10 Big-Name Celebrities That You Forgot Starred in Scary Films

Octavia Spencer is known for her Oscar-winning performance in The Help (2011) and her incredible performances in popular films like The Shape of Water (2017) and Zootopia (2016).

But fans of the talented actor don't always remember that Spencer had a role as a nurse in Halloween II and starred as the unhinged woman called Ma in the horror film of the same title.

The Transformers star Megan Fox is also an undercover scream queen. She starred in Jennifer's Body as Jennifer, the popular girl in high school who gets possessed by a demon hungry for human flesh.

She hunts her victims by luring in less attractive high school boys. She also stars in the recent film Till Death, where her character is chained to her dead husband's body.

Star of Tangled (2010) and This is Us (2016-2022), Mandy Moore also starred in an underwater shark horror film called 47 Meters Down (2017). She plays Lisa, the tentative one out of two sisters who decide to go cage diving with sharks on their trip to Mexico.

But when the cable snaps and the cage descends 47 meters down to the ocean floor, they must find a way to survive the shark-infested waters before they run out of oxygen.

While Johnny Depp is known for playing creepy characters like Edward Scissorhands and the Hatter in Tim Burton's eerie version of Alice in Wonderland (2010), fans often forget that he also had a role in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

In this classic slasher, Depp plays a high school student whose friends are killed off one by one by a murderer haunting their dreams.

Jared Leto's performances in Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Fight Club (1999) often overshadow his roles in several horror films. He played Paul in Urban Legend, a high schooler hunted by an evil killer who replicates urban legends in his murders. He also stars in Panic Room as a crazed killer named Junior.

After making her name in The Hunger Games (2012) as a talented debut actor, Jennifer Lawrence has become a household name. But many fans of the down-to-earth star forget she's starred in a couple of horror films.

In House at the End of the Street, Lawrence plays a young single mother who moves into a new home only to uncover its twisted past. Lawrence later starred in the slow-burn horror film Mother! as a mom who must protect her home and her newborn child from her husband's strange guests.

Before Katherine Heigl achieved stardom as Dr. Stevens in the long-running medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005-), she played Jade in the Child's Play film Bride of Chucky. Two evil, possessed dolls trick Heigl's character Jade into transporting them across state lines.

Many fans of this Friends (1994-2004) star don't know that Jennifer Aniston's big break began in horror. Anniston starred in Leprechaun as Tory, a teen vacationing in a home where she unknowingly releases a killer leprechaun from a decades-long trap.

The leprechaun uses his newfound freedom to embark on a violent mission to reclaim his lost gold.

This That '70s Show (1998-2006) and Black Swan (2010) star played the protagonist in the lesser-known sequel to American Psycho (2000).

Mila Kunis plays a young FBI trainee who will do anything to land a spot as a teacher's assistant to her favorite professor. But, as she kills off her competitors for the position, the school psychiatrist realizes something isn't right with this particular trainee.

Can you think of any other A-list celebrities that people usually forget were in horror films?

The School of Rock (2003), Jumanji (1995), and Kung Fu Panda (2008) star Jack Black is known for his exceptional comedic acting and is a household name across the U.S. What many fans don't realize is that Black played a minor role in the horror sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.