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Looking at this gorgeous The Woman in Black poster, three things come to mind: a) where's Daniel Radcliffe? b) The Orphanage c) The Piano I'm assuming that the answer to the question is: Radcliffe is featured in the poster — at the very top. At least his name is. That should be enough to remind fans that the star of Harry Potter and the Deathly [...]

Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh Janet Leigh, Fay Wray: Top Ten Scream Queens Pt.3 3 – Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1972). A mix of kinky sex, suspense thriller, and more kinky sex, Sergio Martino's giallo The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh makes most Alfred Hitchcock movies feel as thrilling as a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The scene in which [...]

Fay Wray, King Kong (top); hear Fay Wray's King Kong scream (middle); hear Janet Leigh's Psycho scream (bottom) Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, Mary Philbin, Jane Wyman: Top Ten Scream Queens Pt.2 5 – Janet Leigh, Psycho (1960). I don't recall myself recoiling in horror while watching Janet Leigh's shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, but I do recall quite vividly one night long ago when [...]

Claire Bloom, Julie Harris, The Haunting The Movies’ Top Ten Scream Queens 10 – Mary Philbin, The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Okay, so this is a silent film; in other words, Universal star Mary Philbin's screaming was all in my head. But it worked. Lon Chaney at his most grotesque had the title role; Norman Kerry was Philbin's dashing leading man. Rupert Julian directed. [...]