Scream king

"[2] Another notable early example of a scream king would be Robert Englund, who played Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

[3][4] Ryan Heffernan from Dread Central states "A scream king is an actor that doesn’t merely work in genre cinema on occasion or by chance but a fella that does so deliberately and proudly embraces his horror credentials."

[5] However Tony Todd's crowning achievement as one of the all-time great scream kings though comes from his role in the Candyman (1992) films, playing the eponymous villain haunting the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago.

[5] Tom Atkins earnt the title for Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo, Night of the Creeps, Halloween III, Trick, Maniac Cop, The Fog, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Drive Angry, and Creepshow.

[7] Kane Hodder has been called a scream king for several of the Friday the 13th films, Wishmaster, the Hatchet franchise, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Chillerama, and so many more!

[9][7] Sam Neill has also been called a scream king for Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), Possession (1981), Dead Calm (1989), In The Mouth Of Madness (1994), and Event Horizon (1997).

[6] The actor Mark Patton, star of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, has been touted at various conventions as mainstream horror's first "male scream queen" and as somebody with a satirical public image having homoerotic elements.