Top 10 HORROR Acting Oscar Nominations of ALL TIME

[@californiahummus]

I would argue Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream would count as a horror performance. She deserved to win as well.

[@MrJose72289]

100%

[@yvangnutov8114]

Absolutely

[@markduncan9757]

Your argument would be wrong. That is no way a horror film.

[@sophiepomerleau708]

Yes !!!!! Haunt me to this day !

[@davidbjacobs3598]

@@markduncan9757 So you weren't scared?

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Piper Laurie as Margaret White is my #1, what a genius, unconventional and well rounded performance. Her choice to play this dark character with comedic undertones actually made Margaret that much more unhinged and menacing See Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore’s flat and understated portrayals of the character for contrast. Both are wonderful actresses but made the character way too subdued. Piper was “over the top” in the best possible way and deserved that Oscar win

[@MrJose72289]

The fact that Toni Colette for Hereditary, Florence Pugh for nidsommar, Mia Goth for Pearl, Lupita Nyongo for US, is totally disrespectful.

[@breensprout]

he said at the beginning he was only talking about nominations without wins. unless you're trying to say it's disrespectful that they didn't get nominated?

[@lucascarter5595]

Lupita was mind blowing in US.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

If Misery is considered horror then Sweet Baby Jane is too

[@magicknight13]

100% agreed!!

[@FattyDuduFilms]

Bette Davis in Baby Jane is one of the finest ever recognized with Oscar nomination. Heartbreaking and utterly terrifying.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Not entirely a Bette performance. In three scenes, when Jane mimicks/impersonates Blanche, it's Joan Crawford's voice that one hears.

[@alexflowers97]

@@Garsons-oq4lhwhat r u talking about? That is like 7 seconds the rest is all Bette Davis wtf is the matter with u?

[@alexflowers97]

I love you Brian! I was gonna be livid if you snubbed Bette Davis/What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

@@alexflowers97 More than 7 seconds less than 1 minute, but still enough that her performance wasn't entirely (%100) of her own doing. She had help, or else those scenes wouldn't have worked.

[@jacobskinner3522]

@@Garsons-oq4lh you might as well say that of any actor who has used a double or stand in. Silly nitpicking.

[@RumpledRegina]

I always get so frustrated whenever I remember Glenn Close doesn't have an Oscar. Especially for Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

That's the sad world we live in 😑

[@ceciliaSF-TX]

I totally agree!

[@hayleyferguson3346]

Yes, and mediocre actors like Julia Roberts and Renee Zellweger have Oscars. The academy system is so flawed in my opinion.

[@MrJajabanks21]

Shes my GOAT of female actors...shes every bit as good as Glen Close..and can do comedy...and is an established opera singer...she shouldve had 3 Oscar's...its a shame not even one

[@jasongress8764]

Ellen Burstyn for The Exorcist should be number 1, there is no finer performance not only in horror but film in general. That she did Exorcist and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore back to back is amazing. ‘74-75 she ruled. Then in her later years she does Requiem. Crazy good actress.

[@ceciliaSF-TX]

She was robbed for her role in Requiem: period!!!!

[@Daisnap]

I wish more people knew about Resurrection. Incredible movie with Ellen the lead.

[@keithabney4665]

Ellen Burstyn was soo good in the Exorcist particularly the scene in the park when she first meets Father Karras and asks him for help. first time i watched it she broke my heart, so damn convincing

[@paulnelson7525]

Kathleen Turner in Serial Mom is absolutely fantastic. One of her best performances. She should have been nominated.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

YES Horror Oscar snubs - can't wait. Oh PLEASE don't miss Mia Farrow for Rosemary's Baby! Also my other picks: AnyaTaylor-Joy for The Witch, Essie Davis for The Babadook, Jeff Goldblum in The Fly, Donald Sutherland in Don't Look Now, Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man, Tim Robbins in Jacob's Ladder, Gong Yoo for Train to Busan, Gregory Peck in The Omen, Kåre Hedebrant for Let the Right One In, Naomie Watts in The Ring. I'm sure I have more!

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

These are very good picks. Especially, Mia Farrow!

