
Great Performers: Horror Show
Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.
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Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.
Mom and Dad
5.4Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood!
7.0A Christmas in New York
4.8Return to Sender
6.1The Cloverfield Paradox
5.6Joker
8.1Parasite
8.5The Shawshank Redemption
8.7Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
6.8The Hunt
6.6Captain Marvel
6.8The Void
6.0Fargo
7.9Hacksaw Ridge
8.2Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.4Dunkirk
7.5Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8.1mother!
7.0A Quiet Place
7.4To All the Boys I've Loved Before
7.6