Top 6(66) Scream Queens

I think in terms of movie monsters & monster-fighters, my gender hasn't done too bad in Hollywood. I mean, of course we still have the cliche of the the screaming woman who conveniently trips and falls. But we also have these women...


6. Sydney Prescott from "Scream"
She starts out kind of weepy and emo ("why are al my friends dying, wahhhhh...") but quickly enters Sigourney Weaver ass-kicking territory:




5. Alice from "Resident Evil"
Alice will kick...your...ass




4. Laurie Strode from "Halloween"
Sure, she has some classic "trip and falls" in this flick, but she's also really handy with a knitting needle!



3. Regan from "The Exorcist"
I actually chose a clip from the second movie here, cuz the first one creeps me out too much...and this one's kinda funny. :-)



2. Ginger Fitzgerald from "Ginger Snaps"
"Wicked"


1. Mary Shelley/Bride of Frankenstein
She seems like such a sweet girl...


Honorary Mention:

Halloween, 1982

Held the grudge for a few weeks. But then I got over it because...well, because I'm the oldest and I'm mature like that.

Anybody else ever dress up like a superhero for Halloween? A-Team characters count, but Huckleberry Hound doesn't.

My Funny Halloween

Boobs-To-Killings Ratio

Wizard Online Interviews Rob Zombie about the important things concerning his "Halloween" remake:

Wizard: What is the boobs-to-killings ratio in this movie?

ZOMBIE: I haven’t done the calculations.

Wizard: So it’s off the charts?

ZOMBIE: Pretty much, yeah.

As a fan of contemporary horror movies -- and a good deal of what is considered to be "trash" horror -- the inevitable question of naked women and grisly murders will arise.

However, as much as I am a fan of Rob Zombie and his past movies, I have to quibble with reducing the "Halloween" formula to boobs-to-killings ratios.

The original "Halloween" certainly linked the sex/death thing but its main protagonist was a tough, studious, vaguely tomboyish teenage girl who fought "The Boogeyman" and won (sort of).

I haven't seen the new "Halloween" but if the "grindhouse" elements of boobs-to-killing ratios are played up at the expense of the journey of the female protagonist, the movie just might miss the point of the original.