20 Movies That Sound Like They Should Be Horror Movies

Possible Plot: You, killing me. Shot in POV style. Running time: 10 seconds.

Possible Plot: In the remote Australian Outback, a mysterious man known only as Kangaroo Jack stalks travelers who venture through his territory, secretly disabling their cars and then picking them up in his dingy tow truck. When he gets them back to his isolated garage, he severs their spinal chords, removes their tongues, covers them in eucalyptus leaves and unleashes koalas on them.

Possible Plot: In an underwater research facility, a team of scientists genetically alter dozens of jellyfish, giving them heightened senses, speed and intelligence in a misguided attempt to somehow cure cancer. However, they also inadvertently heighten their pissed-off-edness, leading the jellyfish to escape, flood the facility and eat Sam Jackson.

Possible Plot: A former concert pianist whose hands were mangled in a freak lawn dart accident now works as a piano tuner. A reclusive loner, he becomes obsessed with a customer, a young singer-songwriter (played by Alicia Keys, Vanessa Carlton, Tori Amos or Fiona Apple; TBD) whom he kidnaps and takes to his lair beneath the piano store. He promises he'll help her with her career as long as she never removes his gloves. Curious, though, she sneaks up behind him and takes them off, revealing his hideous hands. He goes crazy and tries to blow up the piano store. Later adapted into a Broadway musical.

Possible Plot: A man wakes up one morning, gets some coffee, reads a newspaper, drives to work, shuffles some papers, eats lunch, surfs the Web, tries to look busy when his boss walks by, surfs the Web some more, drives home, eats a microwave dinner, watches some TV and then goes to bed. The twist: he's been dead the whole time! (Currently pending litigation from M. Night Shyamalan.)

Possible Plot: The latest entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise finds Freddy Krueger learning proper finger placement for playing Aerosmith's "Dream On" on acoustic guitar. Probably going straight to video.

Possible Plot: A group of teens spending a weekend at a cabin in the woods come down with a deadly communicable disease that melts their skin and turns their insides into mush. The source: Taco Bell.

Possible Plot: An urban policeman tracks a missing child to a small island off the coast of Pennsylvania, where every February 2, the residents offer a blood sacrifice to their fuzzy pagan god in order to prevent six more weeks of winter.

Possible Plot: A school bus carrying students on a trip to Arlington National Cemetery collides with a military tanker truck, spilling toxic waste that reanimates a horde of 30 zombie presidents buried in the cemetery*.

*Granted, only two presidents are actually buried in Arlington National Cemetery, but, you know, creative freedom and all.

Possible Plot: When a comet flies close to the Earth, it emits a trail of radiation that brings the world's cars to life, causing them to run over humans in order to harvest their blood for fuel. Only the Prius can save us all.