10 Famous Actors Who Play The Same Role In Every Horror Movie

10. Dee Wallace

The term "Scream Queen" is used to refer to a female actor prominently associated with horror movies.

It has been attached to many stars over the decades, but one of the most consistent and overlooked in our eyes is the fabulous Dee Wallace.

Though you might know her as the mum from E.T., Wallace had already secured a bit part in The Stepford Wives before taking on a much larger role in The Hills Have Eyes.

She played Lynne, the eldest daughter of the tragic Wood family that runs afoul of Papa Jupiter and his deranged clan.

Dee has then continued to play the woman in peril across the rest of her horror career. Roles in The Howling, Cujo, and Critters all followed and all see Wallace go up against some kind of evil being with the odds firmly stacked against her.

Wallace's likeability and screen presence made her the perfect candidate for the sympathetic "damsel in distress" horror archetype. Whilst there is plenty of discussion to be had around that trope's place in horror today, there's no denying that Dee scored an A+ for her work with it.