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719 Thank you so much! Rosemary's Baby is in my top 25 horror movies of all time. Mia's performance is amazing - and she was getting a divorce while filming that movie too from Frank Sinatra! Probably helped her acting maybe????

[@AGETheGawdYT]

I think Geena Davis in The Fly also!

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Not only should Linda Blair have won an Oscar for The Exorcist, but she also should've been one of the biggest movie stars Hollywood ever had! She played a very complex and difficult character and was totally convincing from start to finish!

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Linda Blair's personal life got more attention than her professional life.

[@Phillyguy316]

I agree! She was robbed and should have won the Oscar over Tatum O,Neil that year.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

@@Phillyguy316 Linda Blair was marvelous in The Exorcist.

[@CALLMESIR...]

She could have been bigger but she had lousy management. It was especially hard for a child actor to ride a career on into adulthood. It usually doesn't work. More child stars of the 30s and 40s transitioned easily. Liz Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, and Garland were a few.

[@stephenpmurphy591]

Yes, Linda Blair was robbed Tatum O'Neil just played herself.

[@slc2466]

Love the Laurie love. I can't see anyone else doing her role with the entertaining panache and unique comic flair Piper brings to it- RIP to a major, singular talent.

[@jacobskinner3522]

Fatal Attraction is part of a wave of late 80s/early 90s thrillers that utilized the slasher template with bigger budgets and big names to avoid the exploitation label. I think it definitely belongs on this list.

[@eddieboyky]

Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction is another one of those roles that could have easily gone over the top and chewed all the scenery. There was just enough restraint to make it genuinely tense and creepy and powerful. I have greatly enjoyed all your October videos.

[@DitalianCole]

I agree!

[@ceciliaSF-TX]

And to think, Close was not their first, or second, or third choice for the role. Close really had to sell herself to the producers for that role. She knew what she could do in that movie.

[@DustinReckling]

I appreciate the love for Agnes Moorehead! Such an underrated talent.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Agnes Moorehead was fantastic as Endora on Bewitched.

[@Daisnap]

Here, here! Her filmography, TV credits, plus radio and theatre work encompass hundreds of characterizations, each one distinct, vivid, compelling, and real. As adept with quiet, subtly nuanced characters as she was with fiery flamboyant ones, there was nothing this woman - this great artist - couldn’t do.

[@techexpress01]

Sigourney Weaver's performance in Aliens is so emotional and deep; people just don't know! Through the Directors Cut, you learn she sees Newt as the daughter she lost while in space. This adds so much more depth to her actions. Shes in almost every scene of a 2+ hour film, carrying it on her shoulders. And her eyes, they are eveything; they tell the story! So much depth comes through, every emotion shes feeling without needing words. They are not required, and you know exactly what she's thinking and feeling as you watch her tell half of the story with her subtle yet so telling gestures. Arguably one of cinemas greatest performances!

[@charlottegranger1449]

Ellen Ripley & Norman Bates are iconic and actors should have won oscars for those performances

[@davidbrennan5973]

Best performances to NOT get an Oscar nod: 10. Anthony Perkins in Psycho 9. Elizabeth Moss in The Invisible Man 8. Betty Gabriel in Get Out 7. Octavia Spencer in Ma 6. James McAvoy in Split 5. Mia Farrow in Rosemarys Baby 4. Florence Pugh in Midsomar 3. Jack Nicholson in The Shining 2. Lupita N’yongo in Us 1. Toni Colette in Hereditary

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

Betty Gabriel was terrific! I’d also add Robert Shaw for Best Supporting Actor in Jaws

[@BFA100]

Elisabeth Moss spells her first name with an "s" in it instead of a "z."

[@AGETheGawdYT]

Mia Farrow!!!! Omg!!! She was SNUBBED!!!! THAT WHOLE FILM WAS!!

[@davidstevenson404]

@@AGETheGawdYT Well, Ruth Gorden won best supporting oscar for Rosemary's Baby!

[@jimmyl324]

It should have been Ellyn Burstyn for the Exorcist.

