We recently asked members of our BuzzFeed Community, "Who is one actor in a horror movie who definitely deserved more credit for their performance?" and, WHEW BUDDY, people did not disappoint. Here are just a few of the actors who basically carried their whole films on their backs:
1. Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Thomas in Us (2019)
2. Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse in Beetlejuice (1988)
3. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien franchise
4. Tony Todd as Candyman in Candyman (1992)
5. Bryce Dallas Howard as Ivy Elizabeth Walker in The Village (2004)
6. Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
7. Florence Pugh as Dani Ardor in Midsommar (2019)
8. Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in the Halloween franchise
9. Cillian Murphy as Jim in 28 Days Later (2008)
10. Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990)
11. Naomi Watts as Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002)
12. Samara Weaving as Grace Le Domas in Ready or Not (2019)
13. R. Lee Ermey as Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
14. Tilda Swinton as Madame Blanc/Mother Helena Markos/Dr. Josef Klemperer in Suspiria (2018)
15. Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West in Re-Animator (1985)
16. Heather Langenkamp as herself/Nancy in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
17. Anya Taylor-Joy as Thomasin in The Witch (2015)
18. Linda Blair as Reagan MacNeil in The Exorcist (1973)
19. And finally — Toni Colette as Annie Graham in Hereditary (2018)
Now it's your turn! Share the horror movie performance you believe deserves more credit and why in the comments below for a chance to be shared in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post and/or video!
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