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10 Horror Films that Need Musical Adaptations

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Musicals become movies, movies become musicals, its the circle of musical theater. When horror meets musical dance numbers, it is a truly beautiful thing. This has been proven many times with classic stage productions of Phantom of the OperaEvil Dead The MusicalRe-Animator The Musical, and many others. Even TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and American Horror Story have used musical numbers to strong effect. But the greatest example is Little Shop of Horrors, a musical based on the classic B-movie. For the past month I have been listening to its soundtrack almost non-stop which has lead to this fever dream of a post. And now after two hours of debate and arguing amongst the writers here are Ten Horror Films That Need A Musical Adaptation ASAP!


Honorable Mention: Phantasm: The Surrealist Ballet

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The Tall Man in tights. Need I say more?

Simple, keep the original soundtrack and have the movie play out in a surrealist ballet. Spheres flying, hooded minions dancing, The Tall Men in tights, and blood spraying the audience in the face. Enough said. 
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Honorable Mention: Silver Bullet The Musical

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This would only work if it starred Gary Busey and had a musical number called “I Feel Like a Virgin On Prom Night.”

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10. World War Z

These two would have a beautiful duet.

These two would have a beautiful duet.

I will be the first to say that this isn’t a perfect adaptation. I mean seriously, that ending. But picture this: epic scenery of zombie bum rushing the stage with our long hair hero escaping from plane crash. Yeah, that’d be great.

Musical Numbers: “I Have Had It With These Zombies On My Plane”, “Why Does This Keep Happening?”, “Am I Immortal?”, “Damn Thats A Lot of Zombies”, “I Think They Are Attracted To Our Singing”, “Zombie Zumba”,

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9. The Shining Musical

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GIVE ME THE BAT WENDY!

If Room 237 had shown us anything its that there is a lot to read into Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Now we can read into it more as we watch the Torrance’s descent into madness with dance and musical numbers! Come sing with us Danny.

Musical Numbers: “Give Me The Fucking Bat Wendy”, “Come Play With Us”, “What Is In Room 237?”, “Shinning”, “What Up Doc?”, “All Work No Play”, “Redrum”, “Frozen”,

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8. Gremlins

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Pretty much writes itself.

Avenue Q proved that puppets can be great for stage musicals and what better use for puppets than to bring Gremlins to Life. Of course Corey Feldman could come back and have a number in a tress costume. 

Musical Numbers: “Its Christmas Mrs. Deagle”, “Down At Dorry’s”, “Yum-Yums”, “Another Reason To Hate Christmas”, “GodDamn Foreign Cars”, “Uh-Oh”, “Pupil Stage”, “Midnight Snack”

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7. Howling 3: The Marsupials

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These lovely ladies singing? Come on!

If we are going to have one werewolf centered film on this list it might as well be one of the craziest. The film featured over the top acting, a large color pallet for lighting, and weird lucid dream sequences that would be great for set design.  Also the idea of an Ozploitation musical puts a giant smile on my face. 

Musical Numbers: “Why Did You Run From Home, Child?”, “Werewolf Ballet”, “Howl From Down Under”, “Thats Not A Baby, Its A Pup”, “Not A Wolf, A Marsupial”, “Body Hair”,

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6. Hellraiser

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The Cenobites already look like a boy band anyways.

Leather, chains, blood, and elaborate musical/dance numbers. The lighting, set design, and costumes of the film would translate excellently to the stage. Also having a skinless dude running around would be a sight to see.

Musical Numbers: “Cenobite Shuffle”, “Whats in the Box?”, “Such Sights to Show You”, “To Some We Are Angels”, “Angels In Leather”, “Hooks & Chains”, “From The Floor Boards”,

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5. Leprechaun: A Hip-Hop Extravaganza

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When it comes to the Leprechaun movies the In Da Hood double feature already set the ground for our villainous hero to rap, but this musical would take it to the next level. The Hip Hop Extravaganza would encompass his journey from all six films and end with our hero going into space. 

Musical Numbers“Gimme Back Me Gold”, “Maliciously Delicious”, “Hit The Slots”, “The Leprechaun Rap”, “Gut The Fatty”, “The Well”, “Shamrock Stomp”,

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4. Nightmare On Elm Street

I'M FREDDY BITCH!

I’M FREDDY BITCH!

If there is one horror personality that could carry an entire musical it would be Freddy Krueger. The Dream Demon himself could take center stage in a special effects arena show that chronicled his adventures of terrorizing sleepless teenager on elm street. Special guests The Fat Boys!

Musical Numbers: “Ready for Freddy”, “I’m Freddy Krueger, Bitch!”, “I’ve Got Your Now Krueger”, “I Didn’t Kill Her”, “One Two Freddys Coming For You”, “Never Sleep Again”, “Hooray For Caffeine Pills”, “Under The Sheets”,

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3. Child’s Play

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Another horror icon that would be perfect for the stage is Chucky. Chucky’s infamous scream would be perfect for a giant musical number as his charred body goes for one final scare in the great finale. 

Musical Numbers: “Frying the Doctor”, “Hello Andy”, “Pint-Sized Terror”, “No More Mr. Good Guy”, “Friends Til The End”, “Such An Ugly Doll”, “Wanna Play?”

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2. Monster Squad

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Helsing approves

Elaborate sets, classic monsters, 80’s slang, portals, and more. Rudy, Horace, Eugene, Sean, Phoebe, and all the classic monsters would be right at home singing and dancing before a live audience. Not even Van Helsing could screw this up. 

