Felissa Rose Esposito (born May 23, 1969), better known as simply Felissa Rose, is an American actress. She has amassed over 200 film credits, and is best known for her work in the horror genre, for which she is recognized as a "scream queen." Rose made her film debut as Angela Baker in the cult horror film Sleepaway Camp (1983), which established her as a horror icon. She reprised the role in the 2008 sequel Return to Sleepaway Camp. Her other horror roles include Elsa Lansing in Silent Night, Zombie Night (2009), Mother in The Perfect House (2012), Rachel Steele in Camp Dread (2014), Angela Freeman in Death House (2018), Kathleen in Victor Crowley (2018), Ms. Crowell in Bloody Summer Camp (2021), and Ms. Principe in Terrifier 2 (2022). Rose continues to make regular appearances on The Joe Bob Briggs Show, The Last Drive-In on Shudder, and appeared in The Boulet Brothers's Halfway to Halloween special in 2023.

Filmography

• 2026Bloody Summer Camp 2: Red Horizon — Ms. Crowell
• 2026Deathwoods — Ethel Wallace
• 2026Down the Long River — China Rose
• 2026Scary Movie — Bar Patron (uncredited)
• 2026The Apex Predators Club — Debbie Morgan
• 2026The Barn Part III
• 2026The Mephistophiliac — Dr. Janice Middleton
• 2025A Texas Nightmare — Aradia
• 2025Backwoods Blood Feud — Henrietta
• 2025Grind — Dr. Emily Ritter, Producer
• 2025New Fears Eve — Norma, Producer
• 2025Sorority of the Damned — Angela
• 2025The Boy from Below — Julia
• 2025The Slasher Nurse — TBA
• 2024Barbie & Kendra Crash Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree! — Stu Dio
• 2024Cold Blooded — TV Network Executive
• 2024Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall — Inspector Rubin
• 2024Crust — Laura, Producer
• 2024Cult of Blood — Crystal
• 2024Dark Chronicles — Mom
• 2024Go Away — Mary
• 2024Slashercise — Donna
• 2024Stream — Donna
• 2024The Omicron Killer — Edie Schaefer / Necromancer, Co-Executive Producer
• 2023Alien Vampire Busters — Jane Dubois
• 2023Christmas Slasher — Mrs. Lisa Claus
• 2023Craving — Les
• 2023Late Checkout
• 2023Misery Mountain — Lisa, Producer
• 2023Murder, Madness and Mayhem — Debra (voice)
• 2023Protege Moi — Rosa La'Be'rge
• 2023Reptchild — Christine
• 2023The New Hands — Dr. Pretorius
• 2023Transmission — Sienna Moran
• 2023Watchdog — Irene, Producer
• 2023Wolf Hollow — Evie Neuri
• 2023XXX-Mas — Lana Luscious
• 2022How to Kill Your Roommates and Get Away With It — Agent Denver
• 2022Massacre Academy — News Anchor
• 2022Mike & Fred vs The Dead — Mom
• 2022Pandemic Thirst — Lamia
• 2022ShadowMarsh — Jill
• 2022Shriekshow — Gloria
• 2022Teddy Told Me To — Kristy
• 2022Terrifier 2 — Ms. Principe
• 2022Time's Up! — Powell
• 2021Bearry — Sam
• 2021Bloody Summer Camp — Michelle Crowell
• 2021Killer Rose — Rose
• 2021Knifecorp — Mrs. Banks
• 2021Ring of Desire — Belinda / Cassandra North
• 2021Streets of the Dead — Angie Collette
• 2021The Dark Offerings — Zelda Barrons
• 2021The Demented — Detective, Executive Producer
• 2020A Nun's Curse — Sister Monday
• 2020Booze, Broads and Blackjack — Savannah Holly, Producer
• 2020Camp Twilight — Jessica Bloom, Writer, Co-Producer
• 2020Day 14
• 2020For Jennifer
• 2020Kill Giggles — Dr. Courtney Lee
• 2020More Beautiful for Having Been Broken — Millicent
• 2020Scream Test — Angie Newborn
• 2020The Special — Associate Producer
• 2020The Step Daddy — Anna
• 2020Twisted Twin — Nurse Rita
• 2020Unusual Attachment — Aunt Sharon
• 2019It Wants Blood! — Tammy
• 2019It's Here — Lori (segment "The Corner")
• 2019Rootwood — Laura Benott
• 2019Stalked by My Doctor: A Sleepwalker's Nightmare — Pamela
• 2019Strange Events 2
• The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs — Mangled Dick Expert, Self, Self (voice), Mangled Dick Expert (voice)
• 2018Death House — Dr. Angela Freeman
• 2018Extremity — Angry Mia
• 2018Garlic and Gunpowder — Ma
• 2018Lake of Shadows — Paula Grogan
• 2018Last American Horror Show — Angelina
• 2018Lilith — Lilith
