The 13 greatest horror scream queens of all time
nypost.comEarned her crown in “Scream,” “Scream 2,” “Scream 3,” “Scream 4,” “Scream (2022)” and “The Craft“After bursting on the scene in the hit Fox series “Party of Five” (1994-2000) opposite then unknown actors Lacey Chabert (“Mean Girls”), Matthew Fox (“Lost”) and Jennifer Love Hewitt (“9-1-1”), Neve Campbell earned her slasher stripes playing the ultimate “final girl.”As high school teen Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven’s “Scream,” Campbell was able to thwart the virginal trope when she had sex with her boyfriend and ultimately went on to beat not one, but two Ghostface killers menacing the fictional town of Woodsboro, California.
Campbell would later star in the next five “Scream” films before handing over her knifed baton to fellow Scream Queen Jenna Ortega. Earned her crown in “The Babysitter: Killer Queen,” “Wednesday,” “Scream (2022),” “Scream VI,” “X,” “Studio 666” and “Insidious: Chapter 2”Jenna Ortega has quickly become Gen-Z’s reigning scream queen transcending into the “It Girl” of the horror genre.
Ortega had her first taste of blood and gore at just 11 years old as a young star in 2013’s “Insidious: Chapter 2.” Less than a decade later she solidified her strong hold on the horror genre in 2022, starring in four horror films: “Scream,” “Studio 666,” “X” and “American Carnage.” But it was her role as the titular character in Netflix’s “Wednesday” that truly made a household name when her iconic dance from the series went viral inspiring everyone to dance, dance, dance with her hands, hands, hands.
With upcoming roles in horror films like “Beetlejuice 2” and “Scream 7,” Ortega shows no signs of stopping and the actress admits that the gore genre is where she feels at home. “If I’m going to speak up about anything,”.
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