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Reign of the Scream Queens: Veronica Carlson

Scream Queen Icon Hammer Productions kept horror films above water after Universal turned away from the genre in the 1950’s. Hammer started producing films with their own versions of Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, the Wolf Man, and more, winning over tons of fans for themselves and breathing new life into Universal’s early classics fromContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Veronica Carlson”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Shauna Macdonald

Scream Queen Impact I have to admit that when I was researching potential Scream Queens, Shauna Macdonald popped into my head for one film and one film alone: The Descent (2005). That film alone makes her worthy to be on this list as far as I’m concerned, but as soon as I looked at herContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Shauna Macdonald”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Gloria Holden

Scream Queen Impact Much like Ingrid Pitt, today’s Scream Queen, Gloria Holden, made her audiences scream more than she ever did in a film. Holden has forty-one film credits to her name, but only one of them would ever be considered a horror film. That film, Dracula’s Daughter (1936), was the first sequel to theContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Gloria Holden”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Chloe Grace Moretz

Scream Queen Future She’s only twenty-five years old but Chloe Grace Moretz already has a number of horror films under her belt. She has a total of seventy-five film and television credits starting with a 2004 credit in the TV series The Guardian. From there she made a TV movie and her first big screenContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Chloe Grace Moretz”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Ingrid Pitt

Scream Queen Icon While most of the ladies on this list spent a lot of time on camera screaming, today’s Scream Queen was mainly on the offensive, making both men and women scream for mercy. I’m going to talk a little bit about the seductively beautiful Ingrid Pitt who, thanks to her appearances in HammerContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Ingrid Pitt”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Mary Philbin

Scream Queen Icon For today’s Reign of the Scream Queens entry we’re going all the way back to the 1920’s, the era of the silent film. While most modern audiences probably don’t know her name, Mary Philbin was a prominent silent film star at the beginning of the 1900’s. She appeared in a total ofContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Mary Philbin”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Marilyn Burns

Scream Queen Legend Fifteen acting credits are all that horror legend Marilyn Burns ever received. In all honesty, she only needed one. After appearances in Brewster McCloud (1970) and Lovin’ Molly (1974), Ms. Burns won the role of Sally Hardesty in the iconic, groundbreaking, cannibal horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). She is consideredContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Marilyn Burns”

The Year Of KISS: Hot In The Shade (1989)

“Rosa had a lover on the shady side of town.” Hot In The Shade, KISS’ follow-up project to their highest charting 1980’s release, Crazy Nights, is very personal to me because it was the first KISS album that I ever purchased. It would get me into conversations later in life that would set me onContinue reading “The Year Of KISS: Hot In The Shade (1989)”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Dee Wallace

Scream Queen Legend Many Scream Queens are known for having multiple roles in horror films, usually B-movies, and perhaps one or two of the major horror franchises. Some only need one film to be dubbed a Scream Queen. A select few, however, manage to star in multiple major horror franchises, happily take on lesser rolesContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Dee Wallace”

Reign of the Scream Queens: Cerina Vincent

Scream Queen Icon Way back in 1999, a young Cerina Vincent appeared as Maya/The Yellow Galaxy Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. It was a family friendly television series that was part of the highly popular Power Rangers franchise. After her work on that series came to an end, Vincent continued working on television, primarilyContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Cerina Vincent”