Not all of Brad Pitt’s horror movies were critical successes, but some are surprisingly influential entries into the genre. For many actors, horror movies are a stepping stone to bigger and better things. Traditionally, the largely low-budget genre was viewed as a way for actors to get their name out there in the hopes that horror movie parts would lead to more impressive and — crucially — more respectable roles in the future.
However, the advent of “elevated horror” has shifted this perception. Nowadays, stars like Alexander Skarsgard don’t make horror movies until they are already well established and can often gain acclaim for their daring choice of projects. However, one star who took the traditional route when it comes to horror roles is The Lost City’s Brad Pitt.
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Although Pitt is better known for his blockbuster roles nowadays, the actor has featured in his fair share of horror efforts. Before his breakthrough role in Thelma and Louise, Pitt appeared in 1989’s Cutting Class around the same time that the actor cropped up in not one, but two, major horror anthology shows on television. After that early role, Pitt wouldn’t revisit the horror genre until 1993’s serial killer thriller Kalifornia, which was swiftly followed by the campy horror romance Interview With A Vampire, where Pitt bumped up his blockbuster credibility by starring alongside Mission Impossible franchise star Tom Cruise. Now a household name, Pitt was able to avoid the horror genre in favor of bigger budget projects, but he did return to the scarier side of genre fare for 1995’s serial killer thriller Se7en. That outing was his last horror movie until 2013’s much-delayed
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