According to the Hollywood Reporter NBC and Universal are planning to create a cable network devoted to horror movies and TV series.  Universal, of course, has a vault filled with horror films featuring its 'classic monsters' such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and the Wolfman, while NBC/Universal's other cable networks, USA and the Sci Fi Channel are ideally suited to cross promote a new channel devoted to horror programming (USA has a Frankenstein mini-series coming out this year).  Of course the problem with launching a new cable channel is getting it on cable and satellite systems, but since NBC/Universal own the floundering Trio channel, it is quite possible that they could replace Trio with a horror (or even a detective) channel.

A horror network would be good news for pop culture retailers because it would spur interest in the genre, which has already spawned lots of merchandise from action figures to role-playing games, statues, books, dvds comics and graphic novels.