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Top Ten Replacements For Zombie Horror
So I’ve heard some underground stirrings recently that say that zombies are starting to get played out. Between the movies and the comics and the video games and all and sundry that features the walking, chomping dead to downright excess, they have something of a point. As much as I like zombie movies, maybe it’s time to start considering replacements. But what could do the job? Struck me that that was time for another top ten list in an effort to answer the question. So now, the Top Ten Things To Replace Zombie Movies! 10. Vampires 
Frankly, I hope not, but the bloodsuckers haven’t gotten a whole lot of big-screen love lately, and with plenty of projects out there like the big-screen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or a sequel to 30 Days of Night, maybe it’s about time to get the vampires their turn in the sun…metaphorically speaking. 9. Werewolves 
Getting even LESS love than the vampires, maybe it’s time the werewolves came back. They’d have had almost nothing for the last ten years if it hadn’t been for the Underworld series, and let’s face it, that whole series was a downright joke. 8. Serial killers 
An old favorite, the slasher film might be due for a comeback, especially when you consider all the remakes Hollywood’s up for these days. We’ve already brought back two out of the big three with Freddy Krueger on standby—maybe it’s time for some new teenybopper slashers. Some “new blood”, if you’ll pardon the bon mot. 7. Random mutations 
The monster movie is a beloved and storied part of old Hollywood—giant rats, giant cockroaches, giant ants, bigfoots, yetis, even the poor old underused chupacabra might have a chance to get back in the game. Seriously—when was the last time you saw a chupacabra on a place that wasn’t the Sci-Fi Channel? 6. Ghosts 
The venerable old ghost story always has a place in the cinema, past or present. With the recent release of The Haunting in Connecticut, maybe the time is ripe for a good old fashioned haunted house epic. 5. Demonic possessions 
It always seemed to me that, whenever the Catholic church was under heavy fire for something like the child molestation or gay bishops or some such, there’d be a movie featuring valiant Catholic priests performing exorcisms. There may not be a whole lot of trouble these days in the church’s camp (guess Pope Palpatine’s making sure all the noses stay clean), but we haven’t had a whole lot of exorcism movies lately, and it may be a good time. 4. Dolls 
On the other hand, maybe it’s high time to bring back the good old fashioned creepy doll / killer toy movie. I mean, Chucky’s been in the closet for years, and don’t even ask what happened to the Demonic Toys after their run-in with Dollman. Here’s a sorely underappreciated genre by pretty much everybody that isn’t Full Moon. 3. The Weather 
Another province pretty much owned by the Sci-Fi Channel, I can’t remember the last time I went to the theatre and caught me a good old fashioned disaster movie involving some really outlandish weather, the way Twister or Dante’s Peak or Volcano or even The Day After Tomorrow did. Maybe it’s time to let the weather be the horror once again, especially with upcoming 2012 being possibly the biggest disaster flick in ages. 2. Aliens 
This one’s actually pretty likely, when you consider upcoming pieces like They Came From Upstairs and District 9. We haven’t seen a whole lot out of the men from outer space genre lately, and they’re always good for blowing up a big chunk of the world when they show up. Whether they want our resources or our land or to use us as batteries or even just because Mars Needs Women, the aliens are always a good choice in a pinch. 1. Pandemics 
Considering that we’re neck-deep in swine flu—scuse me, H1N1—it might be the time to look at letting those tiny little viruses out to play. The best part is you can have them do anything—maybe you launch a new rage virus. Or maybe just a new Captain Trips. Whether the virus does anything, or just makes a bunch of people really, really sick, there’s plenty of horror to be had in this concept. There are lots of possibilities here, folks—will zombie love find a new target? Or will the walking dead hold onto their current top slot? Only time will tell, and you know we’ll keep watching! - Steve Anderson |
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