Awards Radar Community / Sunday Scaries: Which Horror Films Should Get the Broadway Treatment?

The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the name. Now, we want you think about a horror-centric piece on the site when you hear the term. So, let us continue on with another installment of the Awards Radar Sunday Scaries! Today, I’m curious about horror films that could be put up on the stage…

Yesterday, I went back to Broadway for the first time in many years. I’d been off Broadway a year or so ago for the parody Saw: The Musical (which I wrote about here). This, however, was Gypsy, a true classic. It was a great time, but it got me thinking about how most of the shows previously I’d been interested in seeing were adaptations of films. Then, I realized, there aren’t many scary movies turning into musicals or plays, but there should be. As such, I wanted to put it to all of you to come up with some ideas. So, tell me…which horror films should get the Broadway treatment?

Things like American Psycho, Carrie, Dracula, and The Evil Dead have already been done. Something too modern like Saw would only fit as a parody. So, it’s a very specific type of fright flick that can become theatrical in that way. I also saw The Silence of the Lambs as a parody (non musical), and that definitely worked, but maybe could also be done seriously as a drama. Movies of all sorts get the stage treatment, so why not more horror titles?

One idea I had was that Nosferatu could potentially translate to the stage. Yes, it’s Dracula, but this particular way of doing it has potential. Another idea would be The Others. I think that whenever the horror is somewhat imagined, that’s a key aspect. That being said, horror comedies work, so maybe there’s also a take on Scream that can be had? There truly are plenty of options, which is why I’m farming it out to you all today…

The choice is now yours. Which movies of the horror persuasion should become Broadway productions, whether musical or non? Whichever films strike your fancy in the genre, let us know. We’re all ears!

Stay tuned for another Sunday Scaries installment next week!