Every Tom Cruise Horror Movie Ranked Worst To Best
Although Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise is a huge horror fan, the actor’s own entries into the genre have not all been major successes. A quick glance at the many unmade Tom Cruise horror movies proves that the blockbuster star has a deep affinity for the genre, even though some of his most promising projects have ended up canceled for various reasons.
Despite his enduring appreciation of the genre, however, Cruise has not starred in many horror movies over the years. Since the actor became a major movie star in his youth, Cruise never needed to build up credits by starring in potentially embarrassing early horror movies before big-name fame came calling. This means that Cruise’s few horror efforts were carefully selected—whether or not that made the end result any better is largely up for debate.
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Cruise’s three horror movies to date include a bug-budget action-horror blockbuster based on an existing series, a tragic vampire movie, and an alien invasion thriller. Like Alexander Skarsgård, his horror movies offer a diverse cross-section of the genre. Unfortunately for Cruise, the critical reception of his horror movies is also just as mixed as Skarsgård's inconsistent output in the genre. Only one of Cruise’s horror movies was a hit with reviewers while another was a critical disaster, and the third divided fans and critics.
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