What is it with Pride and Prejudice these days? First there was the revelation that an American publisher is bringing out a version featuring zombies, in which Elizabeth Bennet "wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead". Then to our shock and of course horror it emerged that the author was expecting to sign a film deal within weeks.
And now a new film gives Austen's characters something else to worry about: the Predator. Apparently Pride and Predator is "a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre". While we'd agree with the "done-to-death" tag, we'll wait to see what emerges before falling in with "fresh and funny", but it does beg the question of which other classics might be suited to a horror film makeover.
I personally wouldn't mind seeing dreary Tess of the D'Urbervilles being spiced up with a few vampires, or giving Anna Karenina something genuine to complain about in Freddy Krueger.
