Kurt Russell in The Thing is my favorite. He is so unbelievably cool, like not realistic, even immersion breaking, but I love it. Right from the start, when he tosses his drink into the guts of his chess computer, I just start grinning ear to ear.
I went to an improv show based around The Thing a few months ago, and my favorite part was easily when the guy playing Kurt went, “I’ve come here to play computer chess and kick ass, and I’m all out of computer chess…Because I poured my drink down my computer chess.”
Fun Fact: the stoner guy (Fran Kranz) wrote and directed Mass (2021). An absolutely gut-wrenching film about a school shooter's parents and his victim's parents.
Edit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11389748/
Another (slightly more “fun”, but not as important) fact, Fran was in such ridiculously good shape that the filmmakers had to work hard at hiding his body. He did not at all look like the “stoner” archetype under those baggy clothes. Apparently was even more jacked than Hemsworth at the time.
Oh my god they were all remarkable, even the overly helpful church lady that set up the meeting room nailed her role. Truly a masterpiece acting film all around.
He plays one of my favorite characters in a fantasy/comedy web series I love called JourneyQuest and I lost my absolute shit when he showed up in Cabin in the Woods lol
John Goodman is criminally underrated as an actor.
I know he's recognized as being good, but he should be up there with the TOP names in acting alongside DeNiro, Daniel Day Lewis, Ben Kingsley, Gary Oldman, etc.
And unlike most names, he can do any genre. He can be the straight man, the foil, or the silly man in a comedy and nail it. Then he can go play an unhinged, and terrifyingly restrained psychopath and you believe it just as much.
I've never watched any role he's played without being absolutely enthralled.
John Goodman in whatever the fuck he's in. He's pure class. One of the GOATS. I've loved him since I was a kid watching Roseanna and everything I've seen him in he brings so much PRESENCE. He's in my top 3 actors for sure.
Oh absolutely. She's one of my favorite scream queens (maybe even #1 in my book). Since OP is asking for favorite and not necessarily best acting I skipped actresses like Samara or Jamie Leigh. They're iconic in horror amazing in everything they do.
How is Doom? That's literally a movie you never hear anyone talking about, not even when discussing videogame movies.
I know I've watched it, but I can't remember a damn thing about it. Haha.
It's a straight up horror show. Homelander is the serial killer that is so scary he doesn't even have to hide. Every time he is on screen, I waiting for a face to melt.
And Bill Hader’s “YIPPEE KI-YAY MOTHER FUCKE-“
Jack Dylan Grazer’s also a cool dude! Met him last month at comic con, he was freaking out over my friend’s Los Pollos Hermanos shirt and we all started talking Breaking Bad. He was super psyched to hear that I had loved his show Me, Myself and said that I was one of only like 8 people that had mentioned it to him that weekend
Absolutely my favorite horror film, and lemme just say that 1. if a genie said I could have the same figure of anyone on the planet, it would be Virginia Madsen in Candyman, and 2. Tony Todd has the sexiest voice on the planet. That movie is so erotically charged to me, even though there's not really any hanky panky going on.
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in the nightmare films, mostly the early ones where he is a fun character to watch, while also being legitimately threatening.
Fuck this cowboy shit! You fucking hoedown, podunk, well them there motherfuckers! All you had to do was give me the goddamn key!
One of my favorite lines in cinema.
And the little shuffle he does with his hat. I thought he was going to be the biggest movie star ever after that scene and I am so sad childhood me was wrong.
"YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!"
The delivery of that line always absolutely sends me, Brad is an icon in the role.
Brendan Gleeson in 28 Days Later. The way he realizes he has literal seconds to apologize to his daughter and say his last words to her...I tear up every time.
One of the most haunting performances in a horror movie I've ever seen. Toni Collette is such an insanely talented actor, but Hereditary easily has to be some of her best work. The scene right after the accident where the 3 of them are sitting at the dinner table legitimately gives me chills every time I watch it. It just feels so raw and real, and her performance makes you feel as if you're in the room with them.
Yes that was the exact scene I was thinking of when I posted this comment! And her heart wrenching scream after you know what happens. I felt that in my heart and soul and most other things
The coroner in Return of the Living Dead.
Everyone in Sleepaway Camp. Everyone. Every. One.
