From Margaret White to Mrs. Voorhees, these moms continue to haunt our dreams.
Metcalf’s fully committed portrayal of a vengeful mother makes her one of the best villains in theScreamfranchise.
With this line, Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) earned her placement alongside these iconic horror mothers.
Piper Laurie in ‘Carrie’; Mo’Nique in ‘Precious’; Alyssa Sutherland in ‘Evil Dead Rise’.Credit:Silver Screen Collection/Getty; Lions Gate/ Everett; Warner Bros. Pictures
Sandra Oh and MeeWha Alana Lee in ‘Umma’.Saeed Adyani/Sony Pictures
Susanne Wuest in ‘Goodnight Mommy’.RADiUS-TWC
The remains of Norma Bates in ‘Psycho’.Paramount Pictures
Piper Laurie in ‘Carrie’.Everett Collection
Betsy Palmer in ‘Friday the 13th’.Paramount Pictures
Kathleen Turner in ‘Serial Mom’.Everett Collection
Barbara Hershey in ‘Black Swan’.Fox Searchlight
Laurie Metcalf in ‘Scream 2’.Dimension Films
Mo’Nique in ‘Precious’.Lionsgate
Javier Botet in ‘Mama’.Universal Pictures
Angela Lansbury in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’.Everett Collection
Other Mother (voiced by Teri Hatcher) in ‘Coraline’.Laika
Faye Dunaway in ‘Mommie Dearest’.Paramount Pictures
Toni Collette in ‘Hereditary’.A24
Alyssa Sutherland in ‘Evil Dead Rise’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
