The Horror Movie You Forgot Starred Kaley Cuoco As A Lead

The 2008 slasher-satire film, "Killer Movie," features "The Vampire Diaries" star Paul Wesley as reality TV show director Jake Tanner, whose latest project is about a hockey team in a small North Dakota town. Production on the project goes off the rails, however, when the town is hit by a series of mysterious deaths, and soon enough, the film's cast and crew members start quickly being added to the growing body count.

Playing Blanca Champion, Tanner's celebrity assistant, Kaley Cuoco put her comedic chops to good use in the film, which also starred Jason London ("Dazed and Confused"), Nestor Carbonell ("Lost"), and Leighton Meester ("Gossip Girl"). Jeff Fisher, whose previous credits included MTV's "The Challenge" and "The Simple Life," wrote and directed the film.

Although "Killer Movie" only holds a 19% audience approval score on Rotten Tomatoes, some horror fans believe the movie has a few notable redeeming qualities. For instance, Jay Bond and John Lyle, hosts of the YouTube horror movie review show "Bloodbath and Beyond," praised the film's attractive cast, the grisly murder scenes that are shot in it from the killer's point of view, and Cuoco's performance as Blanca. 

While "Killer Movie" remains Cuoco's only foray into the horror genre, both Bond and Lyle feel the actress had the potential to become a legitimate scream queen. Indeed, it's hard to undersell just how enjoyable Cuoco's performance is in the otherwise uneven film. She brings the right level of cheeky self-awareness to the project, and her performance stands tall as the biggest highlight of "Killer Movie." All of which is to say that, if they haven't already, Kaley Cuoco fans may want to take the time to check out this cheesy horror gem.