Classic Scream Fiends List

So we've all heard of Scream Queens, but what about the men who so constantly haunt our horror films? Don't they deserve a strange moniker as well? To that end, we have come up with the Scream Fiends. These are the actors who appear in so many horror movies that you will become familiar with their faces quickly. The qualification for this list is simple. The actor must have appeared in four horror films. That's it.
You should know that it is often the case that when we see the name of one of these actors on the box we will rent the movie just to see him. In most cases, we know these men by name and face and can spot them in even the most inconspicuous roles. Enjoy.
The list is divided in two parts: Classic Scream Fiends and Modern Scream Fiends. This is the Modern list. To qualify, an actor had to appear in their first horror movie prior to 1970. They generally have a pretty big body of work.
The 1970 division was a hard one to come to but every time I tried to move it to a different time it made even less sense. If you have a better idea for when the division should occur, email me with your full rationale and I'll think about changing it.

Special thanks to spacemonkey for pointing out that we had overlooked Peter Cushing for far too long.

John Carradine 1906-1988: The Invisible Man (1933); The Black Cat (1934); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Revenge of the Zombies (1943); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); House of Frankenstein (1944); Voodoo Man (1944); Return of the Ape Man (1944); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); House of Dracula (1945); The Black Sleep (1956); The Unearthly (1957); Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957); Invisible Invaders (1959); The Invasion of the Animal People (1959); Curse of the Stone Hand (1964); The Wizard of Mars (1965); House of the Black Death (1965); Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1966); Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966); Madame Death (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); The Vampire Girls (1968); The Diabolical Pact (1968); Secret of Death (1968); The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969); The Astro-Zombies (1969); Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970); Bigfoot (1970); Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970); Honey Britches (1971); Blood Legacy (1971); Beast of the Yellow Night (1971); Shadow House (1972); Blood of Ghastly Horror (1972); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); Silent Night, Bloody Night (1973); Moonchild (1974); The House of Seven Corpses (1974); Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1976); Shock Waves (1977); Satan's Cheerleaders (1977); The Bees (1978); Vampire Hookers (1979); Nocturna (1979); Monster (1979); The Monster Club (1980); The Howling (1980); The Boogeyman (1980); Satan's Mistress (1981); The Nesting (1981); Frankenstein Island (1981); Doctor Dracula (1981); The Scarecrow (1982); House of the Long Shadows (1983); Boogeyman II (1983); The Tomb (1985); Reel Horror (1985); Evils of the Night (1985); Revenge (1986); Monster in the Closet (1986); Evil Spawn (1987); Buried Alive (1990); The Alien Within (1991); Jack-O (1995)

Lon Chaney Jr. 1906-1973: Man Made Monster (1941); The Wolf Man (1941); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Son of Dracula (1943); Weird Woman (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); House of Frankenstein (1944); The Mummy's Curse (1944); House of Dracula (1945); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Bride of the Gorilla (1951); The Black Castle (1952); The Black Sleep (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); The Alligator People (1959); House of Terror (1960); Devil's Messenger (1961); The Haunted Palace (1963); Witchcraft (1964); Spider Baby (1964); Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964); House of the Black Death (1965); Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1966); Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)

Peter Cushing 1913-1994: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957); Horror of Dracula (1958); The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958); The Flesh and the Fiends (1959); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959); The Mummy (1959); The Brides of Dracula (1960); Captain Clegg (1962); The Evil of Frankenstein (1964); The Gorgon (1964); The Skull (1965); Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965); Island of Terror (1966); Torture Garden (1967); Frankenstein Created Woman (1967); Corruption (1967); The Blood Beast Terror (1967); The Mummy's Shroud (1967); Scream and Scream Again (1969); Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed! (1969); The House That Dripped Blood (1970); The Vampire Lovers (1970); Twins of Evil (1971); I, Monster (1971); Nothing but the Night (1972); Horror Express (1972); Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972); Asylum (1972); Incense for the Damned (1972); Tales from the Crypt (1972); Fear in the Night (1972); Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972); From Beyond the Grave (1972); The Creeping Flesh (1973); And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973); The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973); Madhouse (1974); Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974); The Beast Must Die (1974); The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974); Tender Dracula (1975); Legend of the Werewolf (1975); The Ghoul (1975); Land of the Minotaur (1976); Shock Waves (1977); The Uncanny (1977); Monster Island (1981); House of the Long Shadows (1983); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984)

Dwight Frye 1899-1943: Frankenstein (1931); The Invisible Man (1933); The Vampire Bat (1933); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); The Crime of Dr. Crespi (1936); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Dead Men Walk (1943)

Boris Karloff 1887-1969: Frankenstein (1931); The Mummy (1932); Behind the Mask (1932); The Old Dark House (1932); The Ghoul (1934); The Black Cat (1934); The Black Room (1935); The Bride of Frankenstein (1935); The Raven (1935); The Invisible Ray (1936); The Walking Dead (1936); The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936); The Man They Could Not Hang (1939); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Tower of London (1939); Before I Hang (1940); Black Friday (1940); The Ape (1940); The Devil Commands (1941); The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942); The Climax (1944); House of Frankenstein (1944); The Body Snatcher (1945); Isle of the Dead (1945); Bedlam (1946); The Strange Door (1951); The Black Castle (1952); The Island Monster (1957); Voodoo Island (1957); Grip of the Strangler (1958); Frankenstein - 1970 (1958); Black Sabbath (1963); The Terror (1963); The Raven (1963); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); Die, Monster, Die! (1965); The Sorcerers (1967); Blind Man's Bluff (1967); Isle of the Snake People (1968); House of Evil (1968); The Fear Chamber (1968); Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

