OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 54817

scream queen

/ˈskɹiːm kwiːn/
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An actress who appears in several horror films.
Her [Janet Leigh's] "scream queen" status also led to cameo roles in Jamie Lee Curtis' 1998 horror sequel Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and A Fate Totally Worse than Death in 2000.
What makes a good scream queen? Lloyd Kaufman, whose Troma Films has distributed more than 1,000 horror films since the mid-'70s, says, "It's more than just crying and having ketch…
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