Famous Actors who got started in slasher/horror flicks!

[Elgyn]

Alrighty
Some of these are pretty well-known, others not so much.

Jaimie Lee Curtis - Halloween 1 & 2 (duh)
Kevin Bacon - Friday the 13th
Johnny Depp - A nightmare on Elm Street
Tom Hanks - He Knows You`re Alone (I think that`s what it was called)
Brad Pitt - Cutting Class
George Clooney - Return To Horror High (he was also in Return of the Killer Tomatoes)
Paul Rudd - Halloween 6
Jason Alexander - The Burning
Holly Hunter - The Burning
Fisher Stevens - The Burning (not really famous, but he`s been in some stuff)
Crispin Glover - Friday the 13th, Part 4: The Final Chapter
Corey Feldman - Friday the 13th 4 and 5
Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Laurence Fishburne - A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Breckin Meyer - Freddy`s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Kelly Hu - Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhatten
Lance Guest - Halloween II (again, not famous, but he`s been in stuff)
Dana Carvey - Halloween II (blink and you`ll miss him as a TV news camerman)
Sascha Jensen - Halloween 4 (not famous, but he was one of the main characters in Dazed and Confused
Danielle Harris - Halloween 4, 5, and remake
Josh Hartnett - Halloween H20
Matthew Mchonaghrey (sp?) - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Rene Zellwager (sp?) - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Katherine Heigel - Bride Of Chucky
Bruce Campbell - The Evil Dead (does this count?)
Jennifer Aniston - Leprechaun

[countchocula]

There are so many. How about Kate Winslet in Heavenly Creatures? From your list, Jennifer Aniston is the funniest.

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

Nice list,took most of mine tho. :(

The 2 Corys in The Lost Boys.

Virginia Madsen-Candyman(She's in a yogurt ad,so she must be somewhat famous!!(

Josh Hartnett-Halloween H2O?

Christian Bale-American Psycho?

Not sure about these,idk every actor's complete filmography/timeline.

George Clooney-From Dusk Til Dawn (Sure he was already in ER,but who ever watched THAT show when F13 The Series was on!!? :p }

[Cropsy]

Margot Kidder-Black Christmas
Marilyn Chambers-Rabid

[Mr pudding]

John Travolta -Carrie
Mary Elizabeth Winstead-Final Destination 3.

[nayland]

Marilyn Chambers-Rabid[/QUOTE]

Belive me she was known well before Rabid! I think people went to see it to see a movie where she kept her clothes on!

[nayland]

Marilyn Chambers-Rabid

She was known before Rabid! Trust me. I think people went to see her in a movie where she kept her clothes on.

[HoboJoeBob]

Kevin Bacon, Crispin Glover and Kelly Hu were in Friday the 13th movies.?!

[a7xfan]

ving rhames- people under the stairs (does this count?)

[zombievictim]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead-Final Destination 3.

In all fairness she was in stuff before that. Quite a bit actually.

[Elgyn]

ving rhames- people under the stairs (does this count?)


I`d say so. I had no idea who he was when that came out. Does anyone know if he was already somewhat well-known at that time?

[Venus Venusia]

I never even knew Ving Rhames was in People Under The Stairs, lol.

Who did he play?

[Henry Lee Lucas]

I think people went to see her in a movie where she kept her clothes on.

Obviously youve never seen rabid...

Jennifer Connelly - Phenomena

and Ving Rhames was pretty much the main character in PUTS.

And Margot Kidder did Sisters before she did Black Christmas.

[LordSimen]

George Clooney-From Dusk Til Dawn (Sure he was already in ER,but who ever watched THAT show when F13 The Series was on!!? :p }

Wrongo. He was in Return to Horror High way before he was in From Dusk Till Dawn and even then he starred in a few movies before that.

[deadeye]

Meg Ryan, in one of those awful Amityville sequels

Demi Moore, Parasite

Kirsten Dunst, Interview with the Vampire

[g1ng3rsnap9ed]

Ahh, Return to Horror High-I knew that he was in a Horror film before Dusk,but I'd never seen it and thought he was only walking bait in a very small role.THX for the correction.

[thesizzler]

My first post! Here are a few:

Brooke Shields - Alice, Sweet Alice
Hilary Swank - Sometimes They Come Back
Billy Bob Thornton - Chopper Chicks In Zombie Town
John Travolta - Devil's Rain (came out in 1975, little before Carrie)
Naomi Watts- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

[athf1980]

Clint Eastwood-Revenge of the Creature

[ilovemovies]

Leonardo Dicaprio - Critters 3

[deadeye]

Hillary Swank was also in the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Mischa Barton, The Sixth Sense

[a7xfan]

and Ving Rhames was pretty much the main character in PUTS.


:confused: no he wasn't, he was in the film for about 10-15 minutes.

[FilmJunkie1114]

If you look at all of the early Roger Corman efforts you'll find a lot of names there.

[John Galt]

Damn someone beat me to Jennifer Connelly - Phenomena. LOVE that movie!

And Kevin bacon did Animal House before Friday The 13th.

[Spider1970]

Viggo Mortensen: "Letherface, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 "

[MistAh BlistAh]

Meg Ryan, in one of those awful Amityville sequels



Amityville 3-D, lol, wow, its bad, it was on the space channel Friday Night.
Lori Loughlin's in it as well.


Here's one:
Tara Reid in A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)

[BlownCamaro]

Kristy Swanson was in Deadly Friend. Yea she had been in stuff before but still an early film for her before she was famous.

[John Galt]

And also Flowers In The Attic. DAMN I had such a crush on her in that movie!

[ToddRH]

Speaking of Corman movies, Jack Nicholson played in a few BUT after he was in "The Little Shop Of Horrors"! All these were in the early 60's.

[deadeye]

Wasn't Viggo Mortensen also in some late 80's, early 90's horror movie called "Prison"?