I have been a horror film fan as far back as I can remember. Aside from the first several years of my life that I don’t recall that well, the rest of my 32 years are filled with horror movie after horror movie. Like all people, however, my tastes have changed as I have grown older. I look back at some of the titles that I used to hold so dear and wonder what I ever could have found so appealing in them.
If I were to write the next great pop horror novel, what would it have to be about. Are vampires still fashionable enough to withstand another retelling? Is the world doomed to endure werewolves for the next few years? The problem with werewolves is that they are not sexy, and I am convinced they cannot be sexy. The zombie trend was fine in that there is a certain element of fun and coolness that resides within the trend. However, coming off of the vampire trend, werewolves are going to have to be at least as sexy as vamps to be effective, I believe. Is there some other monster that I am forgetting? Don’t say the mummy because I think that zombies are close enough. I guess what we are left with is a Frankenstein-ish monster. Something that is an amalgam of different traits. A creation that can be molded into whatever its creator wants. The opportunity for sexy is there. Werewolves are too hairy to be sexy. Werewolf females are especially off-putting. It’s like the hairiest hippie chick times 12. Tell me what you think.
