If you don’t know her name, it’s time to learn about one of the most underrated horror icons: Linnea Quigley.
For mainstream horror fans, a few names come to mind when the term “Scream Queen” comes up. There’s the ultimate Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis, most well-known for playing Laurie Strode in several Halloween films over the last forty-four years. There’s Neve Campbell, who five times over twenty-six years played final girl Sidney Prescott in the still ongoing Scream franchise.
Queen of the B Horror Movies Then came the 1980s, where Linnea Quigley’s good looks and charm put her in the midst of that decade’s slasher and home video horror boom. In 1981’s Graduation Day, one of the more notable and successful B slasher films of the decade , Quigley got her role as the doomed-to-die Dolores when the original actress refused to do nude scenes.
Linnea Quigley ruled the latter part of the 1980s as horror’s B-movie sexpot. There was a demand for nudity in these low-cost schlocky films, yes, but there was also a desire for powerful women. Quigley fit the bill. There were a plethora of cheesy films with even cheesier titles, like Creepozoids , Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama , and Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers . She received a good amount of attention as well for 1989’s Night of the Demons.
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