Hollywood A-Listers Who Got Their Big Break in Horror Films

Charlize Theron

If you blink, you might miss Charlize Theron in her first film role: 1995's Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest. Theron was cast in an uncredited role as "Eli's Follower." Surprisingly, the movie wasn't as bad as critics had anticipated. TV Guide wrote that the story "actually improved over time to the point where this third installment is a creditable if far-fetched chiller."

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The More You Know

  • Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby is brother-in-law to novelist and screenwriter Robert Harris.
  • Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
  • Tom Cruise earned $75 Million for his role in Mission Impossible 2.
  • Tom Hanks helped pay for ‘Forrest Gump’
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