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Horror Willy Wonka

If there was a horror movie version of Willy Wonka, who should play him?

Elf (Horror)

Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa's elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn't fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs, a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

DCU Alfred Pennyworth

Who should play Alfred in the DCU?

Batman Echoes

Batman has disappeared after a battle with Harvey Dent aka Two-Face, leading to a city-wide crime wave as citizens try to take up the mantle. A race against time as a fear-inducing formula from the Scarecrow threatens the city, while Bruce Wayne must reclaim his identity to stop it.

DCU Joker

Who should play Joker in the DCU?

DCU Gotham City Sirens

Who should play the Gotham City Sirens in the DCU?

DCU Scarecrow

Who should play Scarecrow in the DCU?

Who could’ve played Max Shreck?

In each decade who could’ve played Max Shreck?

Who could’ve played Pennywise?

In which in each decade who could’ve played Pennywise?

American McGee’s Alice (2025)

Alice is a traumatized patient in an asylum following a house fire that killed her family, and Wonderland as a horrific, twisted manifestation of her fractured psyche

Superman (Horror Movie)

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

What if this actor played

Vote which character from comic book, novel, film series, tv show, or video game would be perfect for the biggest named actors and actresses in Hollywood!

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Live Action)

Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

Corpse Bride (Live Action)

Victor and Victoria's families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his lines for the wedding, a tree branch becomes a hand that drags him to the land of the dead. It belongs to Emily, who was murdered after eloping with her love and wants to marry Victor. Victor must get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern.

Joe Ranft

Who could’ve Joe Ranft voiced, if he were still with us today…

The Iron Giant (Horror Movie)

A giant alien robot crash-lands near the small town of Rockwell, Maine, in 1957. Exploring the area, a local 9-year-old boy, Hogarth, discovers the robot, and soon forms an unlikely friendship with him. When a paranoid government agent, Kent Mansley, becomes determined to destroy the robot, Hogarth and beatnik Dean McCoppin must do what they can to save the misunderstood machine.

Cool World (2027)

After a bizarre incident, Frank Harris is transported into the cartoon realm of Cool World, where he remains the only human among various animated characters for years. Eventually, artist Jack Deebs also enters Cool World and sets his lustful sights on his own creation, a blond bombshell named Holli Would. However, excessive intermingling between cartoons and humans is said to lead to dire consequences, a risk Jack seems ready to take.

Mars Attacks! (Horror Movie)

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

DCU Raven

Who should play Raven in the DCU?

The Powerpuff Girls (Horror Movie)

Professor Utonium as he creates Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, and how their initial uncontrollable use of their powers leads to them being ostracized after accidentally destroying Townsville. The girls then fall prey to Mojo Jojo's manipulative scheme to use their powers for his own world domination plot, forcing them to learn to use their powers responsibly and become the defenders of Townsville.