BOO! Happy ongoing October. So last night we tossed out fav leading performance in horror movies list... and are now realizing it's just not complete without supporting performance. So herewith two more impromptu lists (mostly off the top of my head again) for discussion fun.
10 Best Supporting Actresses in a Horror Film
- Drew Barrymore - Scream
- Claire Bloom - The Haunting
- Toni Colette - The Sixth Sense
- Sadie Frost - Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Ruth Gordon - Rosemary's Baby
- Elsa Lanchester - The Bride of Frankenstein
- Piper Laurie - Carrie
- Janet Leigh - Psycho
- Brooke Smith - Silence of the Lambs
- Billie Whitelaw - The Omen
If I could nominate Linda Blair and Mercedes McCambridge as a pair here for the same performance, it'd boot one of these ladies out. Just got back from Suspiria and was tempted to put Tilda Swinton on here but really that's more about deep love for Tilda whenever she happens to show up and her costumes in Suspiria are something else with their Martha Graham floor-length flow.
10 Best Supporting Actors in a Horror Film
- Sidney Blackmer - Rosemary's Baby
- Victor Buono - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
- John Goodman -10 Cloverfield Lane (possibly a lead?)
- Ian Holm - Alien
- Ted Levine - The Silence of the Lambs
- Bill Paxton - Near Dark
- Dominic Rains - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Kevin Spacey - Se7en
- Max von Sydow - The Exorcist
- Alex Wolff - Hereditary (possibly a lead?)
Which of these performances totally do it for you? Or who would you replace them with?