Television Crossover Universe

Every Thursday I am posting excerpts from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia related to a specific series from television or film.  Today I am covering Body Snatchers.  This timeline incorporates the book and film adaptions which all take place within the same reality. COLLIERS MAGAZINE “THE BODY SNATCHERS” (NOVEL BY JACK FINNEY) Release Date: 1954 (Contemporary Setting) Series: Body Snatchers (novel) Horror Crosses: Halloween; Phantoms; Memoirs of an Invisible Man; Stephen King Universe; Scream of the Banshee; Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film); Return of the Living Dead; Boo; Sharknado Non-Horror Crosses: Airwolf; A Friend to Die For; Ben 10; Doctor Who The Story: In Santa Mira, California, people are starting to act different. It turns out aliens are invading by slowly replacing the inhabitants and taking their forms. Notes: Unlike the film versions, in this story, there is a happy ending and the aliens are defeated. And in fact, in the Katrina Protocol (aka

Every Thursday I will be posting a chronology of excerpts from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia that relates to television or film. PROWLER # 2 - 4 “PROWLER: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT” (ECLIPSE COMICS) Release Date: 1987 (Setting is 1930) Series: Prowler Horror Crosses: White Zombie The Story: The Prowler takes on the villainous Murder Legendre. Notes: Murder Legendre is the starring villain of the 1932 Universal horror film White Zombie. Murder Legendre was brought in via Jeff Rovin’s novel Return of the Wolf Man, and so now the Prowler is brought in. The Prowler is a retro 1930s vigilante, and Murder Legendre will be a featured recurring foe of the hero within his series. WHITE ZOMBIE (FILM) Release Date; July 28, 1932 (Contemporary Setting) Series: White Zombie The Story: In Haiti, a plantation owner wants another man’s fiance to marry him, and so enlists the assistance of voodoo master Murder Legendre, who turns the girl into a zombie. Notes: Many writers seem