I was so happy to see this thread, I signed up just to post. My friend and I, who are both big horror fans, as well as big fighting game fans, went off on like a three day tangent of coming up with a great list of HOrror Icons that we'd love to see in a fighting game.
First of all, the engine has got to be the Mortal Kombat engine. It needs the detailed artwork and lots and lots of blood! Also, most of these monsters have trademark finishing moves, so a "Finish Him!" option is a must.
We also came up with using Vincent Price's voice for the Shao Kahn announcer. Other "host" characters that could make an appearance could be Elvira, Hitch****, and Rod Serling from the Twilight Zone.
Now, I'd imagine getting the licenses for all the characters to include would be difficult, but an awful lot of the monsters seem to be either WB or Universal owned. Really if Universal and WB could get together for this game, that's like 70-80% of the characters right there.
Here's a quick rundown of my lists. I broke them into categories.
Classic Movie Monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature from the Blak Lagoon, Bride of Frank, Dr. Jeckle & Mr. Hyde, and maybe later as a DLC Abbott and Costello fighting in tandem.
Psychopaths: Freddy, Jason, Mike Myers, Leatherface, Chucky, Ghostface, Jack Torrence (the Shining), Hannibal Lecter, and Norman Bates
Sci-fi: Alien, Predator, the original Terminator, Stripe (Gremlins), Sil (Species), Brundle Fly, Kille Clowns, a CHUD, and Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors
Paranormal: Regan (Exorcist), Pinhead, Pumpkinhead, the Leprechaun, Candy Man, Damien (the Omen), the Creeper from Jeepers Creepers, and Gozer from Ghostbusters.
Heroes: Ash Williams, Ellen Ripley, Van Helsing, Swamp Thing, Toxic Avenger, Peter Venkman, Bub the Zombie, Betelgeuse, and Edward Scissorhands.
That's not even everyone we've come up with. Wutchu think? Any other suggestions?
And I love this idea, I'd buy this game in a heartbeat!