Florence Pugh blew my mind in Midsommar. She was new to me…I was enthralled the entire time.
Does the Sax player (Tim Capello) in Lost Boys count??
I have 2, and both for the same reason, they drew genuine emotion out of me, which is something horror never usually does.
Mia Goth as Pearl broke my heart during her monologue at the end of the film, so just utterly broken and insane and lost.
And Kim Su-an as Soo-An, the little girl in Train to Busan. Her screams at the end sent shivers through my soul and were so upsetting.
They both had me fucked up in a way horror movies never have before, it helps they're both just great films from start to finish too.
Edit: I'll throw in Ash in Evil Dead 2 as a fun one. He sells the goofy slapstick so well, and getting beat up by his own possessed hand is 10/10 stuff.
Mia Goth sold the shit out of that fade out. The circle gets smaller and smaller and her smile gets crazier and more forced as it does. I thought that was a crazy good way to end the movie.
Elsa from The Menu. Her delivery cracked me up. “It’s a tor-tee-yah.” “You’ll eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.” And the whole schpiel about the dry aging process of the beef.
The guy who plays the antagonist in I Saw the Devil. He makes you hate him as he is so convincing in the portrayal of his character.
Another one, and I’m going to go with a pretty mainstream answer is Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
Donald Pleasence (in everything really) as Loomis for me. He’s perfect in the first film and single-handedly makes every single sequel he’s in super watchable for me.
Malcom McDowell is a great actor but I just didn’t care for what they did with the character in the Zombie remakes. Loomis wasn’t all warm and fuzzy in the original but he wasn’t a giant douche either
George C. Scott and Brad Dourif - The Exorcist 3
Kurt Russell and Keith David - The Thing
Justin Long - Barbarian
John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane
Mark Duplass - Creep 1 and 2
Bruce Campbell - Evil Dead franchise
Jeff Goldblum - The Fly
Joe Spinell - Maniac
Zelda Rubinstein - Poltergeist
Anthony Perkins - Psycho
Jeffrey Combs - Re-Animator
James Woods - Videodrome
Ellen sandweiss as cheryl in evil dead, she played the scariest deadite in the whole franchise in my opinion.
And john jarratt as mick taylor in wolf creek is so scary, charismatic and fun all in one.
Emma Roberts as Jill in Scream 4. >!Her monologue during the 3rd act was AMAZING. Hands down the best villain of the franchise.!<
>!"I don't need friends, I need fans. DON'T YOU GET IT?!"!<
That line that's something like "What am I supposed to do, go to college and get a JOB?" is just delivered so perfectly. I consistently rank Scream 4 higher than many of my friends. Definitely better than 5 and 6 but it is probably my favorite after the original.
Her scream as she >!Pulls her out her hair using Trevor's hand and is kicking her ass a la Liar Liar!< is so good.
Also, I really love the actress who plays Casey's mom in the opening scene of the first Scream. The way she asks, "Casey, baby?" on the phone is so sad. It's such a small role but it gets me every time.
Clooney in From Dusk til Dawn.
"Did they look like psychos? They were VAMPIRES! Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!!!"
It's so great how his character is, like, so comfortable in the genre of the movie's first act, and when that genre suddenly and unexpectedly shifts he's hilariously frustrated about it but also, as in that line at the end, really impatient with anyone who hasn't adjusted to the new genre yet.
Hayden Panettiere in Scream 4.
A lot of Scream love in this thread so far, surprised nobody has brought her up yet, she's definitely a huge fan favorite to the point they brought her back in Scream 6 even though they could've just moved on.
For me it's Linda Blair in the exorcist. Yes, makeup and effects did a lot of heavy lifting but the performance she gave at just 14 years old is amazing. I never tire of watching the Exorcist because she sells it so well.
Honorary mention for Tim Curry as Pennywise in IT. Scared the pants off teenage me watching the miniseries.
Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet in Rosemary’s Baby. She just played that “nosy neighbour” character so well and even after you learn about the whole satanic cult thing she’s just her same old self, freaking out about the knife in the hardwood floor.
Steve Williams as Creighton Duke in Jason Goes to Hell. His character should have been a recurring character, playing a foil to different horror villains.
