Aaliyah, Snoop Dogg and More

In comparison with the perils of the music business, the nightmares of the horror world are not any large deal for some music stars.

As Halloween is an evening stuffed with methods and treats, those that load up Shudder, Screambox or some other “screaming” service is perhaps in for a shock after they see a well-recognized face amid the gore. A few of music’s largest stars — from Snoop Dogg and Brandy to Ozzy Osbourne — have taken a stab at performing in a horror film. The outcomes have been actually terrifying, with Aaliyah slaying as Akasha in Queen of the Damned and Debbie Harry embracing “the brand new flesh” in David Cronenberg’s Videodrome.

“I’ve all the time mentioned that there’s an ideal marriage between horror and rock music,” Alice Cooper reportedly informed Sound and Imaginative and prescient in 1988 after showing in a handful of horror movies (Prince of Darkness, Monster Canine) and contributing “He’s Again (The Man Behind The Masks)” to Friday the thirteenth Half VI: Jason Lives. “Jason is without doubt one of the best rock photos I’ve ever seen,” he mentioned. “Simply consider it — give him a guitar as an alternative of a machete and he’s completely heavy steel!”

Metallic stars aren’t the one ones enjoying within the horror world, nonetheless. Check out a number of the hip-hop, rock and R&B stars who acquired scary on display screen.

Aaliyah, Queen of the Damned

“I had plenty of enjoyable doing [Queen of the Damned]. I used to be very excited to be a part of a vampire movie, as a result of I’ve been a lover of vampires since I used to be very younger,” Aaliyah informed Leisure Tonight in 2001 when discussing her position as Akasha in Queen of the Damned, a fusion of the second and third entries in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. Aaliyah’s position stays iconic within the horror and Halloween world. Sadly, she died eight months after the movie’s launch, dying in an August 2001 airplane accident in The Bahamas.

Brandy, I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer season

Arriving a yr after 1997’s I Know What You Did Final Summer season grew to become a box-office smash, I Nonetheless Know What You Did Final Summer season noticed Brandy be part of the solid as Karla Wilson. Brandy was well-versed within the performing world, having appeared within the now-iconic adaptation of Cinderella (in addition to her ’90s sequence Thea and Moesha).

Grace Jones, Vamp

A cult basic by definition, 1986’s Vamp starred the incomparable Jones as Katrina. Visually beautiful with a good script, Vamp is a hidden gem that showcases the singer’s simple charisma.

Flea, Psycho

Although Flea is finest identified for being the bassist for the Purple Scorching Chili Peppers, he has a strong performing profession, particularly within the horror world. He has a credit score in 1983’s Nightmares, appeared in 1987’s Stranded and starred in 1998’s shot-for-shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.

Kelly Rowland, Freddy Vs. Jason

Rowland made her big-screen debut in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason, a titanic occasion that pitted the 2 largest slasher stars in opposition to one another. As Kia Waterson, Rowland delivered a memorable (and problematic) line whereas going through off in opposition to Freddy.

Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons, Trick or Deal with

Because the “Prince of Darkness,” Osbourne has lengthy been related to horror because of his work in Black Sabbath and his solo profession. In 1986, Osbourne appeared on display screen within the cult basic Trick or Deal with, portraying a televangelist. Kiss rockerSimmons additionally appeared within the movie, portraying DJ Nuke.

Nevertheless, Simmons may argue that Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park was extra “horrifying” because of its total “badness.” He additionally appeared in a couple of extra motion pictures, together with 1986’s By no means Too Younger to Die, 1987’s Needed: Lifeless or Alive and 2002’s The New Man.

Henry Rollins, He By no means Died, Mistaken Flip 2: Lifeless Finish, Jugular Wine, Feast and Suck

Rollins gained underground fame by main the hardcore punk band Black Flag earlier than persevering with his music success with the Rollins Band. At the beginning of the Nineteen Nineties, the erudite Rollins expanded his pursuits in performing, leading to appearances in such movies as 1994’s Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey, 1997’s Misplaced Freeway, 2005’s Feast, 2007’s Mistaken Flip 2: Lifeless Finish, 2009’s Suck and extra. In 2015, he portrayed Jack in He By no means Died, a stark horror comedy that has the punk icon painting an immortal, cannibalistic loner.

Cherie Currie, Twilight Zone: The Film

Because the lead vocalist for The Runaways, Currie helped lay the groundwork for punk rock on the West Coast within the Seventies. Within the ’80s, she dabbled in performing, showing within the movies Parasite (1982), Wavelength (1983) and within the “It’s a Good Life” phase in Twilight Zone: The Film (1983).

Iggy Pop, Suck and The Lifeless Don’t Die

“Godfather of Punk,” Pop has starred in a handful of notable movies, usually directed by his pal Jim Jarmusch. 2009’s Suck, directed by Rob Stefaniuk, was a star-studded vampire comedy that included appearances by Pop, Rollins, Moby, Cooper and Alex Lifeson of Rush.

