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Mari Collingwood
The Last House on the Left character
Sandra Peabody portraying Mari
First appearanceThe Last House on the Left (1972)
Created byWes Craven
Portrayed by
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OccupationCompetitive swimmer (2009 film)

Mari Collingwood is a fictional character in The Last House on the Left films. She first appears in The Last House on the Left (1972) as a hippie girl abducted on her seventeenth birthday by a fugitive family. Conceptualized by Wes Craven, she was portrayed by a twenty-two-year-old Sandra Peabody in one of her early film appearances. Director Dennis Iliadis brings the character back in the 2009 reimagining, this time portrayed by Sara Paxton.

Craven conceptualized Mari with the basis of her being the 1970s version of the virginal Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) from Ingmar Bergman's medieval Sweden set The Virgin Spring (1960)—symbolizing innocence during an era of apprehension caused by the Vietnam War. Iliadis' vision of Mari was to make her proactive and set forth to humanize her through her depiction as a competitive swimmer and the subplot of her late brother. Due to this characterization, critics have called Iliadis' version of the character as following aspects of the "final girl" archetype, contrasting with her original depiction.

Appearances

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The character made her cinematic debut in The Last House on the Left (1972) on August 30, 1972. In this film, Mari is an upper-class sheltered teenaged girl going to a rock concert in a city with her friend Phyllis to celebrate her seventeenth birthday. While looking for marijuana dealers, escaped convicts lure them into their hideout and abduct them. In the woods near Mari's home, she is humiliated and raped before being shot to death in a nearby lake and later found by her parents. She later appears in the nightmares of one of the film's villains.[1]

In the 2009 film, Mari is a competitive swimmer who goes on vacation with her parents John and Emma to their lake house. Mari takes the family car and drives into town to hang out with her friend Paige. While Paige is finishing her shift as a cashier, they meet a teenager named Justin, who invites them both back to his motel room to smoke marijuana. While there, Justin's family members return: Krug, Justin's father; Francis, Justin's uncle; and Sadie, Krug's girlfriend. Due to the widespread media coverage of Krug's recent escape from police custody, the criminals decide to kidnap them and steal Mari's car to leave town. Mari convinces Krug to take a road that is in the direction of her parents' lake house; in an attempt to escape, Mari burns Sadie's face with a cigarette lighter and attempts to jump out of the vehicle, but is unable to when the car crashes. After being raped by Krug, Mari manages to escape the criminals and make it to the lake so she can swim to safety. However, Krug shoots her in the back and she is left for dead, but she is later revealed to have survived. Mari manages to reach her parents' porch and with them seeks revenge; Mari, John, Emma, and Justin then take a boat to the hospital.[1]

Development

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Returning to New York after a cross-country road trip, Peabody was originally asked by the film makers to audition for the role of Phyllis after responding to casting notice in the trade publication Backstage. After meeting the producer Sean S. Cunningham she was cast as Mari.[2] Craven stated, "I liked Sandra Peabody a lot; I thought she was very pretty, and very plucky... because she was a very young actress, she wasn't nearly as confident and easy going as Lucy was, and she had become involved in something very, very rough. And she hung in there. When the character was raped, she was treated very roughly, and I know Sandra said to me afterwards, 'My God... I had the feeling they really hated me.'"[3] Jacob Knight interpreted that Wes Craven created Mari with the intention of her being a metaphor of peace and innocence during an era of apprehension, "He wants us to see her as a sexual object, the peace sign necklace her parents gift to her before she heads into the city no match for the angry, depraved, aggressors who tear her and Phyllis’ clothes off. In this way, Craven has molded Mari to be something of an avatar for how he views the “Love Generation”; inexperienced balls of flesh who think their hippie posturing will save them from society's wolves."[4]

Sara Paxton attending the premiere of The Last House on the Left (2009)

Various cast and crew of the original film have stated that Sandra Peabody was genuinely unnerved during the entire making of the film and at one point walked off set.[5][6] In an interview for David A. Szulkin's non-fiction book Wes Craven's Last House on the Left, Peabody confirmed the discomfort that she felt throughout the making of the film and the difficulty of working with Method actor David Hess, who threatened to assault her to get a genuine reaction from her.[7][page needed]

