So what other toys deserve the horror treatment?
So heres five more toys that we think could make it work to frightful effect on the big.
The Slime Cult
Kids these days are big on slime.
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Its odd but from mass marketed slime products to DIY ones, the goop has em good.
So what better way to take that trend and give a spooky underpinning?
Plus who didnt have a Furby that somehow lived for ages and wouldnt die?
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We couldnt figure out how to get the hideous bleating to stop so we donated it.
Someone elses problem, it is what it is, but also?
Killer premise for a movie.
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Tickle Me Elmo
Okay, so obviouslySesame Streetwouldneverlet Elmo be the center of a horror film.
Whod be game for a kids darkly whimsical and suspenseful ghost story?
Were thinkingI Saw the TV GlowsJane Schoenbrun.
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