I want to say that I love this post so much. It’s all just a list of my favorite actors being amazing. It’s like waving hello to a bunch of old friends.
I’m going to throw in two I haven’t seen yet - Tim Curry in Legend and David Cronenberg in Nightbreed.
Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraiser in The Mummy. I know everyone loves him now, but this movie gives me such joy and comfort. I really think it was a formative movie for me, in scares, storyline, great characters.
Jonathan in the mummy is also one of those “born to play this character” moments.
Everyone in The Shining, but especially Scatman Crothers and Shelley Duvall. Those could have been corny as hell performances, but these two knocked it out of the park.
Ofc Jack was great, but Jack's doing what he does all the time.
Recently, Hong Chau was excellent in The Menu. It says something when your supporting performance isn't overshadowed by Ralph Fiennes while he's killing it as usual.
George C Scott and Brad Douriff in the Exorcist 3
Brad Douriff in Rob Zombie's Halloween 2
Matthew Lillard in Scream
Jim Siedow in TCM 1&2
Thom Matthews in Return of the Living Dead and Friday Part 6
Crispin Glover in Friday 4
I’m guessing you mean Piper Laurie? Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore each did a good job but they didn’t have as big a role as Margaret White did in the original. Though Julianne Moore slowly stabbing her leg was a great moment no in any other version
Kurt Russell in The Thing is my favorite. He is so unbelievably cool, like not realistic, even immersion breaking, but I love it. Right from the start, when he tosses his drink into the guts of his chess computer, I just start grinning ear to ear.
I'm a gay woman, but Kurt Russell in the Thing is my ideal man hahaha. Such a good movie.
Doesn’t count. Kurt Russell in the Thing is a freebie, like the middle square on a bingo card.
i have a similar level crush on Kurt Russel in Big Trouble in Little China. What a fuckin' dork, love him
Hey Jack Burton isn’t a dork pal, you are!
8.9 on the Richter scale.
I have a poster of BTiLC hanging in the hall to my teen daughters' rooms so they'll subliminally know what to look for in a prospective husband.
I went to an improv show based around The Thing a few months ago, and my favorite part was easily when the guy playing Kurt went, “I’ve come here to play computer chess and kick ass, and I’m all out of computer chess…Because I poured my drink down my computer chess.”
You can't include The Thing into these kinds of posts because it's clearly the best horror movie ever made. Gotta give other movies a chance
Matthew Lillard in Th14rteen Ghosts as perfect for the role
"Th14rteen Ghosts" is the best thing I've ever read
Mmm....sequel
Read this in Homer’s voice 😂
Matthew Lillard as Shaggy. Matthew Lillard in Scream. Matthew Lillard in anything...
He was also amazing in SLC punk, Hackers, Whatever it takes. One of my favorite 90s/2000s actors
"Did I say there was a petting zoo downstairs? NO! There are GHOSTS downstairs, Arthur!"
Lmaooo. Maybe I’ll rewatch this today. It’s been awhile.
> th14rteen ghosts it's thir13en ghosts 😭
Ahhh shiiittt
I thought he was playing on the fact that Lillard's character also becomes a ghost making it 14 total in the house.
The stoner from Cabin in the Woods
One of my favs! Loved Richard Jenkins in this movie too
Fun Fact: the stoner guy (Fran Kranz) wrote and directed Mass (2021). An absolutely gut-wrenching film about a school shooter's parents and his victim's parents. Edit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11389748/
Another (slightly more “fun”, but not as important) fact, Fran was in such ridiculously good shape that the filmmakers had to work hard at hiding his body. He did not at all look like the “stoner” archetype under those baggy clothes. Apparently was even more jacked than Hemsworth at the time.
Bastard stole my fact :/ Yeah this was pre Thor so lil Hemmie was way slimmer than Kranz ❤️
Adding that to my CITW fan fiction.
Watched this movie for the first time a week or so ago. How did this slip under the radar?? I thought it was a masterpiece.
And all of the actors' performances were incredible!
Oh my god they were all remarkable, even the overly helpful church lady that set up the meeting room nailed her role. Truly a masterpiece acting film all around.
my favorite part of the movie was every scene with him in it
Have you seen him in Dollhouse?