[@JohnInTheShelter]

Terrific analysis. Osment's is one of the great child performances. The noms for Exorcist and the wins for Lambs show that a horror movie has to be truly extraordinary to get nominated. There are countless dramas that got nominated over the years that aren't up to the quality of those two horror movies.

[@charlottegranger1449]

My top 10 Horror Performances Jack Nicholson-Shining Jodi Foster-Silence Lambs Kathy Bates-Misery Piper laurie-Carrie Conrad Veidt- Cabinet Calligari/Man Laughs Michael keaton-Beetlejuice Robert Shaw-Quint Lon Chaney-Phantom/Hunchback Tie:Dracula-Lugosi & Oldman Linda Blair-Exorcist

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

Would love you to do a list of horror movie performances that were NOT nominated but should have been for an Oscar! x

[@jonaspersson5626]

Ooh! I immediately think of Toni Collette in Hereditary and Lupita Nyong’o in Us!

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

That’s his next video!

[@sweetbutterbaby]

Anthony Perkins and Mia Farrow should top the list. Toni, Lupita and Joan Crawford in WHTBJ and Straight-Jacket should also make the list.

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

I’d say Octavia Spencer in Ma, it was her best screen performance IMO

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

@@bryanalstoncoxing I know! Super excited!

[@Will-qs3ql]

I always thought Ellen Burstyn should of won for The Exorcist. Mia Farrow should of been at least nominated for Rosemarys Baby, Other good horror performances imo is Janet Leigh Psycho, Billie Whitelaw The Omen, Glenn Close Fatal Attraction Brad Douriff Exorcist 3 Shaw , Dreyfuss and Scheider all give great performances in Jaws one very underrated performance of Jonathan Scott Taylor in Omen 2 as Damien and Linda Blair is a crime !!

[@paulnelson7525]

Yes by all means Glenn should have one. That performance was one for the ages. Moonstruck was like a TV movie and Cher was being rewarded for her previous performances which were much better.

[@breensprout]

daniel kaluuya is SO great in get out. everything about that movie was incredible, and his performance holds it all together. so glad he's an oscar winner now. haley joel osment in the sixth sense is honestly one of my favorite performances of all time, like, wow. i'm sad i don't see him around as much anymore but what a career he had as a child actor.

[@waynechapman9823]

Osment was also terrific in “A.I. Artificial Intelligence.”

[@breensprout]

@@waynechapman9823 i also really enjoyed him in secondhand lions when i was a kid (but haven't seen that movie in a very long time so no clue if it aged well lol)

[@РостиславКурилов]

Победа Выходи это политический заказ, а не объективная оценка творчества этому недоужастику.

[@skurinski]

Get Out is just a copy of the movie The Skeleton Key

[@Daisnap]

What fun! Thank you! SO HAPPY you included Agnes Moorehead’s fabulous Velma Carothers! What a fantastic 😊character! I’m also very partial to Carrie, Baby Jane and others that you covered. Well done!

[@matthewc3283]

Great video! What about Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd? He was nominated for an oscar for the role. Its a musical, but also a horror movie right?

[@stevenstevenson5303]

Audrey Hepburn in Wait until Dark is probably my number 1. Only because I LOVE audrey. Everyone else is fine lmao love the vid

[@unclesquirrelstache7431]

That movie is a hidden gem. My favorite Audrey Hepburn film.

[@tinesess3521]

My absolute favorite Audrey movie...allan arkin was also incredible

[@liliesofthefieldyt]

I think Wait Until Dark was Audrey’s best acting. She was so raw, and the audience FEELS what she is feeling. It feels like actually going through a real life-or-death situation. Roman Holiday didn’t give her much range; she was cute but her whole performance was shallow and one-dimensional.

[@JoshAtkinson]

Love that you brought up Agnes Moorehead! But I do think Eileen Heckart should be on this list. Bad Seed has its campy qualities, but she is phenomenal in her role.

