United Kingdom, Oct. 25 -- Matthew Lillard began his acting career as a haunt actor.

Aged 19, the Scream star ran around scaring people with his "clothes ripped off" during a Halloween event at Knott's Berry Farm, an amusement park in Buena Park, California.

Matthew, 55, recalled to People: "I was a haunt actor at Knott's Scary Farm when I was 19 years old.

"And I ran around the asylum with my clothes ripped off and scaring people. And that's one of my first jobs I ever had.

"I don't think I've ever told anyone that."

Despite having been a scare actor, the Scooby-Doo live-action movie actor still gets petrified when he goes through haunted houses.

Matthew admitted: "Last year I went through a [haunted house] at Universal Studios [.....