Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Mount Rushmore of Macabre Movie Actors

Mount Rushmore has been on my mind since visiting South Dakota for this week's "Most Gothic Place Names in the United States" post.  I've been wondering...what four faces would comprise the Mount Rushmore of Macabre Movie Actors (i.e. those revered thespians whose careers are marked by ventures into the dark side)?  Using "overall body of work" as my criterion, I carved out the following fabulous foursome:


BORIS KARLOFF


 Career Highlights:

Frankenstein (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Targets (1968)

VINCENT PRICE


Career Highlights:

House of Wax (1953)
The Fly (1958)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)


BETTE DAVIS


 Career Highlights:

Whatever Happened to Baby  
  Jane? (1962)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
  (1964)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)


JOHNNY DEPP


Career Highlights:

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Secret Window (2004)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
  of Fleet Street (2007)
Dark Shadows (2012)

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