[@BFA100]

What about Patty McCormack, she was also nominated for The Bad Seed along with Eileen Heckart as well as Nancy Kelly

[@JoshAtkinson]

Yeah, Eileen stands out to me more.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I couldn’t agree with you more about Eileen Heckart’s brilliant performance in “The Bad Seed”. It really is a highlight of the movie

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Eileen Heckert had a small role in the horror movie, Burnt Offerings.

[@peytonpupstar7931]

Linda Blair would still have had to actually ACT in the full on possession scenes. Otherwise the dubbing over of Mercede's voice would have been like a bad anime voiceover and the gravitas of the scenes would have been lost.

[@donnabohanon1570]

Exactly!

[@mal1465]

In 1986 i was hurt at work and was off work for 8 weeks. After the first week, the doctor wanted me you get up and go for walks. I lived three block from the video store. I would walk to the video store every day and rent a Bette Davis movie. I must have watched 7 of her older movies and I must say, she was GREAT in all of them

[@Rainbowxpride89]

I think Rebecca De Mornay should've gotten a nomination for her performance as Peyton Mott in the Hand That Rocks The Cradle.

[@hayleyferguson3346]

She was authentically terrifying in that role. Definitely!

[@binkyfaith]

Absolutely she was brilliant in that role

[@Jared_Wignall]

I think it’s wrong that Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw weren’t nominated for Jaws, same as Jack Nicholson not being nominated for The Shining and Bruce Willis not getting a nomination for The Sixth Sense.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Jack Nicholson should have received an Oscar for his performance in The Shining.

[@pommie5093]

I agree that Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw should definitely been nominated. Quint is one of the most iconic characters in film history-can't go wrong with Shaw. And, Roy plays that part just right, not over the top.

[@timseemann5142]

The car scene in Sixth Sense makes me cry, every, single, time.

[@doncasto8520]

I remember way back in the day reading an article about the woman that voiced the child's demon. Didn't seem to be a big controversy. The child is possessed it's understandable that the demon's voice wouldn't be the child's. I totally agree about her amazing performance.

[@Daisnap]

The woman who provided the voice was the great Mercedes McCambridge. Check her out - a big talent with a very distinguished career.

[@maxfieldfulton]

These are some of the greatest nominations ever, and it’s a pleasure seeing them all in one place. Horror acting is the best-performers get to be dramatic, demented, campy, seductive, and modulate from placidity to hysteria. And thank you for ALWAYS giving us the gayest number one choices. The second I saw Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte in the runners-up segment, I knew exactly what was coming 😂

[@sunnyjim1223]

So many brilliant performances in international cinema are in horror. It’s such a shame the Oscars fail to take note of these performances, directors, and even these films.

[@waynechapman9823]

It’s a shame that non-English-language films in general are very rarely nominated for Best Picture. The win for “Parasite” is the exception that proves the rule that American and British colonialism are just as embraced in Hollywood as they are elsewhere in the world.

[@sunnyjim1223]

@@waynechapman9823 Agreed. Decolonizing our own watchlists is therefore important, which is extremely difficult for the same reason you gave. I’m subscribed to so many streaming services just to be able to have a glimpse of what’s out there internationally.

[@extraplain2412]

Veronica Cartwright's performance in Alien is another level of terror. I think half the reason the film is scary are her reactions to what is happening.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Veronica Cartwright is the sister of Angela Cartwright, who played Penny Robinson on Lost in Space.

[@benfisher1376]

Ellen Burstyn was robbed in 1974. Her performance in The Exorcist was the best in any of the nominated films imo

[@BFA100]

She did win for the year 1974 for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

[@benfisher1376]

@BFA100 She won best actress in 1975, for 1974

[@BFA100]

The Exorcist came out in 1973, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore came out in 1974, so it was for the year of those nominations and win.@@benfisher1376

[@swooningtree]

Love that you mentioned Agnes Moorehead in Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte so much ❤️

[@shanecadden7914]

As much as I love Glenda Jackson (and I do love her, RIP) Ellen Burstyn gave a better performance in the Exorcist

[@jimmyl324]

Haley Joel Osment gave the best performance by a child on screen ever.

[@johnnolan5579]

Definitely a great performance, but I also admire the performance of Jacob Tremblay in "Room," a performance that should have earned him a nomination.

