12 A-List Actors Who Got Their Start in Horror Movies
These A-list actors started in horror movies, sometimes very low budget, but went on to mainstream success.
Jamie Lee Curtis, the gold standard of stars, turned her horror career into a thriving movie career, starring as Laurie Strode in the original 1978 Halloween and reprising the role in many sequels.
She even made two small cameos in Halloween 3: The Season of the Witch, which departed dramatically from the Michael Myers storyline.
Curtis also appeared in hits like Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda, and True Lies, before winning an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, and recently appeared in Halloween Ends.
Author's summary: A-list actors who started in horror movies achieved mainstream success.