Scream Queen List
Through all of the annals of Horror there are none so remembered and honoured
as our beloved Scream Queens. Those young ladies who time after time bare their souls
via loud voices. Those maidens who are chased and chased by the evil thing only to fall
repeatedly to the ground. Those damsels who are gifted with such a set of . . . umm . . .
lungs that neither man nor beast can resist the summons. They are the ones that bring
us back to the theatres and rental shops over and over. In no small way, without the
Scream Queens there is no Horror.
To help you track the Scream Queens' careers, we have compiled a list of women and
the horror films that they have been in. The criteria for this list is that the actor in question
must a) be female, b) have appeared (not necessarily starred) in a minimum of four horror
films, and c) have played the would-be victim in at least one of her horror films. The
films are linked to our review of them wherever it is relevant.
- Asia Argento 1975-
- Demons 2 (1986)
- La Chiesa (1988)
- Trauma (1992)
- The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
- Land of the Dead (2005)
- Adrienne Barbeau 1945-
- The Fog (1980)
- Creepshow (1981)
- Swamp Thing (1982)
- Two Evil Eyes (1990)
- Burial of the Rats (1994)
- The Convent (2000)
- Ring of Darkness (2004)
- Drew Barrymore 1975-
- Firestarter (1984)
- Cat's Eye (1985)
- No Place to Hide (1992)
- Poison Ivy (1992)
- Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
- Doppelganger (1992)
- Scream (1996)
- Linda Blair 1959-
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- Hell Night (1981)
- Witchery (1989)
- The Chilling (1989)
- Sorceress (1994)
- Scream (1996)
- Monster Makers (2003)
- Neve Campbell 1973-
- The Dark (1994)
- The Craft (1996)
- Scream (1996)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Scream 3 (2000)
- Veronica Cartwright 1950-
- The Birds (1963)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Alien (1979)
- Nightmares (1983)
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
- The Lottery (1996)
- Quicksilver Highway (1997)
- Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- Barbara Crampton 1962-
- Re-Animator (1985)
- From Beyond (1986)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- Puppet Master (1989)
- Castle Freak (1995)
- The Sisterhood (2004)
- Jamie Lee Curtis 1958-
- Halloween (1978)
- The Fog (1980)
- Prom Night (1980)
- Terror Train (1980)
- Halloween II (1981)
- Roadgames (1981)
- Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998)
- Virus (1999)
- Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
- Amy Irving 1953-
- Carrie (1976)
- The Fury (1978)
- The Turn of the Screw (1990)
- The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
- Hide and Seek (2005)
- Famke Janssen 1964-
- Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)
- Lord of Illusions (1995)
- The Faculty (1998)
- Deep Rising (1998)
- House on Haunted Hill (1999)
- Hide and Seek (2005)
- Margot Kidder 1948-
- Sisters (1973)
- Black Christmas (1974)
- The Amityville Horror (1979)
- The Clown at Midnight (1998)
- Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework (1997)
- Someone Is Watching (2000)
- Death 4 Told (2004)
- Sandra Knight 1940-
- Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
- Tower of London (1962)
- The Terror (1963)
- Blood Bath (1966)
- The Haunting of Morella (1990)
- Heather Langenkamp 1964-
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- Shocker (1989)
- New Nightmare (1994)
- Janet Leigh 1927-2004
- Psycho (1960)
- Night of the Lepus (1972)
- The Fog (1980)
- Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998)
- Virginia Madsen 1963-
- Zombie High (1987)
- Candyman (1992)
- The Prophecy (1995)
- The Haunting (1999)
- Vera Miles 1930-
- Psycho (1960)
- A Howling in the Woods (1971)
- Brainwaves (1982)
- Psycho II (1983)