[@BFA100]

Haley Joel Osment is how hw spells his last name.

[@jimmyl324]

corrected,.@@BFA100

[@davidstevenson404]

@@BFA100 You didn't even spell "how" right !

[@BFA100]

@@davidstevenson404 I misspelled the word "he," not how, I have now corrected that, Thank You

[@charlottegranger1449]

Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is one of my all time favorites

[@94Trish]

I am new to your channel but I somehow I felt like the Bette Davis, Baby Jane role would be #1. It's my favourite horror performance of all time. The whole cast was excellent.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

I thought Baby Jane was a drama/thriller?

[@temple5587]

​@@Garsons-oq4lhIt's domestic horror, and started one of the biggest trends in horror of the 60's; the Psycho Biddy film.

[@davidstevenson404]

@@temple5587 But, Bette Davis WASN"T snubbed -- she WAS nominated for Best Actress for "Whatever..Baby Jane...?"

[@temple5587]

@davidstevenson404 I'm confused. I never said she was. I was just commenting on the genre and it's impact; I never brought up the Oscars.

[@davidstevenson404]

@@temple5587 sorry then...

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

Awesome list. I can suffer some of those who aren't as clearly defined as horror (Close, Davis) as I love horror too. Honorable mention: Elizabeth Moss in 'The Invisible Man'

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

[@alpe1987]

Bette Davis in WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? and Piper Laurie in CARRIE will always stand out for me because they GIVE…..IT……THEIR…….ALL!

[@alwaysdreamin5085]

Your video concepts have been so original and so fresh!!!! I love this

[@BFA100]

You left out Victor Buono for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane because he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that film.

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

He's good but not as great as the performance in this list

[@andreahaberma4637]

Wonderful list!!! Bette, Glenn, Ellen, Jason, Haley…so agreed!!!

[@jimmyl324]

Baby Jane is my favorite movie of all.

[@davidbjacobs3598]

Throwing in my snubs picks -- 1. Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby 2. Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr 3. Anthony Perkins, Psycho 4. Bela Lugosi, Dracula 5. Jeff Goldblum, The Fly 6. Lupita Nyong'o, Us 7. Toni Collette, Hereditary 8. Robert Englund, A Nightmare on Elm Street 9. John Cassavetes, Rosemary's Baby 10. Christian Bale, American Psycho HM: Jessie Buckley, I'm Thinking of Ending Things; Betty Gabriel, Get Out; Claude Rains, The Invisible Man; Morfydd Clark, Saint Maud; Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin; Matthew Lillard, Scream; Charles Laughton, Island of Lost Souls; Chris Sarandon, Fright Night; Samara Weaving, Ready or Not; Liv Ullman, Hour of the Wolf Of course there's many many many more deserving, too many to list, and definitely a ton I'm straight-up forgetting.

[@BFA100]

How about listing your Top Ten comedic Oscar Nominated performances at some point.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

RIP Piper Laurie

[@pophector]

Even though you had to bend the rules for the definition of horror for most of the top 5, I love this selection overall. And your next top 10 list sounds like it's going to be great too ❤

[@DitalianCole]

Yes, the line between a thriller and a horror film is sometimes blurred. I agree with you about Glenn Close. She was robbed of an Oscar for Fatal Attraction like Bette Davis was of a win for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. I just can't believe she's NEVER won!!! It's ridiculous!

[@inkladizzable]

Love your videos. Do a top 10 worse snubs in the horror genre 🙏

[@johnboy32064]

Burstyn, Blair and Close: ROBBED.

[@onmussiczone4379]

Tony deserves a Oscar nomination, she's a great actress

[@branagain]

What? Ellen Burstyn wasn’t #1? I’m shocked. I thought that’s who you’d pick. That’s who I would have picked.

[@PeterRabbit4Eva]

Way too low for Daniel Kaluuya. 😭

[@Kimberlytheresam]

Great list! I agree with everything. I love all these movies❤ Baby Jane Hudson deserves no.1

[@classicmovielover4056]

I love Bette Davis at number 1.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

No 2 - again yes for Haley Joel for the Sixth Sense. OMG this list could be 35 performances in horror films that deserved Oscar nominations or wins! Right? Will watch to the end then comment xxx

[@vins1979]

Apart from De Niro's, Juliette Lewis' nomination for Cape Fear was deserving too.

