Horror Prequels We Want to See 

Last Updated on November 1, 2024

We have been getting a lot of prequels in recent years. Some have turned out well, like Furiosa, Orphan: First Kill, Prey, and Pearl. Sometimes they don’t turn out very well, like Leatherface, and sometimes they can be quite divisive, like Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Good or bad, prequels are here to stay, so we have put together a list of Horror Prequels We Want to See.

Alien LV-426 

Set between the events of Alien and Aliens, this film would explore the lives of the colonists sent to terraform LV-426. The movie could showcase their daily lives, paying homage to the brief glimpse of their existence seen in Aliens. Then Weyland-Yutani makes the call with the order to investigate the co-ordinates provided by Ripley, the location of the derelict Engineer spacecraft. As we know from Aliens, the investigation goes terribly wrong – and this movie could show exactly how things fell apart at Hadley’s Hope. The creature wouldn’t be revealed immediately, as we get an Alien-style build-up. Maybe the Queen moves through the air vents and proceeds to stalk and capture inhabitants, leaving a trail of chestbursters in her wake. The film can easily not show any other xenomorphs until the very end, when the Queen retreats into the vents as a ship arrives, with Bishop heard communicating with the crew so we know the events of Aliens are about to play out. Of course, the movie could include references to the character Rebecca “Newt” Jorden, and could possibly even show her experience as the aliens take over the colony.

Spaulding and Fam 

This would be a prequel to House of 1000 Corpses that follows a younger Captain Spaulding and his family, including Mama Firefly, Otis, Baby, Winslow Foxworth Coltrane, Tiny, and a few others. The story could showcase how Baby exhibited psychopathic tendencies from an early age and how Otis struggled as a troubled teenager. The film would be brutal, bloody, and violent, with a very high body count, as we would learn that the family has a long history of murder, as they were influenced by Dr. Satan’s evil presence. It could also depict the creation of Spaulding’s Murder Ride roadside attraction, showing that real corpses were used in the set design. A Dr. Satan prequel (or sequel) is something we have also asked for in our Rob Zombie Movies We Want to See article.

Hostel: Slaughterhouse 

This one is a bit of a reach, but it still could be tons of fun in terms of horror and gore. The idea is that we take the character played by Takashi Miike, who was seen for a total of about 1 minute on screen in the original Hostel, and build an entire movie around him, using his memorable line, “You could spend ALL your money… in there,” as a tagline. The story would tell us a lot more about this mysterious Japanese businessman (or perhaps he isn’t a businessman at all) as he travels the world, going from slaughterhouse to slaughterhouse. We could also follow some of his victims, building up to the moments when they die in horrific ways at his hands. Then we see glimpses of his other life, where we discover he’s a devoted family man with kids and grandkids, going to family-friendly locations, attending school plays, etc. Of course, this would require either a man who looks like Miike or Miike himself to come back. The events could take place before the first Hostel or span many years before that story, showing how long the organization has been around. Ideally, Eli Roth would come back to direct. 

Monster Squad: Before the Squad 

This prequel would explore the backstory of the Scary German Guy, revealing how he came to possess extensive knowledge of monsters as mentioned in the original film… but while it was indicated that he had been a prisoner in a concentration camp and the Nazis were the monsters he was referencing, this story would show him dealing with a supernatural threat after World War II, but long before the events of The Monster Squad. The film could start with a shot of his house from the original, then roll back time to the 1950s, when this man was in his 30s and had a wife and a couple of kids. He’d be shown doing homework with one kid, telling a bedtime story to the other, doing stuff a good dad would do. Then a shadowy figure emerges to abduct his family. He must look inside himself, pull from his family’s past (perhaps there’s a Van Helsing connection?), and do as much research on monsters as he can before setting off to save his family. This could lead to him meeting a slew of different monsters and eventually a master for these beings – someone who pulls the strings of evil and forces the monsters to do his bidding. This should be fairly family-friendly and have some humor, of course, but it should also have some genuinely scary moments.

Chromeskull: Beginning 

This prequel would be tough to make without the involvement of the Laid to Rest franchise’s creator, the late Robert Green Hall, but the right talent could pull from Hall’s creation and give Chromeskull a backstory. In this prequel, Chromeskull would be seen beginning his killing spree. We’d see a few kills where he doesn’t have a camera attached to himself at all, then he would be shown using an older camera for a few more kills, then the camera we’re all used to shows up – but it’s handheld, which isn’t ideal. Eventually, after a few more kills, the camera gets mounted to his shoulder after he gets hurt during a kill and decides he needs to free up his hand. Of course, the accident disfigures him and causes him to start wearing a mask. His kills should be messy at first. Then, as he hones his skills, the organization from the second film can be seen watching over him, helping him get to the level he wants to be as a killer. This could hint at a broader universe, revealing there’s a whole team of killers who have been trained by him and live in the Chromeskull world fans know and love. The main goal here is to get in plenty of kills and bloodshed. Chromeskull actor Nick Principe would have to come back, along with the right people to write and direct, which is no easy feat. It could perhaps even lead to Laid to Rest: Exhumed, the sequel Hall had planned, finally seeing the light of day. 

The Lost Boys: David 

A prequel to The Lost Boys almost happened many years ago, with screenwriter Eric Red and director Joel Schumacher attached, so perhaps Red could even come back with his script and bring the vampire David’s backstory to the big screen. Getting the casting just right would be essential. There is no way that Kiefer Sutherland can play a young David anymore unless massive CGI is involved, but that wouldn’t feel right. As Edward Herrmann is no longer with us and cannot be playing the elder vampire Max, perhaps keeping him off-screen in most interactions or in his vamped-out form could help create a great way to add mystery around him and the question of whether or not he was David’s creator. Also, not knowing how long David has been a vampire leaves a lot of room for creativity. He could easily have been created in the 1950s, being a greaser or something along those lines before getting turned and adapting to the style of each decade as they pass to be able to attract new youths into Max’s clutches. The story here could go in so many different directions, bringing all of the lost boys together or focusing on David alone. The film could start with him as a human, living his life and going on vacation to Santa Carla one day with his parents, meeting another teen, being lured in, becoming a vamp and climaxing in his first kill and taste of blood. As we know, he would fall in love with the lifestyle, leaving his parents behind, looking for their missing son. 

These are just a few of our ideas for horror prequels we want to see. What are yours? Which beloved, or even lesser-known, horror film would you want to see a prequel for?