Before They Were Stars They Were 'Horrorable' 1 Quiz

Answer: Johnny Depp

This slasher film from Wes Craven was released in 1984. Johnny Depp played Glen Lantz, a friend of protagonist Nancy Thompson (played by Heather Langenkamp). Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund) came out of dreams to terrorize the community.
This was Depp's debut and he died in the movie. Good thing it didn't end his career or we wouldn't have had years of '21 Jump Street' on TV and all those wonderful pirate movies.

Answer: Tale Of The Mummy

Gerard Butler started in movies in 1997. In 1998, Gerard had a relatively small role in 'Tale Of The Mummy', that went direct to video. A 20th century archaeologist discovered ancient Egyptian treasure and a sacred amulet. A mummy came to life to regain the amulet and immortal power.
In 2000, Gerard starred as Dracula in 'Dracula 2000'.

Answer: The Burning

All of the movies above were released in 1981, but Holly Hunter had a small part, her first acting part, in 'The Burning'. In this movie, a disfigured camp janitor terrorized kids with hedge clippers.
Holly starred with Harvey Keitel in 'The Piano' in 1993 and was the voice of Elastigirl in 'The Incredibles', released in 2003.

Answer: Jason Alexander

All of the actors above were in 'The Burning'. However, Jason Alexander was the wisecracker sidekick. He started in the movies in 1981 but has moved back and forth between TV and film since then. He's probably best known for his role as George Costanza on 'Seinfeld'. He has done voice overs for many films and starred in his own short-lived show on TV.

Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

Renee started as an actor in a 1992 made-for-TV movie. In 1994, she starred in one of many Texas massacre movies. She's one of a group of teens who ran into Leatherface and his favorite carving knife. Teens wrecked their car on prom night and unfortunately found the Slaughter family 'mansion' in the woods.
BTW: Holly Hunter starred in 'The Positively True Adventures Of The Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom'.

Answer: Matthew McConaughey

Like Renee, Matthew started on TV in 1992. Unlike Renee, in 1994, he was part of Leatherface's family, who killed and ate smart mouthed teenagers in 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'. He may be best known for the WWII submarine movie 'U-571', 'Reign Of Fire' with Christian Bale or 'Sahara'.

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson started his acting career in 1956 on TV. Twenty years after making his first horror movie, 'the great one' made a great horror movie, 'The Shining'. Who can ever forget....'here's Johnny'! 'The Departed', 'As Good As It Gets', and 'A Few Good Men' are a drop in Jack's artistic bucket.

Answer: Kate Beckinsale

After a couple of shows as a child, Kate Beckinsale's adult acting career started on TV in 1991. Her foray into horror was in 1995 with Aidan Quinn in 'Haunted'. She's done more horror movies recently like the 'Underworld' series, 'Whiteout', 'Vacancy', and 'Van Helsing'.

Answer: The Blob

Steve started as an uncredited movie extra in 1953. In 1958, he starred in 'The Blob', not in the other 1958 movies listed above. The blob was an alien creature that rolled through small town America, absorbing everyone it contacted. Steve and other rebel teens saved the town and the day.
Steve McQueen was probably best know for his driving ability in 'Bullitt', escaping a POW camp in 'The Great Escape', as a prisoner in 'Papillon', and a cowboy on the TV series 'Wanted: Dead Or Alive'. Steve died in 1980, at the age of 50, from mesothelioma.

Answer: Jack Black

All of the above appeared in the 1998 sequel to 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' but Jack Black was the uncredited fake rastafarian. He had quite a few TV roles and a few movies to his credit before playing Titus.