More Horror Movies That Never Happened

Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat

Despite the success of Scottish director Neill Marshall’s werewolf action movie Dog Soldiers, a planned sequel has yet to see the light of day. The sequel would have seen the movie’s sole survivor, Cooper, running into a U.S. Special Forces team that were working in the area and came to investigate the explosion at the house. The intention was very much to turn it into an American franchise. There were some other ideas, one being a prequel and one abandoning the werewolf story completely to focus on vampires. If the Marshall-less Descent 2 is anything to go off of, we will hold out hope that Marshall is involved if the idea ever gets off the ground. 

Cannibal Fury

A trade ad from 1983 suggests that Cannibal Fury, Ruggero Deodato’s sequel to his 1980 cult classic Cannibal Holocaust, was expected to begin principal photography on July 15th of that year. Not much else is known about the project other than the original title and start date. But Deodato actually tried to get the sequel off the ground in some form or another for years. In 2005, the late director announced that the sequel would be made under the new name Cannibals. For a few years it almost looked like it could happen at any moment, then things got silent once again. With the director’s recent passing, the chances of this project materializing are pretty slim. 

Creepshow 3

Yes, we’re all aware that there is unfortunately a movie out there with the title Creepshow 3. But this was going to be an actual, honest-to-goodness sequel from Laurel Entertainment and with George Romero and Stephen King involved. It was again going to be based on the stories of Stephen King and while there have been rumors, there’s no set word on the stories that would have been adapted for the film had it been made. One interesting thing about this project is that it would have been a mostly animated feature with live-action wraparound segments, making it the total opposite of Creepshow 2. 

Flies

Ignoring The Fly II, the third film was going to bring back Geena Davis as Veronica. It would have followed from the end of the first movie, with Veronica giving birth to twin boys. They appear perfectly normal and then at the onset of puberty, their bodies begin to change in drastic fashion. Interestingly enough, this treatment was written by Davis herself. Brooksfilm loved the idea and the movie looked like it was going to go into production pretty quickly. It was a sequel to a successful movie and it had a major star attached. Then it died out almost immediately. Years later, David Cronenberg announced that he himself would be making a sort of spiritual sequel to The Fly under the guise of a remake. That gained a lot of buzz, but the studio was not interested in Cronenberg’s ideas, so nothing came of the project.