10 Most Hysterical Characters In Horror Movie History
4. Lorraine - X (2022)
1970s-set X proved a surprise hit in cinemas this year, steeped as it is in slasher nostalgia and gruesome, tongue-in-cheek kills.
A troupe of porn actors shooting a film in rural Texas rent a barnyard cabin from a weird old couple who give everyone a definite case of the eeb-jeebs. One thing leads to another, and soon the young cast are caught in a desperate fight for their lives.
Unfortunately for ex-stripper and final girl Maxine (Mia Goth), her counterpart towards the conclusion of the film is the panic-prone Lorraine (Jenna Ortega), who has never starred in a porno before, never mind fought off a pair of psychopathic OAPs. Lorraine discovers the corpse of a man in the couple's basement in the dark of night and lets out one of the most blood-curdling, house-awakening screams this side of Psycho.
Her complete lack of self-control leads to her capture, mutilation and death – not to mention almost causing the death of Maxine – by shrieking and howling and running outside straight into the shotgun barrel of her killers. She blamed Maxine for her misfortune, but really she just needed to take a chill pill and assess the situation.