To put some of these arguments to rest, we are putting these so-called Christmas movies on trial and laying out our evidence to prove once and for all if these titles have earned their place in the holiday movie canon. To start the month off, we would like to bring to the stand Tim Burton’s bizarre classic, Edward Scissorhands.

Well, it’s officially the Halloween season, which means it’s finally time to justifiably watch all of those iconically cliché horror movies. So for all of you movie (and horror) fans out there, we compiled a short list of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars who got their start in scary movies.