I realized that the concept of parahuman and science experiments go awry is really not new. But Matt had said in Character Studio that there really isn't any new story, it is how a story is presented that attracts people.
Working on my bibliography, this is what my queue looks like for now:
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977/1996)
human-animal hybrid/sci lab
Fly (1986)
human-bug/sci exp
Frankenstein (1931)
The Henderson Monster (1980)
genetic scientist/ethnic
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor(1990)
genetic exp go wrong/alien
The Alligator People (1958)
scientists/turning people into monsters
The Man-Thing (2005)
scientist injecting himself/swamp beast
Earth vs Spider (2001)
injected with serum
Mosquito Man (2003)
accident in lab/escaped lab subject/human DNA mixed with mosquito DNA
Subhuman/Self Life (2004)
monster hunting human
Carnivore(2000)
government exp/creature escapes
Curse of the Komodo(2004)
genetically-engineered Komodo dragons/hunting people on tropical island/scientist must stop
Syngenor(1990)
cyborgs malfunction
Swamp Thing (1982)
special chemical/scientists turn into plant monster
SSSSSS(1973)
lab-aid/serum turns man into king cobra
The Ape Man (1943)
sci experiments/ scientist turn into ape
Alien 51 (2004)
genetic-engineering experiment/alien DNA
13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil (2002)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
supernatural
Then I realized that most of these movies are listed under horror/sci-fi. I know that if my goal is to be realistic, then the creatures I am creating have to be somewhat frightening because mixing animal genes and human genes in a scientific matter will not produce something cute. But I am not sure if horror is the direction I want to pursue. Especially when my working time is usually at night, and I really do not want to scare myself.
Is it possible to make a creature look scientifically realistic but not that scary?
Therefore, I still have a decision to make: brutally realistic or merely entertaining?
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