10 Horror Origin Movies That Feel Inevitable

The world of horror is one that is notorious for churning out sequels, prequels, remakes, reimaginings and for generally milking any and all properties of note completely and utterly dry.

To circle in on prequels here, we've seen so many horror origin tales and prequels over the decades. Some were good, some were awful, and plenty of those films were sadly totally forgettable, but what about those prequel pictures that have yet to be made?

Granted, some of characters featured here don't need their origin story told, but that's never stopped filmmakers from giving unnecessary backstories over the years. Case in point: Michael Myers.

For Michael, it was all fine and dandy when he was simply an intense killing machine who had returned 'home' 15 years after killing his sister. Then we had the reveal of the Shape being Laurie Strode's brother, which was later followed by the revelation of Michael being controlled by the Cult of Thorn, and then Rob Zombie went and detailed Myers' school years and troubled family life in his two Halloween pictures.

Sometimes less is very much more, but that doesn't mean Hollywood will be able to resist inevitably giving these ten characters a fleshed-out origin tale.

Few characters in modern horror history are quite as disgusting, persistent and outright terrifying as John Jarratt's Mick Taylor of the Wolf Creek franchise.

For Mick, he spends his day stalking the Australian outback looking for victims, with Taylor having a particular penchant for offing tourists. A racist, homophobic, generally xenophobic serial killer with expert hunting skills and an enjoyment for slow torture, Jarratt's character is someone who forever remains a chilling proposition on screens both big and small.

One reason why a Mick Taylor origin picture seems likely to happen, is the simple fact that Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean has already overseen two prequel novels - Wolf Creek: Origin and Wolf Creek: Desolation Game - that focus on young Mick and the childhood that chiselled him into the creepy prick seen in the two Wolf Creek movies and two-season TV series.

With McLean having mapped out both Origin (with Aaron Sterns) and Desolation Game (with Brett McBean), it would make perfect sense for him to return to write and direct a prequel picture that pulls plentiful inspiration from those two novels.