Sara Paxton revealed that she only auditioned for the film as an acting exercise and was not expecting to obtain the role.[8] In an interview, Paxton stated, "In the audition, Dennis was like, 'So how’s your swimming ability?' And I was like, 'I played a mermaid. I’m an amazing swimmer. You have no idea. I’m great.' And they were like, 'Oh wow, she’s a great… Hey, she’s a good swimmer.' Then I actually got on set and I just remember submerging under water and hearing, 'Cut! Oh my God, she is drowning! She is drowning right now. Somebody get her some floaties, something!' I guess I wasn’t that good. I was more talk."[9]

Despite the intense subject matter, Paxton described her experience on set as a positive one and when asked about what it was like to work with the producers Wes Craven and Jonathan Craven, she stated:

"He was more like the Wizard of Oz – the man behind the curtains. He was really involved in everything, but he was manning the controls backing in the states since we filmed the movie in Africa. His son, Jonathan Craven, was an executive producer on the movie and he was amazing to work with. It was a great set to be on. They really cared about us, especially me because I was the youngest out of the group."[10]

Dennis Iliadis, the director of the 2009 film, wanted to add more characterization and depth to the character of Mari and revealed that the writers decided to make her a competitive swimmer which attributes to her character development and survival later on in the film. In an interview, Iliadis stated:

"Well, the idea was to find something where she channels all her energy. That was a big character trait, because her brother is dead. It's like she's carrying him on her back; she needs to perform for two people now. She has to compensate for him. So all her energy's in the water. The only area where she feels slightly free is when she's in the water, swimming like crazy, so it's interesting having that as a character trait, and then having that as a key element for her trying to escape."

Reception

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Film critic Ann Hornaday likened her to horror genre heroines Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) of Halloween (1978). Writing that they "personified the qualities and character beats of the quintessential final girl at her most admirable and frustrating."[11] Film critic John Kenneth Muir described Mari as a "well-developed character."[12]

In a detailed analysis, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas notes that the 2009 version of the character, unlike the original incarnation, exhibits traits of the "final girl" trope. Heller-Nicholas attributes this to her disinterest in drugs and her proactive nature during her abduction, highlighting that she purposefully lures the villains to her house as means of getting her parents to save her. She notes that the Iliadis version of the film "celebrates Mari's determination to survive," and as such condemns the 1972's passive version—although she notes a drastic shift in the character in the second half of the film. Writing that "This depiction of her as a vacant monster continues throughout the rest of the film. Mari is not so much a rape survivor as she is the walking dead, whose only function is to provide her parents (specifically her father) with a motivation for violent and spectacular vengeance."[13] Hess (who portrayed Krug Stillo in 1972 film) stated that the audience holds a connection to the character due to there being an emotional attachment to Peabody's portrayal.[14]

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Mari Collingwood is a fictional character and the primary in the 1972 American exploitation The Last House on the Left, directed by , and its 2009 remake of the same name, directed by . In both iterations, she is portrayed as a teenage girl from a middle-class family who becomes the victim of abduction and extreme violence by a group of criminals, setting the stage for themes of innocence shattered, familial bonds, and vigilante revenge. The character embodies the vulnerability of youth amid societal breakdown, contributing to the films' status as influential works in the rape-and-revenge subgenre of horror cinema. In the original 1972 film, Mari, played by , is depicted as a 17-year-old senior and the daughter of physician John Collingwood and his wife Estelle. To celebrate her birthday, she plans to attend a rock concert in the city with her best friend Phyllis Stone, despite her parents' concerns about the event and Phyllis's more rebellious influence. While seeking marijuana from street dealers, the two girls are kidnapped by a of escaped convicts—led by the sadistic Krug Stillo and including Junior, Sadie, and —who subject them to prolonged terror in the woods near the Collingwoods' home. Mari's attempts to survive, such as trying to bond with the troubled Junior by giving him her symbol necklace and renaming him "Willow," highlight her resourcefulness and desperation. The 2009 remake updates Mari's character, with in the role, presenting her as an athletic competitive swimmer vacationing at her family's remote lake house with parents John () and Emma (). Opting to spend time in town with her friend Paige rather than staying home, Mari reconnects with Paige and encounters Justin, the son of fugitives, leading to their capture by his criminal family—Krug (), Francis (), and Sadie ()—who have sought shelter nearby after a car crash. The film amplifies the graphic nature of the assaults while emphasizing Mari's physical resilience, such as her desperate swim for escape, before the narrative shifts to her parents' discovery and retaliation. This version modernizes the story with heightened production values and explicit violence, yet retains the core emotional arc of parental fury.

