Is franchise horror dead? Where does that leave us?

[BGTNJeff]

Think about it: right now, horror fans are left with two major franchises -- Final Destination and Paranormal Activity. Neither of these franchises have a recognizable villain, no monster on the par of a Jason, Mike or Freddy.

Oh wait, I'm sorry... there is the Scream series, with SCRE4M coming out in April. As if anyone gives a flying fuck. That franchise threw itself over into self-parody almost as soon as it came out. And really, who can trust Wes Craven anymore?

Hatchet spawned a sequel, simply through the sheer force of Adam Green's will, but his insistence at releasing it unrated (which no one has been able to do successfully since Raimi released Evil Dead II unrated) got it yanked from AMC Theaters after one weekend.

This means that next year, horror fans have three lame-ass sequels to look forward to... and that may be pretty much it.

So, horror fans... are we fucked? Are we about to be stuck with nothing but Lifetime movies about children who seem evil, but are really just misunderstood? Does anything that you can find coming out next year look like a potential tentpole? Hell, does anything on the horror front even fucking look good?

I think we've been ratted out here, boys. And I blame animation.