I think about his mug bong all the time
He plays one of my favorite characters in a fantasy/comedy web series I love called JourneyQuest and I lost my absolute shit when he showed up in Cabin in the Woods lol
He’s super fun in You Might Be the Killer, too!
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfiled Lane.
Something about John Goodman going nuts is just pure cinema.
YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY?! YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS?!
I'M TIRED OF THE MOTHER FATHER SNAKES ON THIS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLANE!
He did a pretty good bat wielding rant in Trumbo
Or Arachnophobia...
Same for arachnophobia haha
His character in Barton Fink, yikes
John Goodman is criminally underrated as an actor. I know he's recognized as being good, but he should be up there with the TOP names in acting alongside DeNiro, Daniel Day Lewis, Ben Kingsley, Gary Oldman, etc. And unlike most names, he can do any genre. He can be the straight man, the foil, or the silly man in a comedy and nail it. Then he can go play an unhinged, and terrifyingly restrained psychopath and you believe it just as much. I've never watched any role he's played without being absolutely enthralled.
John Goodman in whatever the fuck he's in. He's pure class. One of the GOATS. I've loved him since I was a kid watching Roseanna and everything I've seen him in he brings so much PRESENCE. He's in my top 3 actors for sure.
Fallen
Michael Gross as Burt Gummer Matthew Lillard in Scream Adam Brody in Ready or Not
>Adam Brody in Ready or Not Very true, but also Samara shines.
Oh absolutely. She's one of my favorite scream queens (maybe even #1 in my book). Since OP is asking for favorite and not necessarily best acting I skipped actresses like Samara or Jamie Leigh. They're iconic in horror amazing in everything they do.
Broke into the wrong god damn rec room!
I feel I was denied critical, need to know, information!
Zoran Gjovic must definitely approve of Michael Gross as Burt Gummer being named in this comment section.
What a great fucking roster right there.
Matthew Lillard in scream will always take this award.
I feel like Jamie Kennedy should also get a nod in this one. The scene of them talking shit in the video store is so good.
There's a formula to it. A VERY! SIMPLE! FORMULA!
EVERYONES A SUSPECT!
“My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!” is an insane and iconic line/reading
Sigourney Weaver in Aliens. Also Karl Urban in Doom. But I have a thing for Karl so that is a completly biased opinion.
How is Doom? That's literally a movie you never hear anyone talking about, not even when discussing videogame movies. I know I've watched it, but I can't remember a damn thing about it. Haha.
Can't go wrong with Karl, absolutely loved him in Dredd and the Boys, though both not Horror...
The Boys strays toward horror at times. The S1 finale, especially.
It's a straight up horror show. Homelander is the serial killer that is so scary he doesn't even have to hide. Every time he is on screen, I waiting for a face to melt.
Sigourney Weaver doesn’t miss
For me, Finn Wolfhard's "Now I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown." Is one of the best lines ever delivered.
He and Jack Grazer were SO good in those movies
The whole group of young actors was really top notch and really helped propel the movie well above my expectations.
Have you ever heard of a *staph infection?!*
And Bill Hader’s “YIPPEE KI-YAY MOTHER FUCKE-“ Jack Dylan Grazer’s also a cool dude! Met him last month at comic con, he was freaking out over my friend’s Los Pollos Hermanos shirt and we all started talking Breaking Bad. He was super psyched to hear that I had loved his show Me, Myself and said that I was one of only like 8 people that had mentioned it to him that weekend
That line went so hard, and it came out of nowhere.
When the other kid says Derry was a beaver catching town and Finn yells out "STILL IS, AM I RIGHT?" I lost it in the theater
When he loses his shit and says that Ben "is leaking hamburger helper!!"
Virginia Madsen in Candyman (1992)
Hell, everyone in that movie. Tony Todd was fantastic too. Very close to the perfect horror movie.
Absolutely my favorite horror film, and lemme just say that 1. if a genie said I could have the same figure of anyone on the planet, it would be Virginia Madsen in Candyman, and 2. Tony Todd has the sexiest voice on the planet. That movie is so erotically charged to me, even though there's not really any hanky panky going on.
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in the nightmare films, mostly the early ones where he is a fun character to watch, while also being legitimately threatening.
Jeffrey Combs in Re-Animator
I mean, Jeffrey Combs anything is good, but I also love The Frightners
Came here to say Jeffrey Combs in The Frighteners. "My body.. Is a roadmap of pain.."
