Henry Winkler is an Emmy-winning actor, director, producer and author whose career has spanned more than five decades. He became a television icon as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in Happy Days. Horror fans will also recognise him as Principal Arthur Himbry in Wes Craven’s Scream. His many other credits include The Waterboy, Arrested Development, Parks and […]
Leigh Whannell is an Australian writer, director, producer and actor who has played a major role in shaping modern horror. Alongside James Wan, he created Saw, writing the original film and starring as Adam Stanheight. He went on to write the first three Saw films and co-create the Insidious franchise, appearing as paranormal investigator Specs. […]
Eli Roth is a filmmaker, producer and actor best known for his distinctive contribution to modern horror cinema. He made his feature directorial debut with Cabin Fever before creating the hugely successful Hostel and Hostel: Part II. His other directing credits include The Green Inferno, Knock Knock and slasher film Thanksgiving. As an actor, Roth […]
Juliette Lewis is an Academy Award-nominated actress and musician known for her intense and distinctive screen performances. She received an Oscar nomination for her role as Danielle Bowden in Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear. Her extensive film career includes Natural Born Killers, Kalifornia, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and cult vampire favourite From Dusk Till Dawn. More […]
Melissa Barrera is a Mexican actress and singer who has become a major contemporary horror star. She played Sam Carpenter, daughter of original Ghostface killer Billy Loomis, in Scream and Scream VI. Barrera later reunited with directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett for vampire horror-comedy Abigail. Her other credits include In the Heights, Keep Breathing […]
Kathryn Newton is an American actress with credits across horror, comedy, drama and major blockbuster franchises. Horror fans know her as Millie Kessler in body-swap slasher Freaky, Alex Nelson in Paranormal Activity 4, Lisa Swallows in Lisa Frankenstein and Sammy in Abigail. She also played Cassie Lang in Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. […]
Alisha Weir is an Irish actress who gained international recognition in the title role of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical. She made a dramatic move into horror playing the title character in Abigail, portraying a seemingly innocent young ballerina who is revealed to be something considerably more dangerous. The film saw her star alongside Melissa […]
Greg Nicotero is an award-winning special make-up effects creator, director, producer and one of the most influential figures working in modern horror. He began his career working with legendary effects artist Tom Savini on George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead before co-founding KNB EFX Group. His enormous list of credits includes The Walking Dead, […]
Samantha Mathis is an American actress whose career spans film, television and theatre. She became widely known through films including Pump Up the Volume, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Little Women and action thriller Broken Arrow. Horror and thriller fans will recognise her as Courtney Rawlinson in American Psycho and from appearances in genre television including […]
Roger L. Jackson is a voice actor whose chilling performance has become one of the most recognisable sounds in horror cinema. Since the original Scream in 1996, Jackson has provided the telephone voice of Ghostface, delivering the killer’s threatening calls and famous questions to victims throughout the franchise. Away from Woodsboro, he is also widely […]
Ethan Embry is an American actor known for an eclectic career across comedy, drama, thriller and horror. He became a familiar face through films including Empire Records, Vegas Vacation and teen comedy Can’t Hardly Wait. Horror fans will recognise him from The Devil’s Candy, Late Phases and cult thriller The Guest. His television work includes […]
Dave Sheridan is an actor, comedian and writer best known for his memorable performance as Special Officer Doofy Gilmore in the hit horror parody Scary Movie. His career combines comedy with a strong connection to cult horror, with appearances in films including Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects, Victor Crowley and Ghost World. Sheridan has also […]
Scout Taylor-Compton is an American actress best known to horror fans for portraying Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie’s reimagining of Halloween and its sequel Halloween II. Taking on one of horror cinema’s most iconic final-girl roles, she starred opposite Tyler Mane’s Michael Myers. Her extensive career also includes The Runaways, An American Crime, The Long […]
Jeffrey Combs is one of cult horror and science fiction’s most recognisable character actors. He achieved horror-icon status as the obsessive scientist Dr Herbert West in Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator, later returning for Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator. His other genre classics include From Beyond, Castle Freak and Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners. Science-fiction fans also […]
James Remar is a veteran American actor with a screen career spanning more than four decades. He made an early impact as the intimidating Ajax in cult classic The Warriors and later became widely recognised as Harry Morgan, Dexter Morgan’s adoptive father and moral guide, in Dexter. His extensive film credits include 48 Hrs., The […]
