LogFAQs > #945840030

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6, Database 7 ( 07.18.2020-02.18.2021 ), DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear
Topic List
Page List: 1
Topic31 Women of Horror Cinema (Appreciation Topic)
So_Hajile
10/14/20 9:54:44 AM
#46:


#14Linnea Quigley




How many actresses can you name who has pushed a tube of lipstick into her nipple, battled an imp in a bowling alley, and burned calories by aerobicizing with zombies? There's just one answer---Linnea Quigley.

Thats only a small taste of the wild roles that has made up Linnea Quigleys 167 credited titles. She may have started in the 70s, but Quigley ruled the VHS tapes you would find when perusing the aisles of your local video store in the decades to follow. You could catch her in Night of the Demons on the big screen and then rent a copy of Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers later that evening. Shes as 80s as hair metal, hot pink, and blow.

Thats not even touching upon the cameos involving just her breasts. Keep an eye out on the souls of Freddys victims clawing to get out during the climax of A Nightmare on Elm St. 4: The Dream Master. That pair of perky tits poking through Kruegers skin? Yep, thats Linnea Quigleys contribution. Shes like the delicious sprinkles you get on your sundae. You already have the ice cream so adding in bits of confectionery delights isnt going to completely change the dessert but adds that touch of extra attention to the overall package. With boobs. That magical component which is expected to be in every B horror movie.

More often than not, with Quigley, you get the acting talent to match the production budget. Her dialogue recitals are over the top and not in the ham and cheese sandwich way that Vincent Price could pull off. The best display of acting is in Savage Streets as the mute sister to Linda Blair who is traumatized after being raped. Based on that alone, you would think youre watching a master of her craft in the early stages. Nobody got the memo to not let her talk.

Its fine as the scripts for Nightmare Sisters or Creepozoids arent exactly begging for top tier talent. If anything, through some bizarre sense of cosmic balance, Linnea Quigley enforces the material shes in. She doesn't feel out of place as a woman possessed or brandishing a chainsaw. This isnt like when A-list actor falls from the graces of the Hollywood Gods and is forced to take on work that is beneath their caliber for a quick paycheck. Shes right at home with rubbery monsters, buckets of blood, gravestone dancing, and gratuitous shower scenes that only develop some guys boner more so than the plot.

Selected Horror Filmography:
Night of the Demons (1988)
Return of the Living Dead
Graduation Day
Fatal Games
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Sorority Girls in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

---
Reading up on the Bat-Family: https://bit.ly/2Us5RhG
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1