Top 10 People Of Horror We Want Back Part 8

We recently looked over at another site and saw a similar list that really disappointed us.  What this list represents are actors and directors that strayed away from the genre before we were ready and hope to one day see again.


3. Jack Nicholson

Career Highlights:
The Little Shop Of Horrors
The Terror
Easy Rider
Chinatown
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Shining
Batman
The Witches Of Eastwick
Wolf
As Good As It Gets
Mars Attacks
The Departed


One of the greatest actors of all time, Jack Nicholson has won 3 Oscars with 9 additional Academy Award nominations.  With over 50 years and 60 films in the industry he has maintained an incredible level of quality in every one of his performances.  While it was his talent that created his impressive filmography it must be said that it's his unique swagger, cool demeanor and outright daringness that has made him the legend he is.  After starting off in 1960's horror his career began receiveing recognition with the counter-culture phenomenon Easy Rider.  Afterwards he was able to work with some of the most talent people in Hollywood as he kept building his skills as hardened detective J.J. Gittes in Roman Polanski's crime drama Chinatown; the following year in 1975 he would star in the Milos Forman directed One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and take home his first Oscar. It is however Jack Nicholson's role as Jack Torrence in Kubric's The Shining that makes him a god in the realm of horror cinema.  Through his career and working with directors such as Tim Burton, George Miller, Rob Reiner, James L. Brooks, and Martin Scorcese he as delivered to the screen a Nicholson-eque Devil, a Werewolf, and the legendary performance of The Joker.  As time continues and more high profile people begin to work in horror and thrillers again, we hope that he graces our genre one last time before his final performance.