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That sounds neat!

Serious question:

You keep mentioning you do not want to lead an adaptation of a story that is not your culture. What is your culture?  That probably will help us narrow down what you are willing to work with.

EDIT: As a note, I'm a multiracial AFAB asexual, so I'm very accustomed to having to work with the cultures of other people that are not my own. I will be cool with anything.  Si a ti parece, acuerdo!

1 - Horror is always fun and the best!

2 - Alone for now, but I am open to work in a team if someone wants to join up.

Andchan has a great idea with Dracula, I love that idea.

Off the top of my head, a few myth alternatives I could think of are (in no particular order):

• Little Brother and Little Sister (Possible Triggers: Implied child abuse, murder of the heroine, spousal deception) A brother and sister escape their evil step mother, who curses the brother. The sister soon marries a king, but is murdered by the stepmother and replaced by her stepsister. The ghost of the heroine exposes the crime.
• The Three Princes of Whiteland (Possible Triggers: Abuse) Through a series of events, including fish-adoption and being beaten by trolls, a husband thinks he knows better than his wife. He tricks three princes into giving him clothing of invisibility to return home.
• Kalunga (Possible Triggers: Death) An Angolan chief refuses his people to eat or drink until his wife is brought back to life. The medicine man tasked to bring her back from the underworld discovers such a thing is possible, but also sees the chief will instead be reunited with his soon.
• Chase of the Severed Head (Possible Triggers: Infidelity, cannibalism) This is quite dark. A father tricks his children into committing an unspeakable crime. They find their revenge with the assistance of magic and bears.
• Princess Kaguya (Possible Triggers: None) An adopted farmer's daughter makes five suitors compete for her love before she escapes to live on the moon.

Of course, give me two minutes and I'll keep thinking and adding more as well. It is best I stop now.

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears wouldn’t work very well because most of it is Goldilocks touching the bears’ stuff."

I am cackling at this.

I feel retelling an existing story may be the best/easiest method.

While coming up with a new story certainly would be in the spirit of the jam, it could lead to more opportunities for lagging or confusion. A retelling of a universal story/legend/fairy tale, however, would allow people to more easily acclimate and come up with ideas for their portion.