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

Jamie Lee Curtis

This list obviously had to feature the original scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis's breakout role was that of Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), which she reprised for most of its sequels. After the film's initial success, Curtis appeared in a string of 1980s slasher flicks before moving on to other genres.

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