Spencer Charnas is the frontman and creative force behind American metalcore band Ice Nine Kills, whose music has become synonymous with horror-inspired theatricality. The band’s albums The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood transform iconic horror films into elaborate songs, videos and live performances. Inspirations have included Halloween, Friday the 13th, […]
Felissa Rose is an actress and producer best known for one of cult horror’s most unforgettable performances: Angela Baker in the 1983 slasher Sleepaway Camp. The film became a genre favourite, with its infamous ending remaining one of horror cinema’s most discussed twists. Rose has since become a prolific presence in independent horror, appearing in […]
Sean S. Cunningham is an American filmmaker and producer whose place in horror history was secured when he produced and directed the original Friday the 13th in 1980. The low-budget slasher introduced audiences to Camp Crystal Lake and established the foundations of a franchise that would eventually make Jason Voorhees one of cinema’s most recognisable […]
Shawnee Smith is an American actress and musician best known to horror audiences as Amanda Young in the Saw franchise. Introduced as one of Jigsaw’s victims, Amanda developed into one of the series’ most important characters and became deeply connected to John Kramer’s legacy. Smith’s horror credentials also include the cult 1988 remake of The […]
Costas Mandylor is an Australian actor best known to horror fans as Detective Mark Hoffman in the Saw franchise. Initially introduced as a police detective investigating the Jigsaw murders, Hoffman became one of the franchise’s central antagonists and an apprentice to John Kramer. Mandylor appeared across multiple entries, including Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V, […]
Jenna Davis is an actress, singer and voice performer known to horror audiences as the voice of the artificially intelligent doll M3GAN. Her distinctive vocal performance helped transform M3GAN into a modern horror icon, combining unsettling menace with the character’s darkly comic personality. Davis returned to the role for M3GAN 2.0. Alongside acting and voice […]
Violet McGraw is an American actress who has already built an impressive collection of horror and genre credits. She played young Nell Crain in Mike Flanagan’s acclaimed Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House and appeared in Doctor Sleep, his adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining. McGraw later starred as Cady in the […]
Allan Trautman is an actor and puppeteer whose career spans film, television and creature performance. Horror fans know him best as Tarman, the grotesque and unforgettable zombie from the 1985 cult classic The Return of the Living Dead. Tarman’s distinctive appearance and cries for “brains” helped create one of zombie cinema’s most enduring characters. Trautman […]
Tyler Mane is a Canadian actor and former professional wrestler who brought an imposing physical presence to Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II. At around 6 ft 8 in tall, Mane delivered one of the most physically intimidating interpretations of “The Shape”. Before entering the Halloween franchise, he played the mutant Sabretooth […]
Jackson Robert Scott is an American actor best known to horror fans as Georgie Denbrough in the 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s IT. His encounter with Pennywise in the storm drain created one of the film’s defining sequences, and Scott returned as Georgie in IT Chapter Two. He later took a leading role as Bode […]
Virginia Gardner is an American actress known for roles across horror, thriller, superhero and drama projects. She starred as Shiloh Hunter in David Gordon Green’s Halloween, which brought Jamie Lee Curtis back as Laurie Strode. Gardner also gained attention as Karolina Dean in Marvel’s Runaways and starred in the survival thriller Fall, centred around two […]
Brett “The Big Schwag” Wagner is an actor, television personality and former professional wrestler with a distinctive connection to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He was originally cast as Leatherface in the 2003 remake and appears as the character in part of the production before Andrew Bryniarski took over the role. Wagner has also appeared in […]
Jefferson Hall is an English actor known for major fantasy, historical drama and genre roles. He currently portrays identical twins Lord Jason Lannister and Ser Tyland Lannister in HBO’s House of the Dragon. He previously appeared as Ser Hugh of the Vale in Game of Thrones and Torstein in Vikings. Horror fans may recognise Hall […]
Zach Galligan is an American actor forever associated with one of cinema’s most beloved creature features. He starred as Billy Peltzer in Joe Dante’s Gremlins, the young man whose unusual Christmas present — Gizmo the Mogwai — accidentally unleashes chaos on Kingston Falls. Galligan returned as Billy in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. His other […]
Tim Cappello is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved cult movie immortality with his unforgettable appearance in Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys. Performing “I Still Believe” during the film’s beach concert sequence, his energetic saxophone performance became one of the movie’s most recognisable moments. Cappello is also an accomplished professional musician who […]