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Famous actors who got their start in horror films.
posted by Dawn Of The EdSTAFFMOD on February 27, 2017 at 9:23 PM
Here are a few examples:
Kevin Bacon in Friday the 13th.
Johnny Depp in A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.
Clint Eastwood in Revenge Of The Creature.
Reply by alias
on February 27, 2017 at 10:07 PM
Steve McQueen in The Blob
Reply by SaltyGirl
on February 27, 2017 at 10:20 PM
A couple that came to mind:
Brad Pitt in Cutting Class (while he did start in tv, this was his first feature film)
Beverly D'Angelo in The Sentinel (may not be considered famous)
Reply by Howard Burns
on February 27, 2017 at 10:40 PM
(Excluding tv work as the poster above)
Reply by Dawn Of The Ed
on February 27, 2017 at 11:23 PM
Return to Horror High! I haven't seen that in ages. I forgot George Clooney was in it. Wasn't he also in one of the Killer Tomato movies?
A few more:
Viggo Mortensen - Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
Linda Hamilton - Children Of The Corn
Reply by Phasmophobia
on February 28, 2017 at 12:21 AM
Charlize Theron in Children of the Corn III
Sam Rockwell in Clownhouse
Tom Hanks in He Knows You're Alone
Jason Alexander in The Burning
Bill Paxton in Night Warning
Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Troll
Reply by Danimal1zx
on February 28, 2017 at 12:37 AM
Jack Nicholson in Little Shop of Horrors. Samuel L Jackson in Def by Temptation. Emilio Estevez in Nightmares.
Reply by Howard Burns
on February 28, 2017 at 8:33 AM
Yeah he was in Return of the Killer Tomatoes from '88, I saw it way back when but don't remember a thing about it. However I did rewatch Horror High a few weeks ago & it's still enjoyable. I'd forgotten the original Marcia Brady was also in it as the cop, lol.
Reply by Dawn Of The Ed
on February 28, 2017 at 10:20 AM
I'm gonna have to watch Return to Horror High again for sure. I remember back in the day trying to find the first Horror High film not realizing that "Return" was indeed the first and only film.lol!
Anyway a few more:
Naomi Watts - Children Of The Corn 4
Crispin Glover - Friday the 13th the Final Chapter
Jennifer Connelly - Phenomena
Reply by RCH2288
on February 28, 2017 at 11:19 AM
Paul Rudd in Halloween 6
Reply by Dawn Of The Ed
on March 3, 2017 at 4:03 PM
Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare On Elm Street 3
Adam Scott - Hellraiser Bloodline
Reply by RCH2288
on March 3, 2017 at 4:57 PM
Just thought of another pretty good one.
Sissy Spacek in Carrie
Reply by MadeUpMelly
on March 10, 2017 at 2:13 AM
This ones kind of a no brainer, but Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, The Fog, Terror Train, Prom Night, etc. 😉
Reply by MadeUpMelly
on March 10, 2017 at 2:15 AM
Oh, and I forgot to mention Rooney Mara in the deplorable "Nightmare on Elm Street" remake.
Reply by Dawn Of The Ed
on March 10, 2017 at 10:01 AM
Ted Danson, Ed Harris and Leslie Nelson in Creepshow.
Kelly Hu - Friday the 13th Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan.