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RECOGNISING HORROR PERFORMANCES

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In recent years there have been a slew of impressive female-fronted horror films which opened to critical acclaim, with Toni Collette (), Lupita Nyong’o () and Florence Pugh () all wowing audiences… before each going unrewarded for their work when awards season came around. So with Elisabeth Moss delivering another fantastic turn in Leigh Whannell’s nerve-obliterating , the questions are why have these women been overlooked, and will Moss be the one to change that?

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