Seriously, how? They've been trying to kill of superheroes for years (Watchmen, the Boys) but nothing seems to stick.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    4 years ago

    Like superheroes, IMO zombies aren't a genre, they're an element — they exist within a genre (often action, horror, or thriller especially) but aren't one unto themselves.

    I think the Walking Dead having a good first season or two that a lot of people watched and then quickly becoming unwatchable garbage wore people out on them.

    • Wisp [fae/faer, any]
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      4 years ago

      On that note I would be down for more superhero horror movies

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        Oh that's a great idea, I think there's a lot of untapped horror that's left to be explored in super hero stuff, the implications of a lot of powers have a lot of pure horror potential

        • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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          4 years ago

          The most recent Fantastic 4 was apparently originally intended to lean into that, with some body horror shit when they got their powers and stuff, but the studios apparently removed the vast majority of it

      • garbology [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        superhero horror movies

        This is really hard because horror thrives on being very low-budget and superhero films are generally expensive. So you get half-assed PG13 horror to try to get crossover appeal and it flops and no one tries again for a while.