The '80s brought a new wave of campy horror and some classic, spine-shivering scares. But the characters we remember most fondly are those scream queen icons who battled it out against buckets of fake blood on screen. When they weren't stealing the show on the big screen, they were scaring the wits out of their own lookalike daughters. After all, who knows the consequences of a broken curfew better than an '80s horror icon?
Read on to find out which '80s scream queens have welcomed daughters who grew up to be a carbon copy of their mother.
Heather Langenkamp & Isabelle Anderson
While Heather Langenkamp's most iconic horror role came in 1984 with A Nightmare on Elm Street, it guaranteed her some similarly scary castings in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).
Heather shares the same streamlined features with her daughter, from her sharp nose to her signature smile, and Isabelle's blonde waves make her the spitting image of the horror icon from her '80s heyday.
Amy Steel & Emma Pulitzer
Amy Steel starred in '80s hits like Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and April Fool's Day (1986), marking her place forever in the history books of cinema history with a bloodstained bookmark.
Daughter Emma Pulitzer could almost be mistaken for the '80s actress, both sporting the same blonde hue and same wide smile. Seeing double might be cause for concern in the world of horror, but here the resemblance between mother and daughter is far more sweet.
Cassandra Peterson & Sadie Pierson
© FilmMagicElvira's high bouffant and slim-lined dress made Cassandra Peterson a star of the fantasy genre and a fashion icon for goths to this day. She first appeared on TV in 1981 and made it to the big screen with Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988). There are more laughs than screams, but Elvira's vampire styling and real demeanour mean she's still closely tied to the horror genre to this day.
Off-screen, she opts for a more casual look and is the mirror image of daughter Sadie Pierson, both sharing the same dark eyes, pointed jaw and enviable cheekbones.
Geena Davis & Alizeh Jarrahy
© WireImage via Getty ImagesGeena Davis starred opposite Jeff Goldblum in body horror The Fly (1986) which still has us covering our eyes and cowering behind the sofa to this day. She bookended the release with a horror-comedy Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and dark comedy Beetlejuice (1988), proving horror comes in many different forms.
The actress is mother to Alizeh Jarrahy who has inherited her mother's high cheekbones and easy grin, joining behind the scenes at the stage play of Beetlejuice, clearly proud of Geena's long-standing horror legacy.
Dee Wallace & Gabrielle Stone
© FilmMagicDee Wallace uncovered more than a standout news scoop as TV anchor Karen White in The Howling (1981) when she discovered a colony of Californian werewolves. The actress was joined on screen by her off-screen husband Christopher Stone, with whom she shares daughter Gabrielle. She also worked on Stephen King horror Cujo (1983), solidifying herself as an '80s horror icon.
Daughter Gabrielle shares her mother's diamond shaped jaw, slim nose and dark eyes, providing a look back into Dee's past as a leading lady of the horror genre in the early '80s.
