The Best Scary Movie Screamers

Some notable screamers to get you in the Halloween spirit.

A task force of the greatest female horror characters.

Every so often there are those irrational head-trips where we turn to the nearest knife-wielding demon and beg it to scare the wee out of us.

Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween)
Curtis redefined what it means to be a chaste virgin on the run from an un-killable madman. Even so, scores of young women would continue to inspect strange noises alone, walk backwards in the dark and examine monsters to make sure they’re actually dead.
Scream rating: 8 (out of 10)
Badassery: 2
This chick is crazy: 3

Sigourney Weaver (Lt. Ripley in Aliens)
No one uses a flamethrower like a woman scorned, and this lady was born to be scorned. Fighting acid-spitting aliens like they were housecats, Ripley saves the universe while pioneering notions of female equality in intergalactic travel.
Scream rating: 3
Badassery: 9
This chick is crazy: 3

Sissy Spacek (Carrie)
Who wouldn’t go into a fit of telekinetic-rage after being doused in pig’s blood? And in her prom dress no less. The plot: Carrie gets picked on by classmates. Carrie discovers she has super powers. Carrie kills everything in sight.
Scream rating: 1
Badassery: 3
This chick is crazy: 10

Notable mentions: Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs), Kathy Bates (Misery), Neve Campbell (Scream Trilogy), Crazy macheted zombie hunter (28 Days Later)