10 Best Horror Movie Performances Of 2023
5. Amie Donald As M3GAN - M3GAN
One of the surprising horror hits of 2023 came right at the start of the year, when the world was introduced to the diabolical dolly, M3GAN.
Get all your jokes about it being pronounced "M-Three-Gan" out of the way now.
After her parents are killed in a car crash, young Cady gets given a gift by her scientist aunt - a lifelike robot designed to comfort the grieving child. Although things start off quite peachy, it soon becomes clear that M3GAN will go to any lengths to protect her new friend.
Rather than build a real murderous childbot, the team behind this film cast an actual actor to bring M3GAN to life in Amie Donald, a child actor and dancer from New Zealand whose physicality brought a creepy realism to the character.
She firmly grasped what the role required, gifting us with perhaps the most iconic horror performance of the year.