Alabama is scary. And its movies are, too.

We kid, but not so much about our state’s contributions to the horror genre.

Actors who hail from around these parts have enjoyed distinguished careers, winning Oscars and Emmys, plus genuine frights from those watching their scariest performances.

We found a handful of hair-raising executions of acting brilliance, found in even more films, because if you know anything about horror, then you there are sequels and lots of them.

Read the list of some of our favorite Alabama actors in some pretty chilling works below.

Courteney Cox in the ‘Scream’ franchise

Born and raised in Birmingham, Cox became a scream queen during her peak “Friends” run in the mid-1990s, starring as cutthroat TV reporter Gale Weathers in Wes Craven’s meta-slasher flick th

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