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If you know anything about me, you'd know I have a fascination in the unmade, always curious about what would've happened if Hollywood had taken the original paths before they were forced to take detours. I also tend to be a sucker for the Universal Monsters. No matter how much they sell out or suck, I'm a loyal fan through and through. So, as you can imagine, I'm excited for Robert Eggers' "Werwulf" film with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, which releases this Christmas at the time I'm writing this. But that's also made me curious: Will the medieval tragedy draw influence from Robert Florey's original "Wolf Man" treatment?

For those not knowing what I'm talking about, "Murders in the Rue Morgue" director Robert Florey (a French expressionism director) wrote a 39-page treatment for a werewolf film a decade before Lon Chaney Jr. starred as Larry Talbot, and even a few years before "Werewolf of London."

Intended for overnight superstar Boris Karloff, "The Wolf Man" was originally a combination of Mowgli and (strangely pre-dating) The Incredible Hulk. In the Swiss-Tyrolean Alps, an infant named Christoph is nurtured by an ordinary wolf responsible for his mother's death but is rescued by his father, who is warned that the wolf's milk in its veins will turn him into a werewolf. Sure enough, when Christoph grows up, anger and stress trigger his transformation into a werewolf. Due to potential backlash from the Catholic Church involving scenes of Christoph falling for a prostitute and earlier killing a priest during a confession, it was shelved for an entire decade before it resulted in Lon Chaney Jr. and the rest, as they say, is history.

So what do you think? Did Robert Eggers happen to get his hands on a copy and is taking inspiration from the story of Christoph, even if loose? Let me know down below, and I'll see the film to find out what story elements and beats are taken.

When "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" were released in 1931, Universal quickly ordered another horror film to be made, this time with an Ancient Egypt theme due to the infamous "curse" of King Tut's tomb. Dracula playwright Richard Schayer was sent out to find a novel for the basis. Despite some (probably unintentional) connections to Sir Arthur Conan Doyale's "The Ring of Thoth," no such novel was found, although he *did* find a history on a historical imposter known as Cagliostro. He and short story writer Nina Wilcox Putnam quickly put together a story, which eventually turned into "The Mummy," and the rest, as they say, is history.

But recently, I found out about an Egyptian horror novel that was published the same year as Stoker's "Dracula" and even outsold it initially. Richard Bernard Heldmann's "The Beetle," which he wrote under the pseudonym of Richard Marsh. The story is about a shapeshifting entity from the Cult of Isis who targets a member of parliament, using its supernatural abilities of hypnotism and shapeshifting to commit murders and robberies, with the parliament member at the center. Only aristocratic occult detective Hon. Augustus Champnell can stop it.

So I ask this to those who have read the novel; do you suppose if Richard Schayer found this, would it have been made as Universal's Egypt Horror instead of a thinly disguised Dracula remake or would destiny still arrive? Let me know down below.

The infamous urban legend about the arcade cabinet created as a government experiment to brainwash definitely seems like something that should've been a movie a long time ago, especially considering how the game is referenced in the background of a lot of current pop culture. So what's keeping anybody from making a theatrical or even DTV/streaming movie? Either about the initial experiments in 1981, Portland, Oregon, a story where the cabinet is discovered in modern-day, somebody doing research on the history, a found-footage film, or even all of the above? You can make it a surreal body-horror transformation like "Videodrome" or "Altered States," or do a simple psychological thriller on par with "The Haunting." Go wild in the comments, discuss how you'd handle a Polybius movie. It's pretty much public domain, so why not do anything to make a satisfying actual movie? I don't even care if it's low-budget or a multi-million dollar studio production, be creative.

And would you actually market your film with a real arcade game?

Of course, titles are all there. They may be obscure, but I don't care. ESPECIALLY I'd love to see Prince Planet.

A teaser poster for my upcoming analog horror in my Universal Monsters-inspired Anthology. Which, I'll admit, is delayed indefinitely until I have enough skill to make this seem authentic, plus animators and voice actors.

Those who don't know, Jerome Beechman, AKA the mutant known as the Mandrill, first appeared in Shanna the She-Devil №4 (June 1973). His parents were exposed to radiation, but it was only Jerome and his sister Nekra Sinclair who inherited powers. As one can see, Mandrill had the appearance, strength, speed, and agility of an actual mandrill. But that's not why Marvel fans tug a sweaty collar at the mention of his name... it's the fact that he also has the power to secrete pheromones that seem to only work on women. No surprise, he's used these powers predictably (at least, as far as the Comics Code could, I don't yet know if he went full out in the Modern Age). Yikes.

So, let's discuss him. His controversial and problematic legacy, the uncomfortable presence he has in comics, possibly maybe re-interpretations, thoughts on him, whatever. I can assure you he's an incredibly tricky character, one even the MCU won't touch.

So, this requires a bit of explanation: "Daredevil vs. Vapora" was a fire education promotional giveaway in 1993 from the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission often distributed in schools. It featured the Man Without Fear battling the titular Vapora, a gaseous smoke-like supernatural entity that represented the dangers of open gasoline cans and the once-common-but-outdated method of using it to clean clothes and tile. Yes, that was seriously a thing, but I couldn't find any instances of a major tragedy in the 90s that would justify this to include that factoid. Sadly, this PSA comic (which I found out about through Linkara) was her only appearance.

On the one hand, it's kinda bonkers that Daredevil would face something supernatural. Even the Purple Man has the excuse of falling into chemicals and the Owl drinking a serum. A ghostly, seemingly demonic being of unknown origin is not the first villain I'd think of for Daredevil. On the other hand, I kinda like the idea of a villain who can mess with Daredevil's enhanced senses. Which is why I ask you. What changes would you make to her character, what would her origin be, and how could we improve her in general? Let me know down below.

Why don't DC give the Zoo Crew much respect? I don't see them that often in other media? If Teen Titans Go can have Doom Patrol villain 50% Chad guest star, why not Captain Carrot? For that matter, why don't they have an animated series or movie in general? There's some funny stuff I think you can do with them. Like Samurai Pizza Cats or Sonic Boom 4th Wall humor. How come we only have DC Scribblenauts, a Robot Chicken sketch, and a throwaway gag in Brave and the Bold? Someone let me know? I'd like to see them back in the limelight someday.

Oh yeah, does anyone remember this guy? Played Morse coded messages through a banjo. That was literally his only gimmick. SecretScrapV2 presents if he was a much more genuine threat.