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best performances in horror

  • Writer: Liv Studios
    Liv Studios
  • Jul 16, 2024
  • 6 min read


I just played a scene from the 8 minute talking scene in pearl it has so much emotion from mia goth who gives a powerful performance in this scene 

Since horror has been created there have been many many amazing performances. I think horror is the best genre for actors as it lets them do so many more strong emotions than any other genre. The oscars have been known for ignoring horror performances for some reason so i will highlight the best horror performances. This is a tier list there is oscar worthy, amazing, awesome and great.

I love every movie i have seen this actress in and i am talking about Mia goth who is a oscar worthy actress who can nail every role she is in i will specifically be talking about her roles in x, pearl, maxxxine, she is able to bring intensity to her roles making her characters terrifying, selfish, fun and badass, she plays pearl so well doing her dive into madness with perfection, showing the psychological complexity of someone who is going insane. In x she is a great final girl and in maxxxine she is a total badass she is also very impressive about the fact that she was able to play both maxxxine and pearl twice and in different and unique ways each time. This is her star making trilogy and after this she will be getting so many more roles. I put her in oscar worthy.



I just played the most powerful scene from hereditary at the dinner table where she shows her emotions and gets very angry and this is a very complex scene acting wise and she gives a powerful performance in this scene.


Toni colette gives a powerful performance in hereditary giving the grieving annie graham intensity her ability to be sad, afraid, and angry is amazing, the dinner table scene in hereditary really shows her skills as an actor. She is haunting and amazing who left a impression on most viewers. She also was in the sixth sense and did a great job and did a good job in krampus. I put her in oscar worthy. She has a great filmography in horror being in the masterpiece hereditary and being in the great sixth sense and krampus.



Kathy bates gives a powerful performance in this great scene that shows her sinister side of her personality.


Kathy bates performance as annie wilkes in misery is amazing. She is terrifyingly unpredictable and charming, she is one of the most memorable villains in all of stephen king and horror too. She does a great job at giving the movie psychological horror as she goes from kind to insane with terrifying ease. Her way using tension and make you feel danger is amazing making her oscar winning performance great. I put her in amazing. This movie rules and is one of stephen kings best adaptions into films


Florence pughs performance as dani in midsommar is amazing she shows many emotions and is able to explore her characters emotions immaculately. She feels vulnerable and weak and does it so well and the immaculate editing of the movie helps make her performance more unique. She is unafraid to go to dark places in her performance and her ability to show emotion is amazing. I put this in amazing section. This movie also rules it is beautiful and disturbing and her performance really helps show the characters emotions.


James mcavoy in split is amazing for his ability to show multiple personalities and he is intense and terrifying showing his commitment to the complex character, he amazingly changes through the personalities. I put him in oscar worthy. This movie is pretty good his performance is definitely better than the movie but i liked it overall.


Lupita nyongo in us which to be honest i didnt really like this movie but i liked her performance she is amazing she brings emotion to both her characters making the horror feel real despite an unrealistic story. She is able to do an emotional range and add terror to her character. She is scary, afraid, and full of determination.  She also was in a quiet place day one and did an amazing job at that too. I put her in amazing.


This next one is from a movie i love: the invisible man. Elisabeth moss does an immaculate job in the movie showing a wide range of emotions and playing a seemingly more basic character complexly. Her performance shows the psychological horror that she is in of her declining amount of power she has. She makes the movie feel real even though it isnt and adds a human element to the films unrealistic inhuman scares. I put her in amazing


Isabelle fuhrman in orphan might be the most impressive kid performance i have ever seen she is chilling and unforgettable and a great little horror villain. She does a convincing job playing a character beyond her years. Giving a eerie and unsettling performance. Her performance is so good i think she is in my top 10 favorite horror villains of all time. I put her in amazing. Her performance is also wayyy better than the movie this is a stupid b movie but it is good stupid. Usually when you give child actors lines for adults they do badly but she does very well.


Mathew lillard is chaotic and unsettling and crazy and does a great job in his role in scream as stu. His performance is silly and both terrifying.  Lillard is wild, and unpredictable with a lot of energy making the character one fo the most entertaining villains and unsettling. He is a great campy horror villain and is one of the best ghostfaces. I put him in awesome. This is one of the best if not the best movie of all time.


Ethan hawke is a very talented horror actor being in the black phone and sinister and the purge and daybreakers and in each one he plays a complex and unique character that benefits from his entertaining acting style. He is weak, strong, afraid, obsessed, scary, determined and more he is super creepy in the black phone and amazing in sinister who has great chemistry with the amazing actress who plays his wife. He may act a little stupid in sinister but his performance is so good it is easy to forget that. I put him in great. This movie also rules and is super unique and takes cliche elements and puts it into a unique story balancing the mainstream and the artistic side.


Sosie bacons performance is amazing in smile she does such a good job at being stressed and afraid and effectively portrays the terror and pyschological hurtness of her character making the supernatural stuff more powerful and impactful. She does fear, stress, determination so well she nails every scene she is in which is pretty much the entire movie, she makes the horror feel relatable and real. I put her in amazing. This was also my favorite movie for a while and i loved it so much and her performance is why so much of it works


Allyssa sutherland gives a terrifying performance in evil dead rise. She shows the horror and unpredictability in demonic possession. She does a great physical and emotional job showing this unsettling monster. She does a masterful job at her transformation from a loving family member to a evil monster that helps add to the movies terror. This is hands down the best deadite performance.


Nell tiger free gives an awe inspiring oscar worthy amazing performance in the first omen. She does an amazing job at the scene that is a reference to possession. She captures the psychological horror and the suspense of the story.  Her facial expressions are well done and she does a great job at showing fear through her body language. Her performance helps with the suspense. Her performance is brave and unafraid she is the best performance of the year in horror. This goes in oscar worthy. I freaking love this movie though it rules so much and kicks a lot of butt.


Vera farmiga is a very talented actress especially in the conjuring series and the bates motel despite the mixed writing. She is able to be determined, powerful, weak, afraid, loving and so much more and adds a human element to the supernatural scares. Her performance is important to this franchise and it wouldnt be the same without it. This goes in awesome. I am a huge conjuring fan.


Rebeca halls performance in the nighthouse adds a human element to the supernatural scares. She effectively portrays the characters determination and grief helping the films psychological horror and suspense. This performance goes in awesome. I liked this movie overall but was like it tried to be an A24 movie but couldnt quite make it since it wasnt good enough.


Nicole kidman gives a great performance as grace in the others who is vulnerable but strong. The characters performance adds to the films atmosphere and twist ending, she is great at being fearful and protective and her slowly realizing things make the movies journey more memorable. I put this in great. I liked this movie overall and really liked the twist


Essie davis in the babadook is haunting and depressing. She plays a mothers journey into craziness with tons of emotion and tons of intensity making the horror effective. I havent seen this movie in a long time so i dont remember her performance as well but i put her in amazing. I loved this movie so much.


 
 
 

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