The Next Big Thing In Horror

Through out time, especially in the 20th century we have seen a phase of whats in for horror. Every monster has had the spot light on them at some time or another. But the ones that truly stand out have the ability to make the whole world go through a trend (or phase) in which you see them non-stop.

This is the time in which everything and everyone wants to be that monster. For example Bram Stroker's Dracula, The legend of the vampire has evolved far and beyond what I believe Bram Stroker's original expectations were. Vampires are everywhere, from comics (Blade), to video games (Castlevania), to movies (Twilight unfortunately), to even across the sea in other counties, like japan (Hellsing), vampires are everywhere. They are even to the point that people have developed cults or societies in which the ACTUALLY BELIEVE that they are vampires. Even to the point in which I hear that they even partake in actually drinking human blood.

And it is not just vampires that have caused a cultural impact, werewolves,witches and wizards, zombies/infected, and of courses ghost have all seem to have left their internal imprint on the world that has manifested into something more which has became a daily impact in some peoples lives.

But whats the next big thing? Recently the thing that seems to be in is Zombies, or Infected if you will. I can't really recall when they started to pop up, but now they are everywhere and don't seem to be going anywhere soon. And it's not like we just invented zombies or anything. We have been adding little tweaks here and there, but we were far from inventing them. Which brings me to answering my previous question. I believe that the next big thing in for horror are Mutates or Mutated versions of those already existing monster. 


Do you want to know why? It's simple not only are their endless possibilities with mutates, but mutates can be in a humanoid form. People love things that they dress as or imagine themselves as, and it is most easy to imagine yourself when your image has a humanoid shaped. I believe that people are more attached to this types of monsters cause somewhere deep down they believe that they have more in common with these monsters that meet the eye. Plus it just seems that everyone wants to jump on the ban wagon when something is in style.