucks. Sure, it bombed at theaters but my kids loved it and I really enjoyed how it combined action, comedy, and monsters in a family friendly package. My family liked it so much that we own it on Blu-ray.

Thanks for checking out my post. I see a bright future for Weaving and I hope that she does well in the future. Tomorrow I will have another Scream Queen post and on Friday I’ll have my regular Reign Of The Scream Queens post AND my latest Year of KISS post. See you then!