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The modern Scream Queen isn’t normally an actress who actively seeks out B-movies. Many of the today’s Scream Queens are actresses who work in all sorts of film genres and many of them seek out and/or have been nominated for or won major acting awards. Chloe Grace Moretz, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and others definitely deserve the title of Scream Queen, but operate outside of horror as well, often picking up roles in blockbuster films. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, but hardcore horror fans appreciate actresses who prefer taking roles in horror films more than in other types of films. They respect ladies that fit that classic Scream Queen mold that was created by actresses like Brinke Stevens and Linnea Quigley. Perhaps the greatest of the modern Scream Queens, the one that is a throwback to the traditional model, is none other than Tiffany Shepis.
Mrs. Shepis has no issues with her character getting slammed in the head with a hammer, stabbed, crushed, yanked through a window while nude by Sasquatch, or eaten by a shark that’s fresh from a Sharknado. She also doesn’t mind playing the good girl, the bad girl, the werewolf, or any other type of character. In other words, Shepis is game for just about anything and her fans lover her for it.
Shepis has 153 acting credits to her name and it all began with a small role as “Peter” in James Gunn’s (writer) Troma film, Tromeo & Juliet (1996). From there, Shepis has appeared in pretty much nothing but B-movies, softcore thrillers, and SyFy Channel schlock and it’s all been amazing. Some of the films that she has appeared in include The Ghouls (2003), Death Factory (2002), Abominable (2006), Chainsaw Cheerleaders (2008), and Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014). Some of her recent work includes Knifecorp (2021) and Axeman At Cutters Creek (2020).
Shepis has also appeared in magazines such as Fangoria and Girls And Corpses. She co-hosted the podcast Casualty Friday with fellow Scream Queen Felissa Rose and Jason Voorhees himself, Kane Hodder. Shepis consistently lands on Scream Queen lists. She was ranked #27 on Entertainment Tonight’s Top 40 Scream Queens From The Last Forty Years List from 2017 and has appeared on lists by numerous other magazines and websites. In recent years, Shepis has become a gun control advocate after witnessing the trauma her daughter experienced in a school shooting.
Some of my favorite films that feature Tiffany Shepis include Abominable (2006), Delta Delta Die! (2003), Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003), Night of the Demons (2009), Victor Crowley (2017), and Scarecrow (2002). Bloody Murder 2 was the first film that I saw her in and I was hooked. I started to actively seek out more of her films and continue to do so to this day. If you’re a B-movie horror fan and haven’t seen any of her work, check out the favorites that I’ve listed and then seek out more from her list on IMDb.
Thanks for checking out today’s post! Tiffany Shepis is one of my favorite actresses. She also seems like a really cool human being. To top it all off, she’s a horror fan like me and all of you! We only have TWO DAYS left of the Reign of the Scream Queens. Shepis and the final two queens are my favorite Scream Queens of all time. Can you guess the final girls?????? Let me know in the comments and return tomorrow to see if you’ve gotten one of the queens correct!
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