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    You mean like all the child-friendly content built around Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummies, Zombies, Werewolves, Ghosts, but with Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, Ghostface, Jigsaw, Annabelle, Chucky, Pinhead, Xenomorphs, etc?

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    It would be like when I grew up and saw a George Carlin special on tv and was like “oh that’s Mister conductor from Thomas! He does comedy? I have to see this…” And was instantly traumatized in a good way

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      Oh wow. I am clearly older than you because Thomas was something that I was way too old for by the time it came on TV and I had plenty of Carlin’s albums, but yeah, that must have been a head trip. I wonder if there are any other examples like that. I can’t think of any off the top of my head.

      EDIT: Thought of one. Bob Saget, the world’s dirtiest comedian, playing a dad on the sickeningly wholesome show Full House.

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        Bob Saget is an awesome pick. Tim Allen was sort of similar although it wasn’t nearly as shocking as Bob Saget. America’s funniest home videos was so lame that the bar was as low as possible.

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    Freddy kroger, Its 2 kinds of horror, being a low income cashier at kroger, and dealing with shitty customers.

    And o yeah he also kills people in there dreams.

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      The thing about freddy krueger that made him scary was that he was also a pedophile not just a guy with really long fingernails and acne scars

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    That’s brilliant, but it’s gonna be decades before the things we associate with horror films become public domain.

    I was curious what was public domain. I found this article. https://cuttingforbusiness.com/8-characters-public-domain-crafters/

    Classic Monsters Any horror genre fans around? If so, good news for you: Many of the classic monsters are in the public domain. These include Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, Creature from the Black Lagoon (film), and The Bride of Frankenstein (film).

    What You Need to Know: You cannot use modern day adaptations of these stories. Instead, create your own take on the original stories and characters.

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      Disney is VERY litigious , meaning that they will sue for copyright , saying that you haven’t use the public domain version of a character - you used their version - because their version has a pretty nose or whatever.

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      Bride is technically a monster but never harmed anyone, unless you count hurting Frank Jr’s feelings by recoiling from him in horror. #whenwomenrefuse

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    I mean it’s happening already with certain characters that have gone from being in R rated movies to pg.

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    And also fantastic that when children’s media characters go into public domain, we get a lot of adult content ;)?

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    Imagine growing up and finding out your Freddie the good dream boy is actually murdering people lol

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      I guess kids grow up now with like Goofy Frankenstein’s Monster, but yeah. It definitely sounds ridiculous to us.