Portrayals

1972 film

In Wes Craven's 1972 The Last House on the Left, Mari Collingwood is portrayed by as a 17-year-old high senior from a comfortable suburban home, where she lives with her loving parents, physician John Collingwood and his wife Estelle. On the eve of her birthday, Mari is shown in an opening shower scene, preparing for the day with a sense of youthful innocence, dressed in a light floral-patterned dress that underscores her gentle, flower-child demeanor. Her character embodies the free-spirited, hippie-influenced ethos of the early , highlighted by a scene where she sings along to the film's folk-tinged theme song "The Road Leads to Nowhere," evoking a carefree adventure ahead. Eager to celebrate, Mari decides to travel from her suburban home to for a concert by the underground shock-rock band Bloodlust, accompanied by her best friend Stone. Reflecting her adventurous personality, the pair hitchhikes into the city and seeks out marijuana to enhance the experience, approaching a seemingly innocuous young man named Junior Stillo on a city street. Unbeknownst to them, Junior is the drug-addicted son of escaped convict Krug Stillo, who, along with his girlfriend Sadie Dunham, associate Fred "Weasel" , and son Junior, abducts the girls after luring them to their dingy . The gang binds and blindfolds Mari and Phyllis, then drives them to a rural area near a lake for a night of sadistic torture. In the woods, the ordeal escalates with dehumanizing acts: Phyllis is forced to urinate in her pants while the gang mocks her, followed by knife wounds inflicted during a grotesque "game" of . Mari and Phyllis are stripped, compelled to perform on the male captors, and coerced into a forced sexual act between themselves as Sadie urges them on with taunts. Phyllis is murdered first, stabbed repeatedly in the chest and abdomen before being disemboweled with her intestines pulled out and draped over a branch. Mari, witnessing the horror, is then shot in the back by Krug and falls into the nearby lake. Peabody, a relatively unknown 23-year-old actress at the time (credited as Sandra Cassel), was cast in the role to emphasize Mari's raw vulnerability, drawing on her own discomfort during production—where the perpetrators' actors remained aggressively in character—to deliver an authentic performance of terror and innocence shattered. This portrayal serves as the catalyst for the film's plot, as the killers unwittingly seek shelter at Mari's family home during a .

2009 remake

In the 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left, directed by , portrays Mari Collingwood as a privileged 17-year-old champion swimmer on the cusp of , depicted with a notably close bond to her parents, surgeon John () and Emma (). This relationship is highlighted through intimate family dinner scenes at their lakeside vacation home, where John's protectiveness underscores Mari's sheltered upbringing and impending independence. While vacationing, Mari ventures into town with her friend Paige (Martha MacIsaac, replacing the original's Phyllis) for what begins as a casual but leads to their encounter with Justin (Spencer Treat Clark). The pair is abducted by a gang of escaped convicts—led by Justin's father Krug (Garret Dillahunt), along with his associates Sadie (Riki Lindhome) and Francis ()—who commandeer the Collingwoods' and transport the girls to a remote wooded area adjacent to the family lake house, rather than an isolated forest as in prior versions. The ensuing torture sequence amplifies the film's realism and brutality: Mari is coerced into performing on Justin, forced to watch as Paige endures by Francis before being shot and killed; Mari then faces her own by Krug, attempts a desperate escape aided by her swimming prowess, but is recaptured and shot in the head by Justin, left to drown in the lake—though the wound proves non-fatal, enabling her harrowing crawl back to the . Paxton's characterization infuses Mari with resilience and defiance, layering emotional depth via flashbacks to her everyday life, while her costume shifts from a vibrant party dress to tattered, bloodied underwear, visually marking her descent from innocence. Produced on a $15 million budget—substantially higher than the original—this version employs advanced practical effects for heightened violence, including detailed gore makeup by the KNB EFX Group to render Mari's wounds viscerally authentic. The choice to stage much of the ordeal near the Collingwood family home intensifies the intimacy and domestic horror, blurring the lines between safety and violation.

