HOLLYWOOD - Horror High

Blood, sweat and tears: These A-list stars got their starts in scary flicks 

- JAIME HARKIN

PAUL RUDD IN HALLOWEEN 6: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS

Sixteen years after the original Halloween hit screens, Rudd starred in the sixth installment, playing a young man who's targeted by the masked psychopath.

"[I'm] honored to be part of a franchise that has lasted that long, that has that many devotees," said the Ant-Man star, "and I couldn't be happier that I can say that my first movie is a Halloween movie."

LEONARDO DICAPRIO IN CRITTERS 3

DiCaprio has an illustrious résumé, but one film does make him cringe - his first, which he made at age 17. (In the 1991 movie, fanged alien furballs eat tenants in an L.A. apartment complex.) "It's possibly one of the worst films of all time," he's said. "I guess it was a good example to look back and make sure it doesn't happen again."

JENNIFER ANISTON IN LEPRECHAUN

"I really thought I arrived when I did Leprechaun," quips Aniston of the 1993 flick, in which she plays a teen terrorized by the titular creature at her father's farmhouse. The movie was panned by critics and bombed at the box office, but the actress did land the role of Rachel on Friends a year later (and the film is now considered a cult classic!).