Good Actresses in Bad Horror Movies
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In which horror film did Jennifer Aniston gain her first starring role?
Leprechaun
Camp Fear
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
ANSWER: After appearing in several failed television shows (including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) the box-office dud Leprechaun nearly pushed Aniston over the edge and she seriously considered giving up acting. Fortunately, she was cast as Rachel Green on Friends just a few months later. After appearing in several failed television shows (including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) the box-office dud Leprechaun nearly pushed Aniston over the edge and she seriously considered giving up acting. Fortunately, she was cast as Rachel Green on Friends just a few months later.
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Not all bad horror movie roles go to aspiring actresses. In which 80’s horror film did veteran actress Patty Duke receive a possessed lamp?
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part III
Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Psycho III
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Before she became a “Superstar,” what horror film featured Molly Shannon as a homeless lady?
Lawnmower Man II: Beyond Cyber Space
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Ice Cream Man
ANSWER: Molly Shannon, then a struggling actress, played a homeless lady in the 1996 film. By the time the film was released, she was already a featured player on Saturday Night Live. Molly Shannon, then a struggling actress, played a homeless lady in the 1996 film. By the time the film was released, she was already a featured player on Saturday Night Live.
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Well before Mariska Hargitay won an Emmy for her performance on Law and Order Special Victims Unit, she had her first role in what original horror movie?
Critters
Ghoulies
Troll
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In which film did Renée Zellweger co-star as Jenny, a teenager who leaves a prom early, which leads to an encounter with a murderous family?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
Naked Souls
ANSWER: The 1995 film was intended to be a re-imagining of the original 1974 horror film. Matthew McConaughey also made a pre-celebrity appearance in this commercial and critical failure. The 1995 film was intended to be a re-imagining of the original 1974 horror film. Matthew McConaughey also made a pre-celebrity appearance in this commercial and critical failure.
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Angela Bassett starred in a horror movie sequel just two years before she was nominated for Best Actress for What’s Love Got to Do With It. Which film sequel was she in?
Pet Sematary Two
Critters 4
Troll 3
ANSWER: After her critically acclaimed role in Boyz n the Hood, Yale School of Drama graduate appeared in Critters 4 (which was, of course, set in space, and not surprisingly, a straight to video release). After her critically acclaimed role in Boyz n the Hood, Yale School of Drama graduate appeared in Critters 4 (which was, of course, set in space, and not surprisingly, a straight to video release).
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Patricia Arquette comes from an acting family, but apparently she didn’t use her connections for a great first film role. In which horror film did she star?
I was a Teenage Zombie
Slumber Party Massacre 2
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
ANSWER: While the character of Kristen Parker was Arquette’s breakout role, she was not offered a reprisal in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. She was replaced by 80’s singer-actress Tuesday Knight. While the character of Kristen Parker was Arquette’s breakout role, she was not offered a reprisal in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. She was replaced by 80’s singer-actress Tuesday Knight.
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After knee injuries led her to quit modeling and ballet, what was the first film role for Academy Award winning actress Charlize Theron?
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Shark Attack 2
Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown
ANSWER: Theron hadn’t really though about acting until she received an offer from her agent after throwing a fit at a bank. In the straight-to-video Children of the Corn III, Theron had a non-speaking one as a corn child. She later fired that agent for only offering her campy, appearance-based roles. Theron hadn’t really though about acting until she received an offer from her agent after throwing a fit at a bank. In the straight-to-video Children of the Corn III, Theron had a non-speaking one as a corn child. She later fired that agent for only offering her campy, appearance-based roles.
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Before she found success on the television shows Roswell and Grey’s Anatomy, Katherine Heigl played the role of Jade in which horror film?
Urban Legend
Scream 3
Bride of Chucky
ANSWER: Jennifer Tilly, the actress who voiced Tiffany (the bride of Chuckie herself), initially refused the role, claiming it was “the last stop before the actor's graveyard.” Fortunately, taking bad movie roles wasn’t really a problem for Heigl, she had previously appeared in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Jennifer Tilly, the actress who voiced Tiffany (the bride of Chuckie herself), initially refused the role, claiming it was “the last stop before the actor's graveyard.” Fortunately, taking bad movie roles wasn’t really a problem for Heigl, she had previously appeared in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
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Lara Flynn Boyle became famous from her role of Donna on Twin Peaks, but in which 80’s horror movie sequel did she make her big screen debut, coincidentally playing a character also named Donna?
Creep Show 2
Evil Dead II
Poltergeist III
