06 May 2006

Westerns and Horror Flicks... In One!

Westerns are cool. Horror flicks are great. But what about when they are combined? And I am NOT talking about the fourth tremors movie. Firefly merged the western genre with sci-fi. What will credibally merge the western with the horror genre?

Supernatural has taken step at it.
This gun was created for a hunter... a hunter of supernatural things: from demons to wendigos. It is said (in an ep of Supernatural) that it is capable of killing anything. The gun has turned up in the tv series Supernatural, but it doesn't have that western twist. Now a show about the first owner of the gun would be worth seeing. A 'cowboy' riding the plains, battling demons, wendigos, etc. would be a great show.

The historic people of the old west could even be portrayed in the show. Of course, the show wouldn't start with the special gun. The cowboy would have to fight the evil forces the old fashioned way at first (holy water and other weaknesses). Eventually, he could meet up with an old indian or better yet a gunsmith who creates/blesses the special gun 9I believe that it is a colt). Of course the series would have to end with the gun being lost and 'the hunter' disappearing into the folds of history (it has to fit with the supernatural storyline).

This is a pretty good idea... any hollywood readers out there, I want credit if you have success with this idea!

2 comments:

Andy said...

I agree. That's a great idea. Firefly is probably my favorite Sci-Fi show in spite of its single season run.

In the meantime, I'll have to check out Supernatural as it sounds like it has an interesting premise even if it's not Western-themed.

Arnold said...

These shows may be good but drop what you're doing and watch Lost. Even though I don't buy into the intimations that there's all kinds of "supernatural", "fate" and "destiny" stuff going on, I have to admit as a dramatic series it is first rate conception and execution.