Remakes Which ones are better?

[Amie29]

Here are a few I could not stand.



1. The Haunting: The movie had a star filled cast, but just could not pull it off.



2. The Fog: I thought this movie had some interesting twists, but did not even match the "scare level" the first one did.



3. When A stranger Calls: Worst remake ever next to psycho. I have one word for Camilla Belle (Jill Johnson female lead) Unibrow. Who would even think to do this a PG 13? It was not even close to scary.



4. House Of Wax: I could not stand this one at all, but I will say the Paris Hilton death scene was my favorite.



5. Psycho: Another star filled cast how they found themselves in this movie is beyond me.



6. The Wicker Man: I like Nicolas Cage this movie was just a little to slow moving for me.



7. The hills Have Eyes Two: Ok this movie was not good when they re did it in 1985, and it's still not good today.



In my opinion these are the best.



1. The fly: I liked this one maybe even more than the first. Jeff Goldblum did a fantastic job playing Seth Brundle. The effects were really good to.



2. The Blob: I loved Kevin Dillon in this movie, but we all have to admit the best acting came from the blob. LOL



3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: I can not get enough of this movie. I could never choose between this one and the first, they were both to good.



4. Dawn Of The Dead: I enjoyed how the zombies were changed some from the original. The first will always be my favorite, but I have to say they did A wonderful job.



5. The Thing: This movie kept me guessing I love that! I am also a big fan of Kurt Russell.



6. The Hills Have Eyes: The scare factor was huge with me on this movie. Death scenes were really cool.



7. House On Haunted Hill: This is another that I could not decide if the original is better. The graphics in gore in this movie were really great. Geoffrey Rush was a wonderful pick to play Stephan H. Price, so was Famke Janssen (Evelyn Stockard-Price) and Jeffrey Combs (Dr.Richard Benjamin Vannacutt). The second House On Haunted Hill had really bad acting but was worth it for the effects.



8. Black Christmas: Ok this one was cheesy not so good remake, but I liked it. The eye ball eating, incest, and skin cookies made it different than what I have seen in a long time. Robert Mann (Billy) and Dean Friss (Agnes) did a little to good of a job being creepy.

[Michael West]

The only reason to do a remake is to take a story and do something new and interesting with it. These remakes that are basically shot-for-shot (Psycho) are pointless. I haven't seen I Am Legend yet, but here are my favorites to date:

1) John Carpenter's The Thing. A movie that was way ahead of its time. This is not only the best remake ever, it is also one of the greatest Sci-Fi/Horror films ever made. Claustrophobic, paranoid, with some of the most amazing creature effects ever devised.

2) The Fly. Again, one of the best horror films ever made. Why? Because it was centered around characters and their relationships. They took the silly premise of the original and made it seem entirely possible. The make-up effects won an Oscar, and it was well deserved.

3) Night of the Living Dead. Directed by make-up guru Tom Savini, and featuring the debut of Candyman's Tony Todd, this late 80s remake took the whiny character of Barbara and made her into a female Rambo. The ending actually made me stand up and cheer. Wonderful job!

4) Dawn of the Dead. OK, the original remains one of my favorite horror films of all time, so when they announced this remake, I was skeptical. When I saw it, however, I was just blown away. From the opening, when we see the world falling apart, to the tragic final frames, this was an inspired, well directed, and expertly acted exercise in how to make a remake work.

5) The Blob. I do love Chuck Russell's 1988 gore-fest. Watching this gooey glop dissolve everyone in its path is gleefully sick fun. Lots of twists and turns and amazing effects work elevate it above the 1950's original. And Shawnee Smith is just wonderful!

[Amie29]

:'(I should be for forgetting Night Of The Living Dead

[dholdredge]

The greatest remake in my recollection has to be Dawn of the Dead. IMHO--it greatly surpassed the original and added a twist on the tale by giving the zombies speed. I think it added to the desperation of the survivors and certainly gave the movie more horrific atmosphere.

The worst remakes were definitely The Fog, Black Christmas, and When a Stranger Calls. The originals are still fantastic and nothing was gained by creating a remake--IMHO. Although seeing Lacey Cherbert.......

[obliv326]

i have to admit that, despite a great deal of skepticism on my part, i actually respect the halloween remake quite a bit. it was so...respectful, i guess is the word, to the original. i feel like it did nothing to detract from the original, and added a little clarity to it after all is said and done.

i didnt expect to like it at all, but i actually ended up owning it! so, even bad ideas, and i think the idea of remaking a GREAT film is almost always a bad idea...good ones, sure, but really, how do you improve halloween, or the thing (carpenters, which i've heard is a rumour) or the exorcist (yeah...seriously). this is the only one that i think really takes the original and doesnt try to re-do it, but just opens the scope. i can respect that.

[Michael West]

I didn't love Zombie's Halloween, but I didn't despise it either. It had some interesting touches, but it's biggest problem was that it tried to be a prequel and a remake. He spent so much time telling us how Michael got to be this crazed killer, that by the time we get to where the original movie begins, Laurie Strode and her friends, the movie has to rush to tell the story in the allotted running time.