Over the past decade or so , theMarvel Cinematic Universehas recruited some of Hollywood ’s most attractive and most talented thespian to add popular comic account book characters to life ,   including both powerful superheroes   and the   complicated villain who challenge them .   Almost two twelve   motion-picture show and crossover later , the MCU reigns supreme in theatres and on cyclosis   services .

Now that Halloween season is officially here , it ’s time to turn a loss the capes and   enter the earthly concern ofhorror . It turns out many of the MCU ’s favorite hotshot have tried their fate ( and succeeded ) working on spooky flicks . From Chris Hemsworth to Mark Ruffalo to Scarlet Johansson , these performers   know how to amplify scare .

The Cabin In The Woods (2012)

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon join forces for this meta - horror chef-d’oeuvre that star a pre - ThorChris Hemsworth as a college bookman wrapped up in a bizarre   annual   ritual that toy out like the plot of a scary picture show . Hemsworth ’s character   Curt Vaughanand his friends embark to a cabin in the Wood for spring breach ,   but their quaint vacation twist out to be anything but .

The Cabin in the Woodstakes viewers on a darkly comedic , yet intellectually stimulating , journey that comes to an over - the - top conclusion . Horror fans will love how the flick plays with musical style tropes .

Synchronic (2020)

This extremely - anticipated sci - fi horror film from low - budget masters Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead co - star Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie as New Orleans paramedics who witness first - paw the effects of a new manmade drug on mass . While Dornan is known for50 Shades of Grey , Mackie is an MCU - alum who wreak Falcon ( aka Sam Wilson ) in a handful of movies .

Set for release on October 23 , 2020,Synchronicbrings Mackle back to his indie roots . That being said , Mackie is chute back into the MCU with the forthcoming Disney+ limited seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier .

Crimson Peak (2015)

In the middle of playing the beloved trickster Loki alongside Chris Hemsworth inThor , British actor Tom Hiddleston filmed Guillermo del Toro ’s gothic love storyCrimson Peak . Hiddleston plays   Sir Thomas Sharpe ,   the fresh husband   of the film ’s champion , Mia   Wasikowska ’s character   Edith Cushing .

Cushing , a young author , motion with her hubby to his house ’s Victorian estate – anchor by a creepy-crawly one-time mansion full of ghostwriter . CrimsonPeakis an homage to Victorianghost chronicle , more of an exercise in eery atmospherics than jump panic .

Office Uprising (2018)

Zachary Levi , aka   Fandral from theThorfilms , adds to the drear comedic laughs inOffice Uprising , an indie horror motion-picture show about an bureau whose workers bend murderous after trying an experimental energy drink . The character in the film study for   Ammotech , a weapon manufacturer whose military connections give them entree to the homicidal beverage .

Levi stars alongside funny actors like Jane Levy and   Karan Soni from theDeadpoolmovies . WhatOffice Uprisinglacks in originality it makes for with its cast ’s performances , andLevi slip the show .

Under The Skin (2013)

Scarlett Johannson may present the   Natasha RomanoffBlack Widowin the MCU , but she plays an   extraterrestrial black widow woman inUnder the Skin , a tardily - move moving-picture show told from the perspective of a seductive stranger who prey upon human beings for food . Under the Skinis no typical repugnance cinema , and it ’s a going from the razmataz and bedazzle that emanates from MCU moving-picture show .

However , this Scotch feature is a testament to Johannson ’s various playing skills . It also hold back some of the most visually insane imagery in late writing style history .

The Thing (1982)

Kurt Russell has been on the shot for decades , but MCU fan make out him good as Ego the Living Planet inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 . While his name is often relate with action at law picture , Russell has serious repugnance street cred , most notably in John Carpenter ’s terrifying monstrosity movieThe Thing .

InThe Thing , Russell plays   R.J. MacReady , a phallus of an Antarctic enquiry team infect by a shapeshifting parasitic alien that motivate from boniface to host . The Thingbombed when it was release , but it has since been reframed as one of the most important sci - fi horror films of the 20th Century .

28 Weeks Later (2007)

Thiszombie - fill sequelto Danny Boyle’s28 Days Laterstars a few MCU thespian : Jeremy Renner and Idris Elba . Renner plays Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , while Elba plays the Norse god Heimdall .

These gifted actors play   US Army personnel   in28   Weeks   after , which   remove a more action - heavy approaching to following character   28 weeks after the   initial irruption depicted in the first cinema .   While not as unspoilt as its predecessor , the moving-picture show packs tidy sum of panic into its 99 instant .

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

Who better to play Thor ’s papa , Odin , in the MCU thanfamed British player Anthony Hopkins ? Long before Hopkins rule over his fictitious Norse land , he scared the drawers off innumerable people with his performance of the throw out of kilter nonparallel cause of death Dr. Hannibal Lecter inThe secrecy of the Lambs .

Hannibal the Cannibal is enter by an FBI agent - in - training , Jodie Foster ’s Clarice Starling , to assist her find a newfangled serial orca . The Silence of the Lambsbroke barriers for revulsion movies by come through multiple Oscars , and it remains one of the   most frightening entries to date .

1408 (2007)

What has n’t Samuel L. Jackson , who breathes life sentence into   Nick Fury for the MCU , acted in ? FromStar WarstoDjango Unchained , Jackson moves effortlessly   between blockbusters , coarse-grained dramas , and gloomy funniness .

Jackson is   no alien to repugnance moving picture , and one of his well is1408 , a Stephen King - root on   psychological drama co - star John Cusack . Cusack plays a extrasensory generator inquire a haunted hotel managed by Jackson ’s role ; when Cusack ’s character Mike Enslin checks in , a serial of gonzo events cause him to lose his clutches on reality .

Zodiac (2007)

David Fincher’sZodiacstars two of the MCU ’s most popular histrion : Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. Ruffalo does n’t Hulk out , and Downey Jr. does n’t transmute into Iron Man ; instead , they play a police officer and journalist ( respectively ) investigating the Zodiac Killer .

During the tardy ' sixty and other ' 70s , the San Francisco Laurus nobilis area was jeopardize by a madmanthrough heinous murdersand cryptic alphabetic character to the medium . Police   never apprehended the Zodiac , and   the assassination - dash murders associated with him stay unsolved to this day .

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Kurt Russell in The Thing

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