[@martinavila7401]

Does Shape of Water nomination count? Since that film is a mix of different genres including horror.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

What was Shape of Water about?

[@martinavila7401]

@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc romance,cold war thriller and horror all at once.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

@@martinavila7401 Thank you for the info. I will definitely check out the movie.

[@patrarus6097]

Brian, thanks for another excellent video! I agree that Glenn Close should have won the Oscar for "Fatal Attraction." Cher was good but not that good. Keep up the great commentaries. You're a pro!

[@waynechapman9823]

Some would say that Cher was more deserving for “Mask,” which she wasn’t even nominated for.

[@doriangraye1971]

Keep up the good work! 👍

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

Rebecca is my favorite Alfred Hitchcock film!!

[@DitalianCole]

Brian, you know a movie that scared the shit out of me and I think was intended to be a thriller and not a horror film?! 1955's THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER starring Robert Mitchum! I mean, I was SO scared for the kids and EVERYONE in that movie! Mitchum gave such a dark, scary, heart-pounding performance in that film, it kept me at the edge of my seat and stayed with me LONG after I first watched it! Have you seen this Mitchum film, that should be lauded much more, in my opinion? If not, I strongly recommend it, since you love movies of that ilk. If you have, what do/did you think about it?

[@themirrorsofmymind]

BTW, what movie/TV show is that at 11:30 with Piper Laurie WEARING GLASSES, WHITE SCARF TIED AROUND HER NECK AND wielding a pair of scissors?

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

It's from the movie, Carrie.

[@Rash23215]

​@@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hcit's not

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Ellen burstyn is brilliant, she made the film more frightening than the demon scenes. She's so brilliant.👍🏻

[@tammylynnbeatricedoyle4500]

Love THE SIXTH SENSE!! Definitely one of my all-time favorites 😍

[@laurarominger2073]

Toni collette is just so real in The Sixth Sense. She’s great in all movies she’s done. But the scenes with her in the movie are the best in my opinion. As a mom I just love everything about her. I also love her movie mom role in About a Boy. A greatly underrated film.

[@wvu05]

"That was a great twist at the end! Did you know that the gentleman in the toupee was Bruce Willis the entire time?" Charlie Kelly, _It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_

[@markwilger511]

Love, love, love Bette Davis, especially in “What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?”

[@marcomanino9172]

Bette Davis looking down from heaven saying ‘damn right!’

[@disneyfan8178]

What about Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly"?

[@kristincusick1342]

Haley Joel Osmond should have won that Oscar in 1999. That was a really, really tough category that year. Michael Clarke Duncan for Green Mile, Tom Cruise for Magnolia, even Jude Law’s performance in Talented Mr Ripley. The Academy went the safe route and gave it to Michael Caine….who, had already picked up an Oscar twenty years prior. It should have gone to Haley Joel…but, Cruise and Duncan would have been acceptable picks too.

[@David_Hypnos]

As soon as I saw this video I thought of Toni Colette in Hereditary. They really goofed on that one.

[@sifatshams1113]

Currently, hardly anyone other than the biggest horror buffs have seen this film, but I really hope Resurrection (2022) gets a cult following over the next few years. EASILY one of the greatest psychological horror films of all time with a PHENOMENAL performance from Rebecca Hall, on par with Toni Collette in Hereditary. Bold claims, but I stand by them.

[@Pupeyes]

The last thing I could’ve imagined was for this video to have a f-ing cliffhanger 😆 I need “days away” to be right now

[@amanda-uw3un]

linda blair's performance is crazy, even crazier that she manages to sell it so well with not being her voice. It is 100% beliavable

[@andrewjmcquinn9996]

I agree that it is too bad the academy never seems to want to recognize horror. Some really amazing horror films have come out in the last 10 years

[@littlesewingmachine]

100% agree. Bette Davis will always be a Legend.

