Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress. She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1983), and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator (1985). Crampton grew up in Vermont, was raised Catholic, and spent summers while growing up traveling the country with the carnival, as her father was a carny. After taking up acting, Crampton starred in a variety of films including Chopping Mall (1986), From Beyond (1986), Castle Freak (1995), You're Next (2011), We Are Still Here (2015), and Little Sister (2016), becoming a fan favorite Scream Queen.

Filmography

• 2026Grind
• 2026Trauma, or Monsters All — Kate
• 2026V/H/S/Mixtape
• 2025Every Heavy Thing — Whitney Bluewill
• Savage
• 2025Teacher’s Pet
• 2024Cursed in Baja — Jill Garvey
• 2024Little Bites — Sonya Whitfield
• 2024MLM
• 2024Orum — Annika's Mother
• 2024Roger Is a Serial Killer — Carol
• 2024Snow Valley — Ellen
• 2024The Blue Diamond — Jacqueline
• 2024The Last Stop in Yuma County — Virginia
• 2023Blackout — Kate
• 2023Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks — Susan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls — Nancy
• 2023Re-Resonator: Looking Back at From Beyond
• 2023Suitable Flesh — Dr. Daniella Upton, Producer
• 2022Alone with You — Mom
• Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
• 2022Famous T&A 2 — Mrs. Brady (archive footage)
• 2022Glorious — Executive Producer
• 2022King Knight — Ruth
• DOTA: Dragon's Blood — Priestess of the Sun (voice)
• 2021Jakob's Wife — Anne Fedder, Producer
• 2021Run Hide Fight — Mrs. Crawford
• 2021Sacrifice — Renate
• 2021Superhost — Vera
• 2020Castle Freak — Producer
• 2019A Christmas Miracle — The Woman
• Creepshow — Victoria (Segment "Pipe Screams")
• 2019Culture Shock — Betty
• 2019Deathcember — The Woman
• 2019Stay Out Stay Alive — Ranger Susanna
• 2018Dead Night — Leslie Bison
• 2018Death House — Dr. Karen Redmane
• 2018Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich — Carol Doreski
• 2018Reborn — Lena O'Neill
• 2017Day of Reckoning — Stella
• 2017Replace — Dr. Rafaela Crober
• 2016Beyond the Gates — Evelyn, Producer
• Channel Zero — Vanessa Moss
• 2016House Mother — Demetria Clemm
• 2016Little Sister — The Reverend Mother
• 2015Road Games — Mary, Executive Producer
• 2015Sun Choke — Irma
• 2015Tales of Halloween — Darla (The Witch)
• 2015The Divine Tragedies — Mother
• 2015We Are Still Here — Anne Sacchetti
• 2014Paisley — Christine
• 2014The Last Survivors — Grace
• 2013Sun Don't Shine — Thanks
• 2013The Lords of Salem — Virginia Cable
• 2013You're Next — Aubrey Davison
• 2006Read You Like a Book — Zoe
• 2004The Sisterhood — Ms. Master
• 2001Lightning: Fire from the Sky — Mayor Sylvia Scott
• 2001Poison — Nicole Garrett
• 1999Cold Harvest — Christine Chaney
• 1998The Godson — Goldy
• 1996Castle Freak — Susan Reilly
• Pacific Blue
• 1996Space Truckers — Carol
• Party of Five — Woman Shopper
• 1993Robot Wars — Leda
• The Nanny — Barbara Crampton
• 1991Trancers II — Sadie Brady
• 1989Puppetmaster — Woman at Carnival
• 1988Kidnapped — Bonnie
• 1988Pulse Pounders — Sadie Brady (Evil Clergyman sequence)
• 1988The Evil Clergyman — Sadie Brady
• 1986Chopping Mall — Suzie Lynn
• 1986From Beyond — Dr. Katherine McMichaels
• 1986Prince of Bel Air — Anne White
• 1985Fraternity Vacation — Chrissie
• 1985Re-Animator — Megan Halsey
• 1984Body Double — Carol
• 1984Love Thy Neighbor — Carol
• Hotel — Stacy
• Ruthie Joins a Death Cult
• Subscriber — Carol
• The Hottest Zombie Movie Babes
• The Possession at Gladstone Manor — Frida Black
• Tourist Trap — Producer

Appearances as themselves (18)

• 2024Blackout - Behind the Scenes — Self
• 2024Dinner with Leatherface — Self
• 2023The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special — Self
• 2022In Search of Darkness: Part III — Self
• The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans — Self - Guest Judge
• 2020In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self
• 2020Stay Home — Herself
• 2019In Search of Darkness — Self
• The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs — Self
• 2017Cult of Terror — Self - Actress
• Creature Features — Self
• 2014Why Horror? — Self
• 2007Re-Animator Resurrectus — Herself
• 2006Working with a Master: Stuart Gordon — Herself
• Alguna pregunta més? — Self - Interviewee
• 1995Videozone: The Making of "Castle Freak" — Self
• Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures — Self
• Freddy’s Back — Self (Archive Footage)