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Best of Houston: Top 10 Houston Scream Queens

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3. Devanny Pinn Devanny Pinn does not mess around when it comes to horror films. Her IMDb page has enough blood in it to technically be considered an American Red Cross office. Some of her more notable appearances were as the lead in The Black Dahlia Haunting and as Satan in The Devil's Nightmare. Those are honestly just drops in the bucket of blood, though. Look for her this year in Room and Board and The Zodiac Legacy.

2. Roxy Vandiver Our Roxy has been in everything. Literally. There's almost no Houston horror film that doesn't at least have a cameo by her. She's best known for Spirit Camp, but has also appeared in nearly every other local production that I've listed here plus Jacob and The Haunted Trailer. Out of all that, though, the role I love her best in was the dark fantasy short Castle of the Damned, seen above.

1. Marilyn Burns As if it could be anyone else in the top slot. The famous final girl of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre remains one of the greatest scream queens of all time. In addition to her most famous role, she appeared in Eaten Alive and as Linda Kasabian in an unforgettable performance in Helter Skelter. She was due to produce a biopic about the filming of Chainsaw to be directed by our own Josh Vargas, but sadly passed away last year in her Houston home before production began. She was 65, and the project has been indefinitely shelved. She will be remembered as one of the leading ladies in horror for as long as people go to be scared at the movies.

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