Calling star a “scream queen” is a bit of an understatement at this point. Perhaps the term “scream empress” is more appropriate for an actor who already solidified her genre cred a decade ago with the one-two punch of cult classics, and . In the decade since, she’s added a few more genre gems to the list including (2018), (2019) and (2022).
And, as of this Friday, Monroe returns to the big screen in Osgood “Oz” Perkins’ , which already boasts critical acclaim and hype on the level of David Robert Mitchell’s following its 2014 Cannes premiere and 2015 release. Monroe’s recent run of good fortune is all the more significant when it’s contextualized with the fact that she nearly quit the industry prior to shooting Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s in 2018. “I think I overworked myself.
I was in this phase of wanting to take every job, and I felt like that’s what I had to do. I did about seven films back to back, and they weren’t all great experiences. Some good, some bad,” Monroe tells .
“It’s a very weird job and it’s a very weird industry, and there can be a darkness around it. So I was just in a mental state where I was like, ‘This isn’t feeling good to me anymore.’ And so I just needed to disconnect for a second.
” The Santa Barbara native credits Berk and Olsen for helping her rediscover her love of acting, and since then, she’s been firing on all cylinders. She even reteamed with the underrated directing duo by way of October 2022�.