Creation and development

Original concept

Wes Craven, raised in a strict fundamentalist Baptist household in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was sheltered from movies and until his early twenties, drew upon his own transition from a protected life to the chaotic urban environment of in the late for the original concept of The Last House on the Left. This personal shift exposed him to the raw underbelly of society, including news reports of senseless violence and , which fueled his fascination with how brutality could shatter innocence. The screenplay, written in 1970 as Craven's directorial debut, was heavily inspired by Ingmar Bergman's 1960 film , an adaptation of a 13th-century Swedish about the rape and murder of a young woman and her father's subsequent revenge. Craven reimagined this tale in a contemporary American context, blending it with influences from news footage that brought into living rooms, reflecting the era's cultural anxieties over naivety clashing with societal horrors. The character of Mari Collingwood was conceived during script development in 1970-1971 as the of an "all-American girl"—a wholesome, suburban teenager on the cusp of adulthood, embodying youthful innocence and optimism. This served as a stark contrast to the film's unrelenting brutality, making her abduction a symbol of how societal violence could invade even the safest-seeming lives, drawing from Craven's own reflections on news accounts of random crimes against the young and naive. Her portrayal as a birthday celebrant heading to a rock concert amplified this naivety, clashing with the gang's depravity to critique the loss of idealism. Collaboration with producer played a key role in refining the concept, as the pair worked to balance the script's explicitness with commercial viability; Cunningham advocated for cuts to graphic content to secure an MPAA R rating after an initial X designation, avoiding further alienating audiences. The initial screenplay was rejected by major studios due to its controversial subject matter, leading Craven and Cunningham to secure independent funding on a modest $90,000 budget, allowing them to shoot guerrilla-style in 1971 while preserving the raw, unpolished vision central to Mari's symbolic role.

Casting and production influences

Sandra Peabody, credited as Sandra Cassel in the film, was selected for the role of Mari Collingwood through non-union casting calls publicized via word of mouth in , where she had recently returned after a cross-country trip. With limited prior experience—possibly just one small role—she embodied the vulnerability Craven sought for the character, drawing on her natural, unassuming presence to portray a relatable teenage girl thrust into horror. Her casting aligned with the production's emphasis on authenticity, as Craven and producer prioritized unknowns to avoid polished performances that might undermine the film's raw intent. The film was produced on a modest $90,000 budget over a compressed schedule, primarily in rural , utilizing locations such as Cunningham's family home, office, car, and even pet dogs for authenticity, with one sequence shot in . Filming challenges arose from the guerrilla-style approach, including a lack of permits that forced the crew to trespass in national parks and improvise setups, such as simulating night scenes in broad daylight and recruiting friends and family as unpaid extras. Non-professional actors in violent sequences, including Cassel, contributed to genuine tension; Cassel experienced real fear during abduction and assault takes, as co-stars like and Fred Lincoln remained aggressively in character off-camera, heightening her distress and infusing the performance with unscripted emotional depth. Production choices significantly shaped Mari's portrayal, with Victor Hurwitz employing Super 16mm handheld cameras to capture an immediate, documentary-like immediacy in her scenes, emphasizing shaky, intimate shots that amplified the character's isolation and terror. Ethical concerns over the film's graphic nudity and prompted interventions; the MPAA initially rated it X, leading to mandatory cuts that softened some depictions while preserving Mari's arc from to profound trauma. In , Craven and editor Susan E. Cunningham refined sequences to balance unrelenting horror with glimpses of Mari's underlying humanity, ensuring the served as a stark anti-war commentary rather than mere exploitation. Hurwitz's focus on close-ups further highlighted Cassel's raw expressions, underscoring the character's emotional devastation amid the chaos.

