Because of their low budget and proliferation, it's no surprise that B-horror movies were the launchpad for a number of huge Hollywood names.
A-list actors tend to be associated with a certain kind of movie, but audiences might be surprised to learn how many stars got their start or had early career roles in B-horror movies. These days, horror is big business. Each year, multiple horror movies come out and dominate the box office, and some more cerebral offerings even get a bit of award-season buzz. While there are still extremely low-budget horror movies out there, the genre has earned a measure of respectability.
9 Jennifer Aniston - Leprechaun Jennifer Aniston's breakout role was, of course, the juggernaut sitcom of Friends. Since then, Aniston has had a number of roles across movies and TV alike. However, just a year before Friends premiered, a baby-faced Aniston was the protagonist of the first Leprechaun movie . Aniston's Tory was terrorized by Warwick Davis' murderous leprechaun, who was on a killing spree to find who stole his pot of gold.
6 Idris Elba - Prom Night Most American audiences know Idris Elba from his breakout role on The Wire, playing the savvy and dangerous gangster Stringer Bell. Audiences who don't remember him from that know him from his roles of Heimdall in the MCU, and the titular character of Luther in the BBC detective drama. In 2008, however, Elba played a very different kind of detective in the Prom Night reboot. His Detective Winn is in pursuit of the serial killer.
4 Angela Bassett - Critters 4 Apparently, the Critters franchise is the launchpad for future Oscar-contending careers, as Angela Bassett appeared in the very next movie in the franchise, Critters 4. Bassett is Hollywood royalty now, one of the most respected actors in the business.
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