scream queen

In speaking with Bawden, Wray recalled she worked on “King Kong” for ten weeks — but that those ten weeks were spread out over the course of ten months. During that time she also made four other horror films. It was from this coincidence she was dubbed cinema’s first “scream queen,” a title Wray only reluctantly accepted.

Remembering Fay Wray, Our Very First Scream Queen Marya E. Gates 2022

Are we just calling anyone who's been in a horror movie or 2 a scream queen?

Who is your favorite “Scream Queen?” Justrandom37 2025

From Companion to Yellowjackets, Sophie Thatcher has stolen the show time and again, poising her to become this generation’s scream queen.

From Yellowjackets to Companion, Sophie Thatcher Is Becoming This Generation’s Newest Scream Queen Caitlin Sinclair Chappell 2025

Initially, Curtis allegedly worried that she would be typecast as a scream queen in the way Wray had been, but for her, Halloween turned out to be a launching pad. And since then, the sisterhood of mainstream scream queens has continued to evolve: Neve Campbell’s Sidney has sex in Scream (1996), and Heather Langenkamp’s heroine in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) had more nuanced motivations than simply survival (although that is high on her priority list); she also wanted to uncover the truth about her own childhood.

What Is a “Scream Queen”? How One of Horror’s Oldest Tropes Paved the Way for Fox’s New Show. Laura Bradley 2015