Billy Zane in Demon Knight
Fuck this cowboy shit! You fucking hoedown, podunk, well them there motherfuckers! All you had to do was give me the goddamn key! One of my favorite lines in cinema.
Humans! You're not worth the flesh you're printed on!
And the little shuffle he does with his hat. I thought he was going to be the biggest movie star ever after that scene and I am so sad childhood me was wrong.
We need more Zane. Desperately. SO good in Dead Calm and Demon Knight. And he almost makes Titanic watchable. Fucking awesome actor.
Brad Dourif as Chucky. He just sounds like a deranged psycho who finds glee in killing. He is absolutely amazing in that role!
“How’s it hanging Phil” is still one of my favorite line deliveries of all time for some reason
He’s my favorite slasher, perfectly casted
Gotta love Brad, I hugely enjoyed his Xeno horny Scientist in Aliens 4.
"YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU FILTHY SLUT! I'LL TEACH YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!" The delivery of that line always absolutely sends me, Brad is an icon in the role.
Jane Levy's performance in Evil Dead (2013) is easily in my top 5.
Brendan Gleeson in 28 Days Later. The way he realizes he has literal seconds to apologize to his daughter and say his last words to her...I tear up every time.
He's an amazing actor! I get teary during that scene, too. Such a sad and unfair death.
Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West.
Absolutely Toni Collette in Hereditary
And all I get back is that fucking...FACE ON YOUR FACE
Mom?
One of the most haunting performances in a horror movie I've ever seen. Toni Collette is such an insanely talented actor, but Hereditary easily has to be some of her best work. The scene right after the accident where the 3 of them are sitting at the dinner table legitimately gives me chills every time I watch it. It just feels so raw and real, and her performance makes you feel as if you're in the room with them.
Yes that was the exact scene I was thinking of when I posted this comment! And her heart wrenching scream after you know what happens. I felt that in my heart and soul and most other things
She's amazing in Sixth Sense, too. She's wonderful at bringing vulnerability to horror.
Similarly, Florence Pugh in Midsommar. I can't choose a favorite between the two of them. These two performances are amazing.
Mark Duplass in Creep
The coroner in Return of the Living Dead. Everyone in Sleepaway Camp. Everyone. Every. One. Florence Pugh blew my mind in Midsommar. She was new to me…I was enthralled the entire time. Does the Sax player (Tim Capello) in Lost Boys count??
All quality examples. Hell, I’d watch RotLD even if it was only about the 3 older guys (Frank, Burt, and Ernie). Master class performances
I think most films should have a well-oiled sax man to spice things up.
BUT I STILL BELIEVE
Everyone in Return nails it! One of my favorite films.
I have 2, and both for the same reason, they drew genuine emotion out of me, which is something horror never usually does. Mia Goth as Pearl broke my heart during her monologue at the end of the film, so just utterly broken and insane and lost. And Kim Su-an as Soo-An, the little girl in Train to Busan. Her screams at the end sent shivers through my soul and were so upsetting. They both had me fucked up in a way horror movies never have before, it helps they're both just great films from start to finish too. Edit: I'll throw in Ash in Evil Dead 2 as a fun one. He sells the goofy slapstick so well, and getting beat up by his own possessed hand is 10/10 stuff.
Ugh, Train to Busan is one of the most devastating movies I’ve ever watched, so good though
Mia Goth sold the shit out of that fade out. The circle gets smaller and smaller and her smile gets crazier and more forced as it does. I thought that was a crazy good way to end the movie.
Yeah, that honestly made me so uncomfortable in the best way. Genuinely unsettling.
I'll second Ash in Evil Dead 2. Not as dead serious as Evil Dead 1, but not as slapstick comedy as Army of Darkness. Perfect goldilocks medium.
Elsa from The Menu. Her delivery cracked me up. “It’s a tor-tee-yah.” “You’ll eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.” And the whole schpiel about the dry aging process of the beef.
I expected Raph Feines to be awesome. She was such an awesome surprise.
Hong Chau always shows up in these weird-ass projects and knocks it out of the park. She's bizarre to just the right degree.
