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Importance of star power in Horror?
Hi all,
Just wanted everyone's thoughts on the importance of the actor in horror movies. What I mean by that is that, in comparison to other genres such as Action and Comedy, the name of the movie star is not as important. Sure there was Christian Bale in American Psycho, which he was awesome in.
But in my opinion, the success of a horror movie depends mostly on the script/story. As long as the actor can act, I think in a horror movie, having a unknown and an A-lister will not make THAT much of a difference, compared to other Genres.
Indeed many greatly successful horror movies are all unknowns, e.g. paranormal activity, Blair witch project, etc.
I would even go so far as to say that having an A-lister may even diminish the movie as people will have expectations of what type of role they should be playing from their past roles.
What does everyone else think?
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