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Let’s face it: we love a good horror movie. We love twists, gore, and gore, and a marathon of a good horror movie is the perfect recipe to get you in the Halloween spirit. Although we will always enjoy classics like Scream And Halloweenand I’m going to watch new releases at the theater, for example Megan And RenfieldThere’s nothing quite like a horror movie from the 1970s, 1980s, or even 1990s. Not only because of the movie itself, but also because you spot current A-listers who started their careers there.
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While we know that Neve Campbell and Scream Queens’ Jamie Lee Curtis got their start in the horror game very early on, they’re definitely not the only ones. What if we told you that Jennifer Aniston’s first film role was starring in a 1993 horror film? and the first films Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio played cameo roles in horror films?
Seriously, there are a lot more stars than you think who have landed their first or first role in a horror movie that you’ve probably seen over and over again from Hulu’s recommendations.
So, to get into the Halloween spirit and reinforce our ever-growing need to know all the fun facts, we’ve put together the perfect list.
See which actors played their first movie role and/or first horror movie role below:
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Johnny Depp
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Before Johnny Depp became an actor who truly worked in all genres, his first big break and first film role was playing Glen Lantz in the original. A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Even before his breakthrough success in the hit drama film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film role was playing a boy named Josh in a wacky horror film. Beasts 3.
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Neve Campbell
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Neve Campbell has always been and will always be one of the greatest horror queens in our hearts. Before she became Sidney Prescott’s iconic final girl on Scream films, and even before the role in the cult classic CraftHer first film role was in the 1993 film. Dark.
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Elizabeth Olsen
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Although Elizabeth Olsen appeared in films by her twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as a child, her first film roles as a serious actress appeared around the same time. In 2011, she starred in the critically acclaimed mystery film. Martha Marcy May Marlene and in a horror movie Quiet housewhich was about a girl locked in her family’s home and tortured by supernatural forces.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Years ago Seinfeldand long before she became the TV queen we all know and love, Julia Louis-Dreyfus landed her first film role in the 1986 sci-fi horror film. Troll.
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Hilary Swank
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Hilary Swank landed her first film role as one of the high school girls in the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.
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Chloe Grace Moretz
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Remember when Chloë Grace Moretz played the little girl in 2005? The Amityville Horror? This was her first film role!
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Jennifer Aniston
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Two years before Jennifer Aniston became a superstar as Rachel Green on Friends, she starred in the 1993 horror film. Leprechaun.
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Tom Hanks
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He knows you’re alone The 1980 film marked Tom Hanks’ first film role.
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Anya Taylor-Joy
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Anya Taylor-Joy is no stranger to the horrifying, the strange and the unusual; and her first film role as Thomasin in VWitch showed everyone that she is a horror icon that is here to stay forever.
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Bella Thorne
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Bella Thorne has been involved in horror projects for many years. Although she played an extra in several projects and even had a very small voice role in Ants, her first live-action film role was in the 2007 film. Prophet.
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Patricia Arquette
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Did you know that Patricia Arquette’s first role was playing the lead role of Kristen Parker in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors?
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis’s first film role was as the iconic final girl Laurie in the 1978 film. Halloween?!
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Eva Mendes
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While Eva Mendes began appearing in a few music videos, she began appearing in films as a bit player. Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror.
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Adam Scott
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Adam Scott’s first major film role (and second film role) was in Hellraiser: Bloodline.
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Jason Alexander
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That’s right, one more Seinfeld The alums started off with horror! Jason Alexander starred in the 1981 film. Burning.
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John Travolta
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John Travolta’s first film role was in the 1975 film. Devil’s rain.
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Jennifer Connelly
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Before her big break Labyrinth, Jennifer Connelly starred in the 1985 film. Phenomena, but she had one film role beforehand.
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