What’s Good and Bad in Horror This Week
One thing that has a huge audience is the Star Wars franchise. While it is known for being viewable for all ages, there is a side that is more for a mature audience. There are several dark tales that venture into the depths of horror and despair. While most of these haven’t been portrayed on the big screen, some of them would bring in big audiences to the theaters. Check out a few ideas below that would potentially bring in both horror and Star Wars fans to the theaters.
Death Troopers
One of the most obvious stories being adapted on the big screen would be a book titled Death Troopers. It was written by Joe Schreiber and was released in 2009. It follows the story of “two young brothers dealing with the daily horrors of being captive aboard a prison barge. However, even worse horrors await them once everyone on the ship begins to inexplicably fall sick and die…and then come back to life. The brothers must band together with whoever they can find if they want to escape from the prison and its new flesh-eating passengers.”
One thing Star Wars fans love to see is Stormtrooper/Clone Trooper action on the big screen and one thing that horror fans love is gore and zombies. This tale combines both perfectly and would potentially be the best choice for Disney to go for if they ever considered doing a horror film in the Star Wars universe. If you loved this novel, a prequel titled Red Harvest was released in 2010 and follows the origin of the virus.
Brain Invaders
Brain Invaders was an episode in the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars that was disturbing. It followed the story of “Ahsoka, Barris and Tango Company as they board a supply ship to a station near Ord Cestus. One of the troopers has been infected by a Geonosian brain worm and has taken along a nest full of worm eggs to submit the others.”
While this has already been portrayed in animation, a live action version of this would do quite well. The craving to see more of the Clones and Clone Wars era stuff portrayed in live action is huge especially with series Kenobi and Ahsoka helping make this happen. Combining this craving with horror would be a potential big money maker on the big screen.
Galaxy Of Fear: Eaten Alive
Eaten Alive is the first installment in the Galaxy of Fear series that was written by John Whitman. This series follows the Goosebumps route of an anthology collection of horror tales. This specific tale was published in 1997 and follows the story of “two children and their uncle as they arrive on a seemingly friendly planet. Everything seems normal until an ominous presence leads to a string of disappearances of its locals.”
While this story doesn’t follow any big-name characters in the Star Wars universe, it is one that is creepy and keeps you on the edge of your seat. It could follow a similar style to Netflix’s Fear Street films and be the first of several films in an anthology movie streaming series. This could be a way that Disney tests the waters and see if it would do well before bringing a larger film to the big screen.
While these aren’t all the horror tales in the Star Wars universe, these are a few that would potentially do well on the big screen. Do you think a Star Wars horror movie would work and are there any stories we didn’t mention you think would work? Let us know in the comments below. Also, check out a concept trailer for a Death Troopers movie below.
