Is franchise horror dead? Where does that leave us?

[BGTNJeff]

Freddy-- Good point on the late '60s and '70s boom in Spiritism and supernatural drama. That's one of my favorite periods in horror history. However, we still had random slasher films coming out. Admittedly, they were mostly drive-in fare that didn't get the high profile or heavy distro of, say, THE SENTINEL or THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD. But for every BEYOND THE DOOR, there were two BLACK CHRISTMASes.
Also, FF and Daylight, there's a theory that Tony Todd is the personification of Death in the Final Destination films. Even in the movies he isn't physically in, he's there somehow. He was the voice on the loudspeaker as the doomed kids approached the rollercoaster in FD3.

CK--
I sense we are Brothers.
Yeah... the undying killer is a bit boring. I'm pretty over it myself. And I do think audiences are interested in the Supernatural, and what lies beyond the Veil, and that's people watch GHOST HUNTERS every week. Do I think producers care about that? Not specifically, no.
I think producers realize that it costs a lot less money to make a coffee cup appear to move across a table by itself than it does to a hire an actor to pretend to kill another actress who would pretend to make the coffee that would have gone in that cup.
But... I'm long-winded and like to talk theory.