Major Movie Stars in Horror before they were BIG!
 

This thread is for the fact that I am always interested in looking back at horror movies whether they were good or not and seeing if there was any actor or actress that was in it and after became a big star. For example Johnny Depp in Nightmare on Elm Street and Kevin Bacon in either the first or second Friday the 13th. My first contribution to this thread is Drew Barrymore is in Waxwork 2. She is in the scene that is supposed to be from the movie Nosferatu. She is one of the girls laying in the bed.

Re: Major Movie Stars in Horror before they were BIG!
 

Barrymore was beyond famous when she did Waxwork 2, that was just a cameo. The biggest skeleton in the closet I can think of is Brad Pitt's. He was in Cutting Class.

Kelly Hu was in Friday the 13th - Jason takes Manhatton. It was her first movie role, and she has appeared in movies like 'The Scorpion King' and 'X-Men 2'. So she has done pretty good for herself.

A few others I thought of:

Giovonni Ribisi in Mindripper
Emilio Estevez in Nightmares
Jack Nicholson in The Terror
Steve McQueen in The Blob
Patricia Arquette and Lawrence Fishburne in Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Seth Green in It
Viggo Mortensen in Leatherface
And both Corey's started out in horror.

I'll post more as I think of them.

Shit, just thought of more:

Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun
Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger in TCM 4
Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman in Brain Dead
Marisa Tomei in The Toxic Avenger
Crispin fucking Glover in Friday 4

Dammit,

Stephen Dorff in The Gate
Ving Rhames in People Under the Stairs
Leonardo Dicaprio in Critters 3
Sly Stallone in Deathrace 2000
Billy Bob Thornton in Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

Okay, I'm stopping here unless I think of a really good one. But just about everyone in Hollywood has been in some kind of a horror film. It's a good place to start out I suppose.

i cant beleive anybody has said jamie lee curtis yet

Well, Halloween isn't exactly a skeleton in Jamie Lee's closet. That movie was a huge success and made her a star so I wasn't thinking about it.

This one is from my fiancee!

Jada Pinkett Smith- Tales From The Crypt -----Demon Knight

catherine hicks childs play one. now the mom in 7th heaven

avenger, thanks for your lists.. i'd forgotten a bunch of those!
i remember Lawrence Fishburn in Nightmare 3... but do you know what's scarier than that?
Lawrence Fishburn in Pee Wee's Playhouse LOL :D

George Clooney in return of the Killer Tomatos AND Return to Horror High

Good one.

- Steve Buscemi was in 'Tales from the Dark Side - the movie'. That was about 2 years before his breakthough role in 'Reservoir Dogs'.

- Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from the X-Files) was the killer in 'Shocker'.

i don't know if you'd consider this one but John Travolta in Carrie.

He was in The Devil's Rain too.

Debbie Dunning was in Leprechaun in Space but that was after Home Improvement nut that is still one hell of a skeleton in her closet

oh ok, thanks.

And Jennifer aniston was in the original Leprechaun

bump

I have a slasher called River Runs Black or shadows run black ..something like that - with Kevin Kostner.

He didnt have a credit but he had a major speaking part.

Tom Hanks was in He Knows You're Alone.

Meg Ryan was in Amityville 3-D .

MIchael Caine in jaws 4

I was watching a documentary on Argento. Can't get most of his movies easily here, but I swear that the little girl in a couple of his movies was Jennifer Connelly.

I forgot to check at the end of it.

she was in Creepers

Was that the one with the bees?

I haven't seen it.

yeah, she had some psychic link with bugs..
she was at a private school where girls were being killed


I'm pretty sure thats the only one she's in..

That is it! The doc I watched was a good one.....you have no idea the detail and effort that went into that film.

Good way to start your career, that is for sure!

Leslie Nielsen in "Forbidden Planet". Im pretty sure that was a horror movie when it came out in 1956.

Or else Leslie Nielsen in "Prom Night". Im not sure that the man was famous before "Naked Gun"?

Jack Nicholson in the original black and white 'Little Shop Of Horrors'...He played Seymour...He was 18 years old





I HAVE that movie, btw ;)

The man aint even famous now!!

and I think every film with him in it is scary as fuck! :p

I dunno...
he was in M.A.S.H once or twice, that stupid ass BORING over-rated airplane comedy Flying high that only had one funny line., poseidon adventure for a litle bit...

He also played Frank Drebin in the series they more or less based the Naked Gun films I think it was called "police squad"...which was actually a pretty damn funny show, along with the first 2 movies...
As for horror, yes, he was in prom night, and I think he was in creepshow - one of the stories in one of 'em anyway? Either that or a guy that looks plenty like him...

He's meant to have been in HEAPS of stuff though.

Kirsten Dunst in "Interview with the vampire". Daaamn, what a little bitch!! L

Eeew!! :(

How about this
 

Robert Englund in the Original T.V. Mini- series "V" (1982) as a shy, nervous and kind alien.

Bill Pullman in Serpent and the Rainbow.

she was actually in sergio leone's "once upon a time in america" before "creepers", but yeah, starting with such cult directors is definitely the best way to start a career...

"I AM...JUST!!!"



Such a cool series.

Wrong-o there Rayne!

Nicholson wasnt Seymour, Jonathan Haze was. Nicholson played the dentist:p

Nicholson in The Raven however....

Me!!!:D I was in Ice from the Sun, I am just waiting for myself, and the movie to get rediscoverd,lol. I'm gonna be famous one day, you'll see:rolleyes: :p