The New Faces Of Horror
Fall ‘21, NEW
FACES OF HORROR
Horror can take any form. In American cinema it’s often in the violent presence of gore, or bright, sticky, gooey red blood. Sometimes in the form of the curdling sound of a screaming woman.
Words by Dio Anthony
This fall’s TV lineup included each one of those horror staples . With Don Mancini’s Chucky series, Amazon’s I Know What You Did Last Summer reimagining, and Mike Flanagan’s horrific tale of a town destroyed by blind faith in Netflix’s Midnight Mass––Horror geeks everywhere had plenty of new blood to slash for the month of October.
The abundance of new treats added to the genre’s trick bag this season, it felt spookily right for American Studies to spotlight four exciting new faces in horror––whose contributions are bound to be new classics.
Madison Iseman, I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Name: Madison Iseman
Age: 24
Hometown: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Childhood Nickname: Madi Ice-Money, or Ice Man
First Scary Movie You Ever Saw: Ringu (1998)
What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie:
Of all time: The Shining
Most recently: Hereditary
My Personal Horror Story Would Be:
Being stuck in a continuous loop where I can’t leave my home. Also, demons.
Last Thing I Googled: What is gremolata?
What phrase or emoji do you tend to overuse via text: ️️️ 🤦🏼♀️♀🤦🏼♀️♀🤦🏼♀️ Or 🤷🏼♀️♀🤷🏼♀️♀🤷🏼♀️
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Madison Iseman plays two roles—twins at war; Lennon and Allison in I Know What You Did Last Summer’s gory new mystery. In Amazon’s reimagining, life is all graduation parties and joyrides until the unthinkable occurs, forcing a group a friends into keeping a brutal secret.
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Christy Dawn dress, Carel shoes
Igby Rigney, Midnight Mass
Photography by Rachel Pik, Grooming by Maxine Munson
Name: Igby Rigney
Age: 20
Hometown: Somewhere in California—according to the internet.
Childhood Nickname: "My Lord"
First Scary Movie You Ever Saw: Honestly “Coraline" was pretty terrifying.
What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie: Tim Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow"
My Personal Horror Story Would Be: The time I ripped my pants doing the splits in front of my entire elementary school gym class.
Last Thing I Googled: "Where does Igby Rigney live?"
What phrase or emoji do you tend to overuse via text: I’ve been keeping “😂” alive for years after it became uncool—at least according to my more technologically savvy friends.
Igby Rigney play’s Zach Gilford’s curious younger brother Warren Flynn in Midnight Mass, Mike Flanagan’s latest haunting tale after the Mind-bending Bly Manor. In the Netflix series, a friendly new face in town brings havoc onto a tight-knit community. Mass’ ending turns the Final Girl trope on its head, all the while exploring religion at the intersection of horror. To get your full scare’s worth—Midnight Mass is probably best suited for midnight viewing. Next, Rigney will be seen in Flanagan’s follow-up —The Midnight Club. Based on the 1994 novel by Christopher Pike.
Zackary Arthur, Chucky series
Photographed by Lucky Tennyson, Styling by Jensen Leigh, Grooming by Grace Phillips
Name: Zackary Arthur
Age: 15. My birthday is September 12, 2006
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Childhood Nickname: “Z”, Zacky, Sweet Grape (from my sister, Hayley) and Zack Attack on my soccer team when I was younger.
First Scary Movie You Ever Saw: Happy Death Day.
What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie: Anything Chucky…And then The Omen and that was a Don Mancini recommendation.
My Personal Horror Story Would Be: Being trapped forever in a nightmare.
Last Thing I Googled: Popeyes - It was lunch timeI like their spicy chicken sandwich.
What phrase or emoji do you tend to overuse via text: The Smirk smile emoji. 😏
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Zackary Arthur is Don Mancini’s new star in Scyfy’s Chucky series, playing Jake Wheeler, the latest kid to have his life flipped upside down after encountering a possessed Good Guy Doll. Arthur is an endearing hero in his portrayal of the troubled Jake. He’s the character you root for no matter which way he’s going. His honest performance of this main character is an added bonus to an already enticing series, and an unforgettable addition to the famous franchise.
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Brianne Tju, I know What You Did Last Summer
Name: Brianne Tju
Hometown: Chino Hills, CA
Childhood Nickname: Chewy
First Scary Movie You Ever Saw: The first one I can remember is The Uninvited, but I’m sure there were ones that came before. I just remember watching it from under a blanket at a sleepover.
What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie: The Others with Nicole Kidman.
My Personal Horror Story Would Be: My past dating history.
Last Thing I Googled: Tyler Durden from Fight Club for my Halloween costume.
What phrase or emoji do you tend to overuse via text: ♥️♥️♥️and I call everyone “bb”.
Coat & Boots by J. Kim
Styling Haley Tju
Stunning Asian-American beauty, Brianne Tju stars as Margo in Amazon’s I Know What You Did Last Summer,and it's a bummer this series didn’t premiere sooner, because of it. Born and Raised in California, Tju’s energy on screen is contagious. Not to mention her screams are of the highest final girl order. An instant icon. Put her in the book!
Dress by Muzkin
outfit by Nodress
Coat and Skirt by Liu Jia Shan
Full production Credits:
Madison Iseman Team
Photography: Lucky Tennyson
Photo Assistant: Alex Feggi
Styling: Jensen Leigh
Fashion Assistant: Priscilla Langdon
Hair: Ryan Richman
Makeup: Loren Comby
Zackary Arthur Team
Photography: Lucky Tennyson
Photo Assistant: Alex Feggi
Styling: Jensen Leigh
Fashion Assistant: Priscilla Langdon
Grooming: Grace Phillips
Brianne Tju Team
Photography: JJ Geiger
Styling: Haley Tju
Hair: Tony Vin
Makeup: Robert Bryan