25 Actors You Totally Forgot Starred In Classic Horror Franchises

3. Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L Jackson The Exorcist 3
20th Century Fox

The Franchise: The Exorcist

The Role: A blind man during the surreal dream sequence in 1990's The Exorcist III.

Why You Forgot: After 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic proved that some magic isn't worth attempting to recapture, the series laid dormant until 1990. The Exorcist III does have fans and no one can deny that it's leagues better than The Heretic, but - by simple virtue of being an Exorcist film - it will forever have to live in the shadow of the far superior original film.

Because his appearance in the above scene is thoroughly blink-and-miss-it, it's way too easy to completely fail to recognize a bearded, sunglasses-wearing Samuel L. Jackson early in his career. See if you can recognize the future Nick Fury starting at the 1:21 mark. 

And yes, that's Fabio putting in a cameo, too.

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