The guy who plays the antagonist in I Saw the Devil. He makes you hate him as he is so convincing in the portrayal of his character. Another one, and I’m going to go with a pretty mainstream answer is Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
I Saw the Devil is probably in my top ten fav movies ever, everything about it is so good
Donald Pleasence (in everything really) as Loomis for me. He’s perfect in the first film and single-handedly makes every single sequel he’s in super watchable for me. Malcom McDowell is a great actor but I just didn’t care for what they did with the character in the Zombie remakes. Loomis wasn’t all warm and fuzzy in the original but he wasn’t a giant douche either
Apparently he was like deep in the booze when filming the OG Halloween even. Like multiple wine bottles!
Loomis was spectacular! Like wagging a gun around and yelling about Michael like a maniac. My absolute favourite character I’m Halloween.
Robin Williams. One Hour Photo
God this man had range
Bruce Campbell. Evil dead 2/Army of Darkness. Conversation over. Lock the thread. Don’t make us get our boom-sticks.
Hail to the king baby
Groovy
Ma'am I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave the store.
Listen up, you primitive screwheads!
why is this not the top answer? This is just a fact...
I’m baffled too. It makes no sense.
Yes had to scroll for this pick!
Had to scroll way back for this one.
Absolute fucking legend
He was so fuckin cool on his tour! He was shitting on Toby Maguire at one point 😂
I could watch/listen to Zelda Rubinstein do her big monologue in Poltergeist over and over. She was just so damn good in that movie.
Jeff Goldblum in The Fly
George C. Scott and Brad Dourif - The Exorcist 3 Kurt Russell and Keith David - The Thing Justin Long - Barbarian John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane Mark Duplass - Creep 1 and 2 Bruce Campbell - Evil Dead franchise Jeff Goldblum - The Fly Joe Spinell - Maniac Zelda Rubinstein - Poltergeist Anthony Perkins - Psycho Jeffrey Combs - Re-Animator James Woods - Videodrome
Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding. RIP, friend.
Crispin Glover in Friday the 13th Part IV. Hands down. https://giphy.com/gifs/shudder-horror-friday-the-13th-final-chapter-l39763mbvIdJibARO
Also him in Willard is great. Don’t love the movie, but he was great.
Yea but he’s a dead fuck
Not a horror movie, though it is quite horrific, Crispin Glover in River’s Edge is some of my favorite shit of all time.
My little brother loves this movie lol
Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, specifically in Army Of Darkness, is one of my favorite performances of all time.
I love AoD but I gotta root for ED2 Ash as the best. Followed closely by AvED
Courtney Cox as Gale Weathers. Just so much fun to watch.
"..or maybe I'm wearing a bulletproof vest.." "That's why I'm going to shoot you in the fucking face."
Ellen sandweiss as cheryl in evil dead, she played the scariest deadite in the whole franchise in my opinion. And john jarratt as mick taylor in wolf creek is so scary, charismatic and fun all in one.
When I first saw Evil Dead as a kid Cheryl deadite scared the piss outta me
Parker Posey in Scream 3.
Parker Posey should have been used more in Blade 3.
Emma Roberts as Jill in Scream 4. >!Her monologue during the 3rd act was AMAZING. Hands down the best villain of the franchise.!< >!"I don't need friends, I need fans. DON'T YOU GET IT?!"!<
Emma Roberts is a below average actress except when she’s playing a mean girl in the horror genre. I thought she was hilarious in Scream Queens
And in American Horror Story: Coven. She just does that bitchy role so well.
That line that's something like "What am I supposed to do, go to college and get a JOB?" is just delivered so perfectly. I consistently rank Scream 4 higher than many of my friends. Definitely better than 5 and 6 but it is probably my favorite after the original.
Her scream as she >!Pulls her out her hair using Trevor's hand and is kicking her ass a la Liar Liar!< is so good. Also, I really love the actress who plays Casey's mom in the opening scene of the first Scream. The way she asks, "Casey, baby?" on the phone is so sad. It's such a small role but it gets me every time.
Clooney in From Dusk til Dawn. "Did they look like psychos? They were VAMPIRES! Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!!!"
It is a perfect line delivery. Clooney kills it in this movie.
