Top 25 Scream Queens in Horror Movie History

Silent-era screamers, Hammer glamour, slasher survivors and the A24 generation all earned their place by outlasting the monster.

1. 1
   Toni Collette

   Her performance as Annie Graham in Hereditary is one of horror's most acclaimed.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Mia Goth

   The star of Ti West's X, Pearl and MaXXXine trilogy.
   833pts
3. 3
   Adrienne King

   Alice Hardy, the original final girl of Friday the 13th.
   730pts
4. 4
   Barbara Crampton

   Re-Animator and From Beyond star who became a modern indie horror mainstay.
   666pts
5. 5
   Jenna Ortega

   A new-generation scream queen from Scream, X and Wednesday.
   591pts
6. 6
   Linda Blair

   Regan MacNeil, the possessed girl of The Exorcist.
   590pts
7. 7
   Marilyn Burns

   Sally Hardesty, the survivor of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
   590pts
8. 8
   Evelyn Ankers

   Universal's queen of 1940s monster movies, from The Wolf Man onward.
   500pts
9. 9
   Sigourney Weaver

   Ellen Ripley of Alien, the sci-fi horror heroine who fought back.
   500pts
10. 10
    Vera Farmiga

    Lorraine Warren across The Conjuring universe.
    500pts
11. 11
    Samara Weaving

    The blood-soaked bride of Ready or Not and star of The Babysitter.
    500pts
12. 12
    Lin Shaye

    Elise Rainier, the psychic at the heart of the Insidious films.
    500pts
13. 13
    Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Julie James, the survivor of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
    500pts
14. 14
    Jessica Harper

    Suzy Bannion, the American dancer in Dario Argento's Suspiria.
    499pts
15. 15
    Heather Langenkamp

    Nancy Thompson, who fought Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
    388pts
16. 16
    Sarah Michelle Gellar

    Buffy Summers and a victim in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2.
    388pts
17. 17
    Jamie Lee Curtis

    Laurie Strode in Halloween and its sequels, the archetypal final girl.
    0pts
18. 18
    Barbara Steele

    The face of 1960s Italian gothic horror, from Black Sunday onward.
    0pts
19. 19
    Danielle Harris

    Jamie Lloyd in the Halloween sequels and a fixture of slasher revivals.
    0pts
20. 20
    Mia Farrow

    Rosemary Woodhouse in Rosemary's Baby.
    0pts
21. 21
    Elsa Lanchester

    The title role in Bride of Frankenstein, with its famous lightning-streaked hair.
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22. 22
    Janet Leigh

    Marion Crane in Psycho, whose shower scene changed horror forever.
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23. 23
    Fay Wray

    The screaming star of King Kong in 1933, cinema's first great scream queen.
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24. 24
    Neve Campbell

    Sidney Prescott, the Scream franchise's resilient heroine.
    0pts
25. 25
    P. J. Soles

    Lynda in Halloween and a victim in Carrie.
    0pts

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