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Iconic Characters Recast in Horror Films

 
 
Reply Tue 26 Nov, 2024 11:13 pm
I saw a trailer for a horror film: Popeye the Slayer Man. I don't watch horror films. But this one set me to wondering which other iconic characters might be done the same way:
Sherlock Holmes made out to be Jack the Ripper
The Hunchback of Notre Dame serially murdering women and stashing them away in the recesses of the cathedral
Robin Hood's death cult hoaxing his Merry Men to drink the Koolaide.

Anybody know some more?
 
Seizan
 
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Reply Thu 28 Nov, 2024 05:28 pm
@edgarblythe,
I recall recently seeing info on a movie in which the killer/slasher wears a Winnie the Pooh costume. and an article about Micky Mouse being used as a killer character. Of course, there are myriads of Santa killers already.

I think Bugs Bunny has been done.

We could have Barney the Dinosaur accidentally transformed into a Godzilla-like creature, and destroying some major city. The only way to stop him is for a large population to gather around Barney and group-hug him to death...
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Seizan
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 04:15 am
"My Hungry Pony". We discover the horrifying truth about My Little Pony -- to generate the power to fart rainbows by day, the ponies devour children who are alone out after sunset.

"Teddy Bear's Picnic". Curious children follow a magical teddy bear into the woods as it sings the popular song "Teddy Bear's Picnic", only to discover that the teddy bears gather on that day to eat curious children who follow them out into the woods...

Thomas the Tank Engine discovers he can leave his track, and runs rampant through small towns and village devouring .. that's right, children.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 09:13 am
Teletubbies are passed over by a radiation cloud, becoming the Walking Dead.
glitterbag
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 03:16 pm
@edgarblythe,
Can we recast Tinkerbell as an arsonist?
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Seizan
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 03:26 pm
@edgarblythe,
A Smurf exploration party accidentally discovers the Lost City of Gnarfs. The Smurfs are roasted and eaten, and a war ensues which escalates into atomic warfare, warheads being stolen from a US Government base by Smurf operatives (actually, they're large firecrackers and cherry-bombs stolen from a local fireworks company, but the Smurfs don't know that). As the war spills over from one backyard garden to the next, a bemused humanity stands by holding its breath and a cappuccino, ready at any instant to make comment. Tagline: "Where will the carnage stop, Poppa Smurf?"
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Seizan
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 03:47 pm
Alice, the White Rabbit, and Hatter team up. Armed with flamethrowers, machine guns, and artillary, they first burn down the Garden of Singing Flowers, then lay waste to all of Wonderland. Tweedledee and Tweedledum organize the Resistance Party. Hatter lures them to a tea party, where he poisons the tea but before he can serve, he is stabbed to death by the Doormouse. Tagline: "A Very Merry Unbirthday to all!"
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Seizan
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 03:50 pm
Superman and Batman have already been done as murderers and genocidal maniacs in various Alernate Universe anime by Warner Brothers. And Joker and Lex were cast as the good guys...
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Seizan
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 03:53 pm
Apologies for the above responses. My mind seems to go down these paths just before going to scoop litter boxes in the morning...
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 30 Nov, 2024 04:06 pm
Ebeneezer Scrooge, on learning the ghosts are coming hires ghostbusters and then checks into a hotel while the ghostbusters lay a trap for the three ghosts.
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