Is it possible for classic monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein to be scary?

i think its time to make them sexy instead

They have already done sexy Dracula / vampires many times

The latest Nosferatu was quite creepy at times and Nosferatu is basically a copy of Dracula with the names changed. Guillermo del Toro is releasing a new Frankenstein movie next month and looks good.

Dracula and vampires as a whole are no longer scary. Like someone said before the tropes are too well known.

Visually you have to go far afield to be frightening. For instance Brian Lumleys versions some were more nostferatu than more human looking. You can find images of those around the internet. One I believed took out his jaw and had englontated his mouth like a aadvark. Thats a image trust me. He did play with the dracula myth though. Not in name but stand ins. I forget the names.

Something something name of the doctor

Honestly, that comic is smarmy and bad. "Ohohoho you like to correct people about what's in the text of one of the most famous novels ever written, how dare you, I'll fix this"

i think its time to make them sexy instead

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Dracula is a bloodsucking creature of the night that can shapeshift into a regular bat. Frankenstein's monster is a lumbering abomination made up of various corpse parts stitched together. A creative person could absolutely give these two fresh new disturbing interpretations.

Dracula can still be scary.

It's basically "Homosexual Fantasy: The Novel," and that is terrifying to about a fifth of the population.

I think it can still be scary. Maybe make the vampire part a surprise until later in the story. Like, at first he's just serial killer is slowly picking off characters. But after the survivors manage to fight back and "kill" the serial killer, he doesn't actually die. Him being alive could be a jump scare. Of course, that won't surprise the audience, if they put Dracula in the title though

But I don't see it working at all in a world where these things have been archetypes for centuries. You'd have to be upfront about it, or when the reader gets to that point it would feel like a copout.

The Castlevania anime version Dracula was pretty good. Maybe not scary, but definitely intimidating

Seems like this would work if there were no such thing as a vampire in mythology/pop culture already.

Like, he slowly goes from a little weird, to clearly shady, to you know he's an actual serial killer, to you see him biting his victims and drinking their blood, and slowly learn the other details of this guy.

Kinda like how Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is actually a mystery novel.

But I don't see it working at all in a world where these things have been archetypes for centuries. You'd have to be upfront about it, or when the reader gets to that point it would feel like a copout.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (also vampires aren't a cultural phenomenon [no reason just clarifying])."

The Castlevania anime version Dracula was pretty good. Maybe not scary, but definitely intimidating

ok its time for yaoi dracula x frankenstein then