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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Hannibal Rising

Hannibal Rising

2007

Saw III

Saw III

2006

Saw II

Saw II

2005

Off Purpose

Off Purpose

2021

Death Water

Death Water

2006

Predator 2

Predator 2

1990

Saw

Saw

2004

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

1986

The Black Magic

The Black Magic

2002

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

2007

Cloverfield

Cloverfield

2008

The Tattooist

The Tattooist

2018

Eight Legged Freaks

Eight Legged Freaks

2002

The Blacklist

2004

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

1989

Butterfly of Black Velvet

Butterfly of Black Velvet

2023

Pulsar

Pulsar

2018

The Black Widow

The Black Widow

2023

Taken

Taken

2008

Cannibal Holocaust

Cannibal Holocaust

1980