Alice Cooper, Freddy’s Lifeless: The Last Nightmare, The Prince of Darkness, Monster Canine

Talking of Cooper, the “Welcome to My Nightmare” singer is not any stranger to the silver and small screens. His first look in a horror movie was 1986’s Monster Canine (although some may argue 1978’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band, which featured a Cooper cameo, was extra horrifying). From there, Cooper appeared in John Carpenter‘s 1987 film Prince of Darkness. He additionally acted in 1991’s Freddy’s Lifeless: The Last Nightmare. He makes a tune about Jason, then he acts in a Freddy Krueger film? All hail Alice.

LL Cool J, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Deep Blue

1998’s Halloween H20 tried to reboot the franchise by making a direct sequel to 1981’s Halloween II. The movie noticed Jamie Lee Curtis return to the franchise and starred rapper LL Cool J. He would face a dead-eyed killer of a special variety in 1999’s Deep Blue Sea, a film finest identified for LL Cool J’s tune, “Deepest Bluest (Shark’s Fin).”

Busta Rhymes, Halloween: Resurrection

The sequel to Halloween H20 noticed Busta Rhymes be part of the franchise as Freddie Harris. The 2002 movie’s solid additionally included Curtis, Tyra Banks and Sean Patrick Thomas. Busta would act in a couple of roles afterward however principally targeted on being top-of-the-line MCs ever to do it.

Coolio, Dracula 3000

The late Coolio had a notable position within the 2004 made-for-television film Dracula 3000 (which, it seems, just isn’t a sequel to 2000’s Dracula 2000). Coolio portrayed “187,” a deckhand who has an unlucky run-in with a vampire aboard a spaceship referred to as the Demeter.

DMX, The Bleeding

2009’s The Bleeding noticed DMX battle vampires, and that alone made it an on the spot cult basic. The film has drawn comparisons to From Nightfall Until Daybreak, because it additionally stars Michael Madsen, a frequent collaborator with From Nightfall Until Dawwn star Quentin Tarantino.

Ice-T, Leprechaun within the Hood

Some horror followers say the fifth installment of the Leprechaun franchise is when the sequence went off the rails (although some may say Leprechaun 4: In Area is worse). Nevertheless, Leprechaun within the Hood featured Ice-T as a document producer that, as Far Out Journal famous, “shares a joint with the titular villain, whereby the Leprechaun says, ‘A pal with weed, is a pal certainly.’”

Snoop Dogg, Bones

2001’s Bones is a cross between the basic Blaxploitation style and horror, starring Snoop Dogg within the titular position. After Bones is murdered in his neighborhood, he returns as a vengeful spirit in search of justice. Within the twenty years since its launch, the movie has developed a following (although it wasn’t well-received on the time).

Dee Snider, Strangeland

Twisted Sister’s Snider wrote, produced and starred in 1998’s Strangeland, a psychological thriller that used the web as a horror trope. Whereas it wasn’t the primary time computer systems have been included into horror — see Chopping Mall, The Lawnmower Man, and so on. —it now appears oddly prescient of the horrors that lurk on-line.

Chester Bennington, Noticed: The Last Chapter

“I’m not allowed to say a lot concerning the scene, but it surely was plenty of enjoyable to do,” Linkin Park’s Bennington mentioned in 2010 about his position in Noticed: The Last Chapter, aka Noticed 3D. “I spent about seven to eight hours a day getting out and in of make-up.” The late Bennington was a fan of the Noticed franchise, and with the ability to take part within the film was a dream for him.

“The blokes within the band giggle at me as a result of my spouse and I are so enthusiastic,” he mentioned, per Billboard. “If that they had requested me to simply present up and watch them shoot, I’d have completed it.”

Debbie Harry, Videodrome

Cronenberg’s work has all the time pushed the boundaries of physique horror with such skin-crawling movies as The Brood, Scanners, The Fly and Crash. In 1993, punk icon Harry (of Blondie fame) starred reverse James Woods in Videodrome, a sci-fi horror movie that left viewers shocked and saying, “Lengthy reside the brand new flesh.”

David Bowie, The Starvation

The late Bowie is very regarded for his musical work, however he was additionally a celebrated actor, showing in movies like Basquiat, The Final Temptation of Christ, Labyrinth and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. In 1983, he starred within the gothic horror film The Starvation, which marked the directorial debut of Tony Scott (High Gun, Days of Thunder, Crimson Tide). The film noticed the “Skinny White Duke” play a vampire.

Tom Waits, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The Lifeless Don’t Die

As with Pop, components of Waits’ filmography come from working with Jarmusch. Waits had a job in Jarmusch’s The Lifeless Don’t Die in 2019, enjoying a hermit amid a zombie outbreak. Waits additionally famously portrayed Renfield in 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula.