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"Last night, Hannibal premiered on US television - NBC&amp;#039;s own take on the cannibal killer made famous by Anthony Hopkins has caused quite a stir and you can read our verdict on the pilot episode here... With Psycho prequel Bates Motel also impressing the critics and pulling in strong audiences for cable network A&amp;amp;E, horror has never been hotter - so this week&amp;#039;s Friday Fiver is taking a look at a few other scary movies that could make the leap to TV. &amp;gt; Friday Fiver - Kenan &amp;amp; Kel, Sabrina: 5 kids classics we want back &amp;gt; Doctor Who: 5 reasons we&amp;#039;re excited for the new series Halloween &amp;quot;I met this 6-year-old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes, the devil&amp;#039;s eyes...&amp;quot; - remember Dr Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) recounting his spine-chilling encounters with a young Michael Myers in 1978&amp;#039;s original Halloween? The 15-year gap between Michael&amp;#039;s first kill and his return to Haddonfield leaves plenty of scope for a Bates Motel-type prequel series that explores the early days of Sam and Michael&amp;#039;s troubled relationship at the asylum...       The Exorcist A television take on William Friedkin&amp;#039;s 1973 horror was actually reported to be in the works in May last year, with Martha Marcy May Marlene writer and director Sean Durkin being linked to a new ten-part adaptation. However, Friedkin later told Digital Spy that the TV remake was definitely &amp;quot;not happening&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a load of b*llocks,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no television series of The Exorcist planned. It would be ludicrous.&amp;quot; So William&amp;#039;s not too keen on the idea, but we think with a little tinkering an Exorcist series could work - picture an old priest and a young priest battling the forces of evil on your telly box...  Day of the Dead With his recent cinematic efforts leaving a little to be desired, we reckon George A Romero should cash in on the popularity of The Walking Dead - which owes a huge amount to Romero&amp;#039;s original zombie classics - and produce a new zombie series for television. Night of the Living Dead - by its very nature - doesn&amp;#039;t really have long-term potential and being trapped in a mall week-in, week-out means a Dawn TV series might struggle, but the the set-up for Day of the Dead - scientists vs soldiers in an underground bunker - definitely has more mileage...      The Sixth Sense Alright, so the whole (*spoilers*) &amp;#039;your lead character is dead&amp;#039; twist might not translate to television, but a loose adaptation of M Night Shyamalan&amp;#039;s 1999 chiller - starring a stern-faced Bruce Willis type and a wide-eyed child actor - could definitely work. The new Dr Malcolm Crowe and Cole Sear could delve into supernatural goings-on and battle troubled spirits - like Ghost Whisperer, but with less Jennifer Love Hewitt.      Jaws Alright, there&amp;#039;s some debate over whether Jaws is really a &amp;#039;horror&amp;#039; film or not, but for the purposes of this feature, let&amp;#039;s say it is - as one of the few movie classics yet to be revamped for contemporary audiences, maybe Jaws could swim in television&amp;#039;s murky waters? Imagine the 1975 film&amp;#039;s final chapter writ large, as a trio of grizzled shark hunters pursue the ravenous beast through choppy waters - it would be like The Fugitive... but with a shark!      Which horror movies would you like to see adapted for television? Share your picks below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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