- The Initiation (1984)
- Linnea Quigley 1958-
- Psycho from Texas (1981)
- Graduation Day (1981)
- Don't Go Near the Park (1981)
- Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
- The Return of the Living Dead (1984)
- Silent Night, Deadly Night Part II (1987)
- Nightmare Sisters (1987)
- Night of the Demons (1987)
- Creepozoids (1987)
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
- Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
- Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990)
- The Guyver (1991)
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
- Innocent Blood (1992)
- Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)
- Jack-O (1995)
- Burial of the Rats (1995)
- Fatal Frames (1996)
- Sick-o-pathics (1996)
- Death Mask (1998)
- Animals (1999)
- Kolobos (1999)
- Prophecy 3: The Ascent, The (2000)
- Kannibal (2001)
- Eight Legs to Love You (2001)
- Attack of the B-Movie Monster (2002)
- Each Time I Kill (2002)
- Corpses Are Forever (2003)
- Zombiegeddon (2003)
- Unaware (2004)
- Frost (2004)
- The Rockville Slayer (2004)
- It Came from Trafalgar (2005)
- Wolfsbayne (2005)
- Lost Girls (2005)
- The Naked Monster (2005)
- Jill Schoelen 1970-
- Chiller (1985)
- The Stepfather (1987)
- Curse II: The Bite (1988)
- Cutting Class (1989)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
- Popcorn (1991)
- When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
- P.J. Soles 1955-
- Blood Bath (1976)
- Carrie (1976)
- The Possessed (1977)
- Halloween (1978)
- Uncle Sam (1996)
- Mirror, Mirror 4: Reflection (2000)
- Death by Engagement (2005)
- The Devil's Rejects (2005)
- The Tooth Fairy (2006)
- Brinke Stevens 1954-
- Necromancy (1972)
- The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
- Sole Survivor (1983)
- Fatal Games (1984)
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
- Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
- Nightmare Sisters (1987)
- Grandma's House (1989)
- Transylvania Twist (1990)
- Murder Weapon (1990)
- Haunting Fear (1991)
- Spirits (1992)
- Teenage Exorcist (1994)
- Jack-O (1995)
- Mommy II: Mommys Day (1997)
- Hybrid (1997)
- Sideshow (2000)
- Horrorvision (2001)
- Eyes Are Upon You (2001)
- Web of Darkness (2001)
- Witchouse 3: Demon Fire (2001)
- Naked Monster (2002)
- The Frightening (2002)
- American Nightmare (2002)
- Mark of the Astro-Zombies (2002)
- Hell Asylum (2002)
- Bleed (2002)
- Dead Clowns (2003)
- Blood Reaper (2003)
- Corpses Are Forever (2003)
- Cheerleader Massacre (2003)
- Deadly Stingers (2003)
- Birth Rite (2003)
- Zombiegeddon (2003)
- Delta Delta Die! (2003)
- Expendable (2003)
- 5 Dark Souls, Part III: Retribution (2003)
- Vicious (2003)
- Vampires vs. Zombies (2004)
- It Came from Trafalgar (2005)
- Slaughter Party (2005)
- Dee Wallace 1948-
- The Stepford Wives (1975)
- The Hills Have Eyes (1978)
- The Howling (1980)
- Cujo (1983)
- Critters (1986)
- Popcorn (1991)
- Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
- Dark Goddess (1994)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- Killer Instinct (2000)
- Dead End Road (2004)
- Boo! (2005)
- The Loch Ness Monster (2005)
- Voodoo Moon (2005)
- Abominable (2006)
- The Plague (2006)
- Sigourney Weaver 1949-
- Alien (1979)
- Aliens (1986)
- Alien³ (1992)
- Copycat (1995)
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)
- The Village (2004)
- Fay Wray 1907-2004
- Doctor X (1932)
- The Vampire Bat (1933)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- King Kong (1933)
- Black Moon (1934)
- Kari Wuhrer 1967-
- Thinner (1996)
- Anaconda (1997)
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
- The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
- Final Examination (2003)
- The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
- Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
- The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)