[@markeverest]

I also liked Juliette Lewis nominated for Cape Fear

[@KosOrSomeSayKosmo]

Linda Blair SHOULD have won, as should have Piper Laurie. Incredible performances!!

[@jpmtlhead39]

The Awesome 1995 Oscar for Martin Landau in "Ed Wood" who Portrait the Immortal horror Character of Bela Lugosi "Nosferatu". The majorety of people dont even know the name,but for an Horror movies Buff, Bela Lugosi in the 1922 "Nosferatu" was the First and Original Dracula. Ps: Despite love "Nosferatu"my all time Great is Sir Cristopher Lee. His voice,his presence,...his everything makes him the Greatest "Dracula" ever Portrait. PS2: "The Exorcist" is the Greatest horror movie Ever,and One of the Best Movies Ever.point.

[@221BBakerStreet]

For me personally, the biggest snub of all time, was Jessica Walter in "Play Misty for Me". She won a Golden Globe for her performance but didn't even get a nomination for an Oscar, for one of the best portrayals of "Borderline Personality Disorder" ever put to film. Glenn Close in a similar performance for "Fatal Attraction" (some say a complete ripoff of Jessica Walter) was brilliantly off kilter and frightening but Jessica Walter was just completely unhinged. But her performance never slipped into the realm of "Grand Guignol" territory. She was always one hundred percent believable. And utterly terrifying.

[@donnahaynes138]

Isabelle Adjani's performance as Anna in "Possession" (1981) was terrifying and brilliant

[@rocky-o]

i never considered silence of the lambs as a horror film..its brilliant, but its more a suspenseful detective film, sort of an extended uncensored law and order svu episode..and jodie definitely deserved best actress...

[@waynechapman9823]

“Psycho” received four Oscar nominations, but it deserved to win more than four awards: Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Supporting Actress, Editing, Original Score, and Adapted Screenplay. Of course, there’s confusion over whether Anthony Perkins or Janet Leigh gave lead or supporting performances, but since Norman Bates carries us to the end of the film while Marion Crane does not, I say he’s the real lead and she’s the faux lead (aka supporting).

[@pony7653]

Anthony Perkins is definitely the real lead. We are following Norman’s story for most of the movie and Perkins’ performance carries it. Anthony Perkins even gets top billing (“starring Anthony Perkins”) and Janet Leigh gets the usual “and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane”, like you would do for a famous actor playing a supporting character.

[@hyruleworrier3021]

The fact that Toni Colette got snubbed for Hereditary is still absolute lunacy imo. One of the most insane performances of all time

[@VeRonicaMitchell-ii1pm]

Al Pacino in the Devil’s Advocate and Matthew McConaughey (spelling) Frailty )

[@topogigio2879]

Hold on a minute. 3 weeks ago in your "How Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO crashed the Oscars" video, you basically dismissed Janet Leigh's nomination as something that happened because of the shock value of her stabbing death early in the movie. "There's nothing she does in the movie that's necessarily 'academy-award winning.'" Now you're saying she's one of the top 10 Horror acting nominations of all time? Give me a break. Can't you just admit your dismissive take on her superb performance was wrong?

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

Ellen Burstyn should have won for The Exorcist!

[@lr8607]

Jason Miller had the least flashy role in The Exorcist, but he knocked it out of the park. The movie would not have been the same without him. IMHO Anthony Hopkins was much better in Magic, a psychological horror film made in 1977 (I believe), before he was a big star. He effectively played two parts, one understated, and one very evil (voice only, as a ventriloquist's dummy).

[@KosOrSomeSayKosmo]

Bette Davis SHOULD have won her third Oscar for Baby Jane, absolutely indelible performance.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

Ok going to comment as I watch - and straight out of the gate Ellen for The Exorcist... YES YES YES! OMG YES!

[@chelmrtz]

Matt Baume did an in depth video about Psycho that’s absolutely fantastic. Highly recommended

[@waynechapman9823]

Thanks, I’ll have a look.

[@evilroy6568]

Great list

[@JosephDickersonUX]

RIP Piper Laurie.