New Mutants is based on horrific/moody/surreal run by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, who joined the series in issue 18 and illustrated the book through 31. The first film is inspired by the most well known New Mutants story Demon Bear (issues 18-20), which is as horror as it gets. All you need to do is check out the comics if you have any doubts. With that said, this is a big film with powers and superheroics as well, just filtered through a different lens. The stories we plan on tackling in these films are all taken directly from the comics and are some of the most horrific in the X Universe.