Christopher Lee 1922-: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); Horror of Dracula (1958); The Mummy (1959); The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959); Horror Hotel (1960); Scream of Fear (1961); House of Fright (1961); The Hands of Orlac (1961); The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963); Terror in the Crypt (1963); What! (1963); Hercules in the Haunted World (1964); The Gorgon (1964); Castle of the Living Dead (1964); Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965); The Skull (1965); The Face of Fu Manchu (1965); She (1965); The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966); Blood Fiend (1967); The Blood Demon (1967); Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968); The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968); The Devil Rides Out (1968); The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1968); La Isla de la Muerte (1969); Night of the Blood Monster (1969); The Oblong Box (1969); Scream and Scream Again (1969); The Crimson Cult (1970); Count Dracula (1970); The House That Dripped Blood (1970); Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970); Vampir-Cuadecuc (1970); Scars of Dracula (1970); I, Monster (1971); Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972); Raw Meat (1972); Horror Express (1972); Nothing But the Night (1972); Castle of Fu Manchu (1972); The Creeping Flesh (1973); The Wicker Man (1973); Dark Places (1973); The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973); In Search of Dracula (1975); To the Devil a Daughter (1976); The Keeper (1976); Dracula and Son (1977); Meatcleaver Massacre (1977); House of Long Shadows (1983); Howling II (1985); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991); Tale of the Mummy (1998); Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Bela Lugosi 1882-1956: Dracula (1931); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); White Zombie (1932); Night of Terror (1933); Island of Lost Souls (1933); The Black Cat (1934); Mark of the Vampire (1935); Murder by Television (1935); The Raven (1935); Shadow of Chinatown (1936); The Invisible Ray (1936); The Dark Eyes of London (1939); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Black Friday (1940); The Devil Bat (1940); Invisible Ghost (1941); The Wolf Man (1941); Bowery at Midnight (1942); Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); The Corpse Vanishes (1942); Night Monster (1942); The Ape Man (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Voodoo Man (1944); Return of the Ape Man (1944); The Return of the Vampire (1944); The Body Snatcher (1945); Scared to Death (1947); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Lock up Your Daughters (1951); Bride of the Monster (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)

Dick Miller 1928-: It Conquered the World (1956); The Undead (1957); A Bucket of Blood (1959); The Little Shop of Horrors (1960); The Premature Burial (1962); X (1963); The Terror (1963); Piranha (1978); The Howling (1980); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); V: The Final Battle (1984); Gremlins (1984); The Terminator (1984); Night of the Creeps (1986); Chopping Mall (1986); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Evil Toons (1990); Amityville 1992 (1992); Demon Knight (1995); Route 666 (2001)

Donald Pleasence 1919-1995: The Flesh and the Fiends (1959); Circus of Horrors (1960); The Hands of Orlac (1961); What a Carve Up! (1962); Eye of the Devil (1967); Creature of Comfort (1968); Death Line (1972); Tales That Witness Madness (1973); The Mutations (1973); From Beyond the Grave (1973); The Devil within Her (1975); Land of the Minotaur (1976); Night Creature (1977); The Uncanny (1977); Halloween (1978); Dracula (1979); The Monster Club (1980); Halloween II (1981); Alone in the Dark (1982); The Devonsville Terror (1983); Creepers (1984); Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984); Vampire in Venice (1986); Specters (1987); Prince of Darkness (1987); Paganini Horror (1988); The House of Usher (1988); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988); Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989); Buried Alive (1989); Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995); Fatal Frames (1996)

Vincent Price 1911-1993: Tower of London (1939); Shock (1946); House of Wax (1953); House on Haunted Hill (1958); The Fly (1958); The Tingler (1959); The Bat (1959); Return of the Fly (1959); House of Usher (1960); Pit and the Pendulum (1961); Tower of London (1962); Tales of Terror (1962); Twice-Told Tales (1963); The Raven (1963); The Haunted Palace (1963); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); Diary of a Madman (1963); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Tomb of Ligeia (1965); Spirits of the Dead (1968); Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General (1968); Scream and Scream Again (1969); The Oblong Box (1969); Cry of the Banshee (1970); The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971); Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972); Theatre of Blood (1973); Madhouse (1974); Once upon a Midnight Scary (1979); The Monster Club (1980); Thriller (1983); House of Long Shadows (1983); Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984); The Offspring (1986); Dead Heat (1988)

Basil Rathbone 1892-1967: Son of Frankenstein (1939); Tower of London (1939); The Black Cat (1941); The Black Sleep (1956); Tales of Terror (1962); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); Queen of Blood (1966); The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Autopsy of a Ghost (1967)