Scream Queen Icon 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, andContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Tiffany Shepis”
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Reign of the Scream Queens: Brinke Stevens
Scream Queen Legend Of all of the wonderful Scream Queens on this list, none of them come close to being the ideal Scream Queen as does Brinke Stevens. Stevens has over 230 film credits to her name on IMDb and has been appearing in movies seemingly nonstop since 1981. She has one role credit priorContinue reading “Reign of the Scream Queens: Brinke Stevens”
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”
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”
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