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- Rhoda Penmark from The Bad Seed (1956) Played by Patty McCormack, Rhoda Penmark is a seemingly sweet and precocious eight-year-old girl who lives with her mother in Manhattan while her father is away on military duty.
- Asa Vajda from Black Sunday (1960) Played by Barbara Steele, Asa Vajda is a witch who is sentenced to death by her brother and vows revenge on his descendants.
- Jane Hudson from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Played by Bette Davis, “Baby” Jane Hudson was a spoiled child actress whose sister, Blanche (Joan Crawford), lived in her shadow growing up.
- Evelyn from Play Misty for Me (1971) Played by Jessica Walter, this was the prolific actress’ most remembered role along with matriarch Lucille Bluth in the comedy series Arrested Development.
Aug 15, 2024 · Vote up the female characters in movies you think everyone should root for. When people think of strong female leads, they may recall films such as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider or perhaps The Hunger Games. While those are both great examples of female action heroes, horror films with female leads are also a common thing.
May 21, 2023 · Here are just some of the most iconic female horror characters we’ve seen in movies and video games over the past couple of decades. Iconic Female Horror Characters in Movies Whether they’re killers or victims, women get a lot of screen time on the big screen.
7.0 (459K) Rate. 72 Metascore. A group of kids go to a remote cabin in the woods where their fate is unknowingly controlled by technicians as part of a world-wide conspiracy where all horror movie clichés are revealed to be part of an elaborate sacrifice ritual.
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- Ellen Ripley - Alien series (1979-1997) If you subtract the time she spends suspended in cryo-sleep between movies, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) lives through the events of Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 all within the span of six weeks.
- Laurie Strode - Halloween series (1978-2022) Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) was not the first "final girl" in horror movie history, but she is the ultimate, the ne pas ultra.
- Sidney Prescott - Scream series (1996-2022) Next to Laurie Strode, tough and whip-smart Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is probably the most put-upon heroine in horror.
- Nancy Thompson - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) An iconic final girl from an iconic horror decade, Nancy Thompson's (Heather Langenkamp) journey begins with the traumatic sight of seeing her best friend Tina murdered by an invisible killer while she watches helplessly in he original A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Feb 7, 2017 · February is Women in Horror Month, and 1428 Elm is celebrating by counting down the top 30 greatest female characters in horror movies.
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Aug 27, 2023 · Horror films are chock-full of iconic villains: Jason. Freddy. Jack Torrance. Candyman. Vincent Price in any number of movies. What else do they have in common? They’re all men.
