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11 Oscar Winners Who Started Out in (Sometimes Goofy) Horror Movies

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Tim Molloy

Patricia Arquette

New Line Cinema

Patricia Arquette is excellent as troubled teen Kristen Parker in 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, in which she’s almost eaten by a snakelife Freddie Krueger but gets a nice assist from original Nightmare on Elm Street final girl Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp, seen with Arquette above).

In the film, Nancy is working as a psychiatric intern in the facility where Kristen and other young dreamers seek refuge from their very bad dreams. Like all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, it’s a little funny, and a lot scary. The movie ends with some terrific heroism from Nancy that feels like a passing of the torch, but sadly Arquette didn’t hold it for long: Another actor, Tuesday Knight, played Kristen in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.

Arquette has gone on to incredible success, including winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 2014’s Boyhood.

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