Musical Numbers: “My Name Isn’t Fat Kid”, “Creature Stole My Twinkie”, “We’re The Monster Squad”, “Helsing Screwed Up”, “Wolfmans Got Nards”, “My Name Is Horace!”, “The Scary German Next Door”, “Not A Virgin”, “Let Me In Or Else It’s Prescription”, “In The Club Now”, 

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1. They Live

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Not only would this movie have an epic ten minute fight/dance sequence, but it would also feature all of the aliens being revealed by heavy use of black light! Mullets, aliens, uzis, black lights, and fight scenes! HOW ISN’T THIS ALREADY A THING!?!?!?! 

Musical Numbers: “Put On The Fucking Glasses!”, “Obey, Consume, This Is Your God”, “Out of Bubble Gum”, “He Can See”, “Cut the Broadcast”, 

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And there you have it folks, Ten Horror Films That Need Musical Adaptations ASAP. Do you agree with our list? What films do you think need a musical adaptation? Got better musical number titles than the ones we came up with? Want to help us make a They Live live musical? Tell us in the comments below.

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Brad Dourif Says He’s Retiring Except For One Important Role

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Brad Dourif has been doing movies for nearly 50 years. Now it seems he is walking away from the industry at 74 to enjoy his golden years. Except, there is a caveat.

Recently, digital entertainment publication JoBlo’s Tyler Nichols talked to some of the Chucky television series cast members. During the interview, Dourif made an announcement.

“Dourif said that he’s retired from acting,” says Nichols. “The only reason he came back for the show was because of his daughter Fiona and he considers Chucky creator Don Mancini to be family. But for non-Chucky stuff, he considers himself retired.”

Dourif has voiced the possessed doll since 1988 (minus the 2019 reboot). The original movie “Child’s Play” has become such a cult classic it’s at the top of some people’s best chillers of all time. Chucky himself is ingrained in pop culture history much like Frankenstein or Jason Voorhees.

While Dourif may be known for his famous voiceover, he is also an Oscar-nominated actor for his part in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Another famous horror role is The Gemini Killer in William Peter Blatty’s Exorcist III. And who can forget Betazoid Lon Suder in Star Trek: Voyager?

The good news is that Don Mancini is already pitching a concept for season four of Chucky which might also include a feature-length movie with a series tie-in. So, Although Dourif says he is retiring from the industry, ironically he is Chucky’s friend till the end.

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7 Great ‘Scream’ Fan Films & Shorts Worth a Watch

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The Scream franchise is such an iconic series, that many budding filmmakers take inspiration from it and make their own sequels or, at least, build upon the original universe created by screenwriter Kevin Williamson. YouTube is the perfect medium to showcase these talents (and budgets) with fan-made homages with their own personal twists.

The great thing about Ghostface is that he can appear anywhere, in any town, he just needs the signature mask, knife, and unhinged motive. Thanks to Fair Use laws it’s possible to expand upon Wes Craven’s creation by simply getting a group of young adults together and killing them off one by one. Oh, and don’t forget the twist. You’ll notice that Roger Jackson’s famous Ghostface voice is uncanny valley, but you get the gist.

We have gathered five fan films/shorts related to Scream that we thought were pretty good. Although they can’t possibly match the beats of a $33 million blockbuster, they get by on what they have. But who needs money? If you’re talented and motivated anything is possible as proven by these filmmakers who are well on their way to the big leagues.

Take a look at the below films and let us know what you think. And while you’re at it, leave these young filmmakers a thumbs up, or leave them a comment to encourage them to create more films. Besides, where else are you going to see Ghostface vs. a Katana all set to a hip-hop soundtrack?

Scream Live (2023)

Scream Live

Ghostface (2021)

Ghostface

Ghost Face (2023)

Ghost Face

Don’t Scream (2022)

Don’t Scream

Scream: A Fan Film (2023)

Scream: A Fan Film

The Scream (2023)

The Scream

A Scream Fan Film (2023)

A Scream Fan Film
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Another Creepy Spider Movie Hits Shudder This Month

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Good spider films are a theme this year. First, we had Sting and then there was Infested. The former is still in theaters and the latter is coming to Shudder starting April 26.

Infested has been getting some good reviews. People are saying that it’s not only a great creature feature but also a social commentary on racism in France.

According to IMDb: Writer/director Sébastien Vanicek was looking for ideas around the discrimination faced by black and Arab-looking people in France, and that led him to spiders, which are rarely welcome in homes; whenever they’re spotted, they’re swatted. As everyone in the story (people and spiders) is treated like vermin by society, the title came to him naturally.

Shudder has become the gold standard for streaming horror content. Since 2016, the service has been offering fans an expansive library of genre movies. in 2017, they began to stream exclusive content.

Since then Shudder has become a powerhouse in the film festival circuit, buying distribution rights to movies, or just producing some of their own. Just like Netflix, they give a film a short theatrical run before adding it to their library exclusively for subscribers.

Late Night With the Devil is a great example. It was released theatrically on March 22 and will begin streaming on the platform starting April 19.

While not getting the same buzz as Late Night, Infested is a festival favorite and many have said if you suffer from arachnophobia, you might want to take heed before watching it.

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According to the synopsis, our main character, Kalib is turning 30 and dealing with some family issues. “He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a moment for the spider to escape and reproduce, turning the whole building into a dreadful web trap. The only option for Kaleb and his friends is to find a way out and survive.”

The film will be available to watch on Shudder starting April 26.

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