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Dais Johnston

The Most Ambitious New Horror Franchise is Taking a Page From the MCU

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Getting audiences to take a chance on a new cinematic universe is a constant struggle. But the thought of being the next Star Wars or Marvel — or, in the case of horror, the next Conjuring or Insidious — is enough to keep studios trying.

The newest attempt at a horror cinematic universe may actually break through that barrier: M3GAN, the sci-fi horror fable that launched a wide-eyed android (and a dance craze) in 2022, but it was soon followed by announcements of not one but two follow-up projects: M3GAN 2.0 and an erotic thriller spinoff movie titled SOULM8TE. A spinoff after only one movie is ambitious, but that’s the point: M3GAN might just have the pint-sized animatronic legs to compete against the big boys.

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