10 Horror Movies Actors Want Us To Forget

10. Katherine Heigl: Valentine (2001)

Starting off this list is the queen of the 2000s rom-com, Katherine Heigl.

Before her Emmy success with Grey's Anatomy and her breakout into leading feature roles with Knocked Up, Katherine Heigl was a working actress and established television regular. Her role on the WB series Roswell ensured that people were beginning to take notice of her presence in Hollywood.

With some clout behind her, including a starring turn in 1998's Bride of Chucky, Heigl was offered the role of Shelley Fisher in the 2001 slasher film Valentine. The role was patterned after Drew Barrymore's shocking death in Scream, with the consensus being that folks would assume an established TV star like Heigl would live only to be dispatched within ten minutes.

Heigl worked for two days on the project before having to resume her Roswell duties. Later, she attended the premiere and even gave some very flattering words to the press about the film. So, you can't help but wonder what went wrong?

In the years since her rise to stardom, Heigl has lambasted Valentine for its "gratuitous violence" and "poor treatment of women," claiming she accepted the role without seeing a full script. In further years, Heigl has gone a step further by telling the press she wanted to move away from rom-coms into something more serious, adding "I've never done horror."

One can't help but scratch their head at Heigl's comments about this relatively tame slasher, but, as an actress, she seems to make a habit of disowning her work. Be it 2007's Knocked Up or Grey's Anatomy, Heigl has little praise for most of what she's done. Thankfully, the evidence is all there on celluloid and her rather unremarkable performance doesn't ruin an enjoyable, cheesy slasher.