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The Best Scream Queens of Horror, Ranked by Fans

By bondsy Oct 29, 2025 | 5:48 AM

UNDATED PHOTO - Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is shown in a scene from her new horror film "Halloween H2O" with masked bogeyman "Michael Myers." To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the original "Halloween," Dimension Films is releasing the sequel to the 1970s horror classic, which inspired many 1980s slashers like ["A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th"] with scene after scene of bloody suburban mayhem and slaughter.

Who’s your favorite Scream Queen?  Ranker.com asked its fans, and there’s really no arguing that they got #1 right.

Here are the Top 10:

1.  Jamie Lee Curtis:  the “Halloween” franchise, “The Fog”“Prom Night”“Terror Train”, and “Scream Queens”

 

2.  Neve Campbell:  the “Scream” franchise, “The Craft”“The Dark”, and “Are You Afraid of the Dark”

 

3.  Janet Leigh, a.k.a. the OG Scream Queen and Jamie Lee Curtis’ mama:  “Psycho”“The Fog”“Halloween: H20”, and “Night of the Lepus”

 

4.  Heather Langenkamp:  the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise, “Shocker”“Hellraiser Judgement”, and “Truth or Dare”

 

5.  Linda Blair:  “The Exorcist”“Exorcist 2: The Heretic”“Hell Night”, and Scream

 

6.  Sarah Michelle Gellar:  “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”“Scream 2”“I Know What You Did Last Summer”“The Grudge”, and the live-action “Scooby-Doo”

 

7.  Vera Farmiga:  “The Conjuring” franchise, “Orphan”“Annabelle Comes Home”“The Nun”, and “Captive State”

 

8.  Sarah Paulson:  “American Horror Story”“Bird Box”, and “Run”

 

9.  Sigourney Weaver:  the “Alien” franchise, the “Ghostbusters” franchise, “The Cabin in the Woods”“Vamps”, and “Rakka”

 

10.  Jenna Ortega:  “Wednesday”“X”, the “Scream” franchise, “The Babysitter: Killer Queen”, and “Studio 666”

 

(These were the results as of last night.  It’s an ongoing poll, so you can see the most up-to-date results at Ranker.com.)