Character analysis

Role in plot

Mari Collingwood serves as the central and narrative catalyst in both the original and the remake of The Last House on the Left, with her abduction initiating the chain of events that propels the revenge-driven plot. In each version, her victimization personalizes the horror, compelling her parents—initially depicted as middle-class and -oriented, as symbolized by the peace necklace they gift her—to abandon their restraint and exact vigilante justice against her assailants after the gang unwittingly seeks refuge in their home. Her ordeal underscores the abrupt rupture of innocence, transforming a routine birthday celebration into a catalyst for familial transformation and moral descent into violence. Collingwood's character arc begins with youthful optimism and trust, marked by her excitement for a concert outing with a friend and her close familial bonds, before escalating into harrowing victimhood and culminating in a fate that reverberates through the film's climax. In the 1972 film, she embodies passivity amid the escalating brutality, her trusting nature leading to abduction after attempting to purchase marijuana in the city, and her arc ends in death by shooting in a nearby lake, which her parents discover, linking the abduction sequence to the ensuing . The discovery of her body, coupled with clues like her peace symbol necklace worn by one of the killers, hands narrative agency to her parents, who identify and confront the perpetrators. In contrast, the 2009 remake amplifies her brief moments of resistance, such as an escape attempt during , and alters her arc to survival; shot and left for dead in the lake, she musters strength to return home amid a storm, heightening the immediacy of the revenge as her parents battle the intruders while she is present and injured. The versions differ in their integration of Collingwood into broader thematic contexts, with the original positioning her as a archetype—eager for countercultural experiences like attending a rock concert—allowing on the era's generational clashes and the perils facing youthful idealism. The remake, however, embeds her more deeply within immediate family dynamics during a lakeside , emphasizing emotional stakes through her reconnection with parents and friend, which intensifies the horror's personal toll and culminates in a post-vengeance.

Symbolic elements

Mari Collingwood's character in the 1972 film The Last House on the Left serves as a potent symbol of confronting corruption, embodying the vulnerability of American youth amid societal breakdown. Her portrayal as a suburban teenager gifted a peace symbol necklace by her parents on her seventeenth birthday underscores her alignment with the era's countercultural ideals of and purity, which are brutally shattered by the Krug gang's violence. This contrast highlights the film's critique of moral decay, with Mari's ordeal mirroring the corruption of optimism in the face of real-world atrocities. In the 2009 remake, directed by , Mari's symbolism evolves to represent the fragility of modern privilege; as the daughter of affluent parents vacationing at their , her violation exposes the illusion of safety in insulated, upper-class domesticity, where external threats infiltrate even the most secure spaces. The character's depiction further explores themes of and victimhood, positioning Mari as an of female objectification within the horror genre. In both versions, her subjection to critiques patriarchal violence, transforming her from a symbol of youthful to a vessel for exploring the systemic of women; the 1972 film's extended sequence, with its stark close-ups on her face, amplifies this by juxtaposing her initial innocence against the killers' depravity, inverting traditional coming-of-age narratives into a rite of marked by death. The 2009 remake tones down the assault's graphic duration through rapid editing, yet retains its symbolic weight, using her survival and return to the family home as an assertion of agency, thereby underscoring the enduring cycle of gendered trauma. Mari's role also illuminates familial bonds, emphasizing themes of parental failure and redemption through symbolic domestic elements. In the original film, the lake near the Collingwood home—site of Mari's torture and murder—taints the idyllic family retreat, representing the corruption of domestic sanctuary and compelling her parents to embrace vengeance, a transformation that reveals the fragility of protective instincts. This motif recurs in the remake, where the invaded family home symbolizes breached boundaries, with Mari's return catalyzing her parents' redemptive fury and their decision to shelter Justin, highlighting a complex reclamation of familial duty amid trauma. Culturally, Mari's symbolism in the film reflects Vietnam-era disillusionment, her violation evoking broader societal upheaval, where the peace symbol necklace she bestows on Junior ironically foreshadows the failure of nonviolent ideals against entrenched brutality. The remake updates this to post-9/11 anxieties, portraying and moral ambiguity; Mari's survival amid a storm-ravaged landscape symbolizes the erosion of narratives, with her family's revenge justifying extralegal violence in a climate of .

