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

Elizabeth Olsen

Olsen is now a member of the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the youngest Olsen sister's breakout role was in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), a thriller that follows a young woman suffering from mental illness after escaping the clutches of an abusive cult in the Catskill Mountains. The performance landed Olsen a number of nominations and put her Hollywood career into motion.

Crispin Glover

Only one year before he played George McFly in Back to the Future, Glover delivered an amusing performance as Jimmy in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)—that is, before his face was hacked off with a meat cleaver. Glover later admitted that he was never a big fan of slasher flicks and only took the role for a paycheck. "I needed a job. I needed work. I needed to continue working," he said.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.