• 2018The Crossing — Lola
• 2018The Sunday Night Slaughter — Det. Kelly Stone
• 2018Ugly Sweater Party — Mrs. Mandix
• 2018Welcome to Hell — Eliza (segment "Maternal Instincts")
• 2017Bethany — Janice the Realtor
• 2017Clawed — Sandra
• 2017My Uncle John Is a Zombie! — Convention Goer
• 2017Swamp Freak — Professor Magda Jenkins
• 2017Victor Crowley — Kathleen
• 20162 Jennifer — Jennifer Smith
• 2016Dead End — Merideth
• 2016Family Possessions — Susan
• 2016Terror Tales — Witch (segment "Epidemic")
• 2015Caesar and Otto's Paranormal Halloween — Lakota
• 2015Jurassic City — Newscaster
• 2015No Solicitors — Priscilla, Producer
• 2015Tales of Halloween — Parent
• 2015The Last House — Realtor
• 2015Within These Walls — Sage Hawthorne
• 2015Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard — Lia
• 2014At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp
• 2014Blood Reservoir — Angela Stone
• 2014Camp Dread — Rachel Steele
• 2014M Is for Matchmaker — The Date #2
• 2012Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas
• 2012Dropping Evil — Vice President Baker
• 2012I Was a Teenage Suicide — Kelly
• 2012Poe — Forensic Pathologist Amy Short
• 2012Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor — Angela (archive footage)
• 2012The Perfect House — Mother, Co-Producer
• 2011Breath of Hate — Realtor
• 2011Shy of Normal: Tales of New Life Experiences — Jamie
• 2010Dahmer vs. Gacy — Joanie Farana
• 2009Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre — Carrie, Executive Producer
• 2009Deadly Little Christmas — Mary
• 2009Silent Night, Zombie Night — Elsa Lansing
• 2008Dead and Gone — Peggy Goldstein
• 2008Hotdog Casserole — Vicky
• 2008Psycho Sleepover — Marilyn Saunders
• 2008Return to Sleepaway Camp — Angela / Sheriff Jerry, Casting, Casting Assistant
• 2007Trite This Way — Narrator
• 2006All Hallows — -
• 2006Evil Ever After — Neighbor
• 2006Satan's Playground — Donna Bruno
• 2006Slaughter Party — Tara
• 2006Under Surveillance — Heidi
• 2005Cerebral Print: The Secret Files — Carolyn / Tiffany
• 2005Dead Serious — Susan Rosario
• 2005Dead Things — Amanda Donner
• 2003Corpses Are Forever — Gina Matthews
• 2003Horror — Art Therapist
• 2003Nikos the Impaler — Sandra Kane
• 2003Scary Tales: The Return of Mr. Longfellow — Sarah
• 2003Zombiegeddon — Melissa
• 2000Birds of a Feather — Dolores
• 1995Get With a Safe Food Attitude — 2-B Mom
• 1993The Night We Never Met — Young Girl (uncredited)
• 1983Sleepaway Camp — Angela
• Area 5150 — Roberta
• Deadly Endings — Namira
• Fractured — Dr. Sharma
• Midnight Maniac — Theresa Snow
• My Blade is Your Salvation — Captain Harris
• Party of Darkness — Captain Morgan
• Reunion from Hell 3: The Final Reunion — Selina Forrester
• Sicklerville — Lisa
• The Epidemic — Stephanie
• The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom — Dr. Winters, Producer
• The Eye from Beyond
• The Last Sleepover — Talia Lopes
• The Undesirables — Ora
• Z Dead End — Deputy Betsy Milford

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2024A Séance with the Queens — Self
• 2024Dinner with Leatherface — Self
• The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Nightmareathon — Self
• 2023The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special — Self
• 2022In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film — Self
• 2022In Search of Darkness: Part III — Self
• 2022The Spirit Board Sessions — Self
• The Last Drive-In: July 2018 Marathon — Herself
• The Last Drive-in: Just Joe Bob — Herself
• 2017To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story — Self
• The Boulet Brothers' Dragula — Self - Guest Judge
• 2015Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran — Self
• 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever — Self
• 2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film — Self
• 2003Something to Scream About — Herself
• Freddy’s Back — Self (Archive Footage)
• Howl: Inside the Forest Hills — Self