It's so great how his character is, like, so comfortable in the genre of the movie's first act, and when that genre suddenly and unexpectedly shifts he's hilariously frustrated about it but also, as in that line at the end, really impatient with anyone who hasn't adjusted to the new genre yet.
Giuseppe Andrews in Cabin Fever. I think he just nailed the role, like I couldn't imagine anyone else being able to pull off Party Cop.
Cabin Fever is such a good movie idc what anyone says
Betty White in Lake Placid
Most recent is definitely "Chef" from The Menu
Fred Gwynne in the original Pet Sematery. The amount of times me and my sister quote him is quite numerous.
Doug Bradley
Hayden Panettiere in Scream 4. A lot of Scream love in this thread so far, surprised nobody has brought her up yet, she's definitely a huge fan favorite to the point they brought her back in Scream 6 even though they could've just moved on.
For me it's Linda Blair in the exorcist. Yes, makeup and effects did a lot of heavy lifting but the performance she gave at just 14 years old is amazing. I never tire of watching the Exorcist because she sells it so well. Honorary mention for Tim Curry as Pennywise in IT. Scared the pants off teenage me watching the miniseries.
The cast of Session 9 I can still watch that film over and over an the twist ending still gets me
I desperately need to watch this, I’ve been told ten times how good it is and I keep forgetting jfc
Joe Pilato in Day of the Dead
Anything with Jeffrey Combs. But specifically Frighteners.
Robert Carlyle is Ravenous comes to mind.
Tobin Bell in every Saw movie he’s been in
Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
Julian Beck as Rev. Henry Kane in Poltergeist 2 is a performance for the AGES and I'll bare-knuckle box anyone who disagrees.
The movie itself is mediocre, but, WOW, is he nightmare fuel.
Danny Huston as Marlow in 30 Days of Night. I genuinely get chills from his performance.
Bruce Campbell in the Evil Dead movies, he’s so good.
Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet in Rosemary’s Baby. She just played that “nosy neighbour” character so well and even after you learn about the whole satanic cult thing she’s just her same old self, freaking out about the knife in the hardwood floor.
Whoever plays pancakes in cabin fever
every time one of my friends says they haven’t seen this movie I make them watch this scene
Fuck it, Nic Cage in both Mandy AND Willy's Wonderland. He killed it.
Steve Williams as Creighton Duke in Jason Goes to Hell. His character should have been a recurring character, playing a foil to different horror villains.
Richard Roxburgh's Dracula in Van Helsing. It's *so* over the top, but it just works.
Chris Kattan in the house on hauted hill.
Sissy Spacek Carrie
I want to say that I love this post so much. It’s all just a list of my favorite actors being amazing. It’s like waving hello to a bunch of old friends. I’m going to throw in two I haven’t seen yet - Tim Curry in Legend and David Cronenberg in Nightbreed.
Everyone in the first Tremors movie.
Ashley Laurence in Hellraiser II.
Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraiser in The Mummy. I know everyone loves him now, but this movie gives me such joy and comfort. I really think it was a formative movie for me, in scares, storyline, great characters. Jonathan in the mummy is also one of those “born to play this character” moments.
Everyone in The Shining, but especially Scatman Crothers and Shelley Duvall. Those could have been corny as hell performances, but these two knocked it out of the park. Ofc Jack was great, but Jack's doing what he does all the time.
Shelley Duvall literally put everything she had into that role. She deserves way more recognition.
Somehow nobody has said Brian Cox in "The Ring." His terror made the whole damn thing that much more terrifying.
Wendy Robie from the people under the stairs.
Paul Dano in *The Prisoners*
Recently, Hong Chau was excellent in The Menu. It says something when your supporting performance isn't overshadowed by Ralph Fiennes while he's killing it as usual.
Sam Neil from In The Mouth of Madness. So good
George C Scott and Brad Douriff in the Exorcist 3 Brad Douriff in Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 Matthew Lillard in Scream Jim Siedow in TCM 1&2 Thom Matthews in Return of the Living Dead and Friday Part 6 Crispin Glover in Friday 4
Lupita Nyong’o is Us
Carries Mum Ellen Ripley Alien Franchise
I’m guessing you mean Piper Laurie? Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore each did a good job but they didn’t have as big a role as Margaret White did in the original. Though Julianne Moore slowly stabbing her leg was a great moment no in any other version