Great Performers: Horror Show

"The year's best actors in a series of short frightening films."

Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.

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Yesterday

Yesterday

2019

Jumanji: The Next Level

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2019

Midsommar

Midsommar

2019

John Wick

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2014

A Quiet Place Part II

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2021

The Lion King

The Lion King

2019

Your Name.

Your Name.

2016

The Lion King

The Lion King

1994

Venom

Venom

2018

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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2022

What Happened to Monday

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2017

The Secret Life of Pets 2

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2019

Dunkirk

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2017

The Intern

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2015

Luca

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Zootopia

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2016

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

2017

Captain Marvel

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2019

Don't Look Up

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2021

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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2018