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Added by darthjoker12 on 14 Jun 2021 06:57
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Top 20 Best Horror Movie Performances

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Get Out (2017)
People who added this item 894 Average listal rating (673 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.7
Get Out (2017)
#20: Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out!
Rosemary's Baby
People who added this item 2611 Average listal rating (1616 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
#19: Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby!
American Psycho
People who added this item 4340 Average listal rating (2861 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.6
American Psycho (2000)
#18: Christian Bale, American Psycho!
A Nightmare on Elm Street
People who added this item 2915 Average listal rating (1896 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
#17: Robert Englund, A Nightmare on Elm Street!
It
People who added this item 980 Average listal rating (716 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 7.3
It (2017)
#16: Bill Skarsgard, It/It: Chapter Two!
Jaws
People who added this item 4712 Average listal rating (3194 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 8.1
Jaws (1975)
#15: Roy Scheider, Jaws!
Hereditary
People who added this item 563 Average listal rating (418 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7.3
Hereditary (2018)
#14: Toni Collette, Hereditary!
The Lighthouse
People who added this item 445 Average listal rating (331 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Lighthouse (2019)
#13: Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse!
Misery
People who added this item 2136 Average listal rating (1437 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
Misery (1990)
#12: Kathy Bates, Misery!
The Fly
People who added this item 2269 Average listal rating (1470 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.6
The Fly (1986)
#11: Jeff Goldblum, The Fly!
Halloween
People who added this item 2520 Average listal rating (1723 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.7
Halloween (1978)
#10: Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween!
Dracula
People who added this item 463 Average listal rating (304 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.2
Dracula (1958)
#9: Christopher Lee, Dracula!
Carrie
People who added this item 2779 Average listal rating (1793 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.4
Carrie (1976)
#8: Sissy Spacek, Carrie!
The Thing
People who added this item 2630 Average listal rating (1823 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.2
The Thing (1982)
#7: Kurt Russell, The Thing!
Alien
People who added this item 4836 Average listal rating (3413 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.5
Alien (1979)
#6: Sigourney Weaver, Alien!
The Evil Dead
People who added this item 2155 Average listal rating (1457 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.4
The Evil Dead (1981)
#5: Bruce Campbell, The Evil Dead Trilogy!
The Exorcist
People who added this item 4136 Average listal rating (2738 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 8.1
The Exorcist (1973)
#4: Linda Blair, The Exorcist!
The Shining
People who added this item 6571 Average listal rating (4568 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.4
The Shining (1980)
#3: Jack Nicholson, The Shining!
The Silence of the Lambs
People who added this item 6650 Average listal rating (4672 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.6
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
#2: Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs!
Psycho
People who added this item 4237 Average listal rating (2804 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.5
Psycho (1960)
#1: Anthony Perkins, Psycho!

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Here is my list of the Top 20 Best Horror Movie Performances.

Here are some honourable mentions:
Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place)
John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane)
Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
Naomi Watts (The Ring)
James McAvoy (Split)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead)

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