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The problem with horror icons or anti-heroes is that they tend to become more significant than the films themselves.
This leaves us with a WWF-esque situation of pantomime baddies appearing on cue to strut their stuff, evaporating any genuine horror tension.
Dracula, Frankenstein and The Invisible Man have had plenty of lame sequels and re-inventions over the decades mind you, but these oldies don't seem to take on the same hip following as modern indestructable/dead psychos - and it's all about upping the ante now in terms of outdoing each other with gory CGI deaths.
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