Cultural impact

Influence on horror genre

Mari Collingwood's portrayal in Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left (1972) helped establish the home invasion subgenre by depicting the brutal violation of domestic safety through random, motiveless violence against young women, setting a template for later films that emphasize psychological terror over supernatural elements. This narrative structure influenced Michael Haneke's Funny Games (1997), where intruders similarly dismantle a family's sense of security, exploring the uncanny breach of "homeliness" and social norms in a manner that echoes Craven's raw intrusion into everyday life. The film's emphasis on a victim's death catalyzing parental vengeance further popularized familial retribution in home invasion thrillers that prioritize collective survival over individual heroism. The character contributed to the evolution of the victim archetype in horror, shifting from passive "scream queens" to more relatable, everyday teenagers confronting real-world brutality, thereby humanizing trauma and challenging audience detachment. Mari's resilience amid escalating horrors prefigured protagonists who actively resist rather than merely endure, influencing the rape-revenge cycle in films like (1978), where a young woman's ordeal leads to empowered retaliation. This progression extended to modern iterations, such as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), whose of and vengeance reflects the genre's growing focus on survivor agency rooted in relatable adolescent . Craven's use of realistic, centered on Mari's suffering set precedents for exploitation horror, introducing unflinching depictions of and in low-budget productions that mirrored Vietnam War-era newsreels to "bring the war home." This approach affected directors like , whose Hostel (2005) amplified visceral torture for social critique while retaining the transgressive shock value of Craven's debut, blending capitalist anxieties with bodily horror in a lineage of gritty, audience-provoking cinema. The dual portrayals of Mari in the 1972 original and 2009 inspired a cycle of horror remakes that update subgenre tropes to address contemporary social anxieties, such as suburban isolation and familial protection. This is evident in Alexandre Aja's (2006), a reimagining of Craven's own 1977 that intensifies backwoods invasion themes to reflect post-9/11 fears of external threats penetrating American heartlands, encouraging filmmakers to revisit exploitation roots for timely cultural commentary.

Legacy in remakes and adaptations

The 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left, directed by , preserved the essential traits of Mari Collingwood as a vulnerable yet resilient young woman abducted and brutalized by fugitives, while introducing changes that emphasized familial bonds and her personal agency. Unlike the original, where Mari's background was more ambiguous, the depicted her as a competitive swimmer, allowing scenes of physical defiance that heightened her survival instincts before her demise. Iliadis amplified the role of her parents, portrayed as physicians by and , who leverage their medical expertise during the revenge confrontation, shifting focus toward collective family trauma and retribution. Sara Paxton's portrayal of Mari received acclaim for infusing the character with a composed demeanor amid horror, contrasting the more passive victim and adding subtle layers of emotional depth that resonated with audiences. This was noted for enhancing Mari's agency in the face of violation, influencing post-release conversations about expanding the story through sequels that could explore survivor aftermaths, though no such projects advanced beyond speculation. The remake's approach to Mari's arc contributed to its , distinguishing it from the original while honoring Wes Craven's foundational vision. Mari Collingwood has achieved iconic status within horror , appearing in documentaries that examine the franchise's enduring impact, such as the 2020 feature The Last Word on the Last House on the Left: The Legacy of Horror's Most Controversial Classic, which highlights her role in shaping exploitation horror narratives. Merchandise, including posters and collectible prints featuring Paxton's , has sustained fan , often expanding on her through visual tributes rather than tie-ins. These elements underscore Mari's position as a symbol of raw vulnerability in the genre, fostering a dedicated community. Post-#MeToo scholarship from 2017 onward has reevaluated Mari as a poignant emblem of trauma depiction in rape-revenge cinema, with analyses praising the remake's nuanced handling of and its implications for victim representation. Critics have positioned her alongside other horror figures in discussions of feminist reclamation, noting how her ordeal critiques systemic without fully resolving it. Outlets like have included her in broader rankings of memorable horror victims, affirming her lasting symbolic weight. Following Wes Craven's death in 2015, tributes such as Eli Roth's 2022 anniversary essay revisited Mari's centrality to Craven's oeuvre, emphasizing her in unproduced sequel concepts that envisioned franchise extensions, including horror pitches, though none progressed to production.

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