Movies based on comic books, books based on movies, albums based on TV shows, TV shows based on movies based on TV shows the possibilities only get more confusing from there. The world thrives on media that takes them out of their head for a few hours or a couple seasons, but with TV quickly overtaking film as the core entertainment market, a symbiosis between the two is increasingly necessary. Trying to transfer a two-hour film into a multi-season moneymaking machine definitely has its list of perks, most importantly, an already fully-realized brand. The key to success here is to choose a film with a very strong story or character that can be taken in almost any direction. Weve seen a lot of great examples of this over the years: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Friday Night Lights, Teen Wolf, Nikita, and Clueless. But weve also come across some duds: 10 Things I Hate About You, Ferris Bueller, My Big Fat Greek Life, Amazons recent Zombieland screw-up, and every Disney movie that was ever reformatted for TV. Networks have started basing their TV shows off of any sort of previous media they can get their hands on, as seen with Once Upon A Time (and the upcoming, Wonderland spinoff), Pretty Little Liars, Dexter, True Blood, The Walking Dead - hey, remember that sitcom based on the Caveman Geico commercials? Most of them are moderate successes just because of general buzz among the fanbase that the previous source material already has in place. So, lets try and think of some potentially awesome ones to put the major networks on the right track and avoid messes like the Jumanji cartoon. Why will Scream (coming soon) work so well as a TV series? Well, horror series are all the rage right now, as seen with American Horror Story, Bates Motel, Hannibal, and The Following. The main issue at the moment, though is that these are all just creepy dramas - theres not a true slasher horror series out right now. Scream, one of the most popular series of the 90s, started a real trend of self-awareness in horror movies. Using a combination of comedy, whodunit mystery, and slasher violence, it all came together creating a caricature of the entire horror genre. With a different cast of characters in every film, they each filled the spot of a typical horror movie archetype Of course, horror movie rules may have to be adjusted for the small screen, but as long as theres a strong heroine and surprise killer (or two) revealed at the end of the season, this could be a huge success.... Let's take a look at 6 other movies that would make awesome TV shows...