Best horror movie remakes
 

first up The thing i think is a great remake

Dawn of the Dead

A+++ I "second that emotion" ahah

John Carpenters The Thing remake = best remake ever!!!!!!!!


Dawn Of The Dead is second IMO but still kick ass nonetheless.....

i would have to say Dawn of thedead and the ring there both baddass remakes.....

Re: Best horror movie remakes
 

have to agree there. :)

I love the DOTD Remake. I was watching it the other day and it was dark out still nobody was up but me. I had my coffee and was really into the movie when my smartass husband scared the shit out of me. the coffee went everywhere. Dam I hate that!! What a RUSH!!

LMFAO!!!!!

man its refreshing seeing people say DOTD .. i'm tired of the rabid fanboys cutting it up.

I'm pretty damn hard to please with movies in general - but i thought it was a fine film .. The thing is also a great choice.

I actually liked the night of the living dead remake as well ...

They arent trying to reinvent or discredit the origionals .. they are just good films keeping the genre fresh.

ROTFL LOL :p

LMFAO!!!!! jumper:D

i thought all three of the movies disgussed here are great

Dawn of the Dead
The Ring
and The Thing....

all great remakes

Now lets name some bad remakes

House on Haunted Hill

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

hmmmm what else.....

Psycho

house on haunted hill ...
planet of the apes (not horror - i know)
Red Dragon


for the record .. the Psycho remake wasnt technically that bad of a film ... its just that it was completely unnessessary - like Red Dragon

Loved HOHH remake!!

Are you totally out of your mind? Or just pulling my chain?

Ill admit the "Darkness" was pretty bad.....but the rest fucking rocked!!!!!

i agree with you there ive seen the Dawn of the dead remake just this weekend and it kicked ass who here liked Andy from the movie damn was he crazy about guns. but here's the main question how would you React if they where makeing a Clockwork orange remake? i admit it dosent need one but i think they should bring the movie back from the dead. its such a great movie

I just didn't like it, the Price version is far superior.

Of course!

yes manhunter was a much better film then red dragon and i agree with the person who said TCM remake sucked ass cause it did.

:D :D :D


I thought it was just me and 2 of my real life friends....:D

I just think that Vince didnt play a good part of Norman....he just isnt the right man.....

Red Dragon was okay

ooo there it is. Great choice. I wish they would remake more in that era. I.e. Four Skulls of Johnathan Drake
and so on!

You do know she called it crappy, right?

And out of that era...hit or miss. Think about "The Haunting". There you go.

well, they can not like HOHH all they want. I liked it. thats all I was saying and The Four Skulls of Johnathan Drake was a great flick. The Haunting yeah it was alright.

ok do you guys remember that movie The Haunting now you cant say that movie didnt rock

Best - The Thing (I haven't seen Dawn of the Dead yet :( and I thought the Fly was pretty good)

Worst - 13 Ghosts ( anything that Dark Castle touches turns to crap)

I haven't heard of that one, but I've heard of an Amityville Horror remake. Not looking forward to that...

i havent seen the origional 13 ghosts but i thought the remake was visually interesting if nothing else ...

i agree. but i like dawn of the better. but i only because ilike that genere(sp) better. i think all these directors and producers who have their heart set on making remakes, should sit down and study those two movies to see how a good remake is made.

you cant expect them to do that .......that would be far to difficult for them :p

so true. they would rather rely on some failed film maker at a film school advice on how to make a movie. instead of looking at movie made by a horror movie making genius like carpenter. for some form of idea on how to make a decent movie.

i dont know how much say the director in a low budget film has these days (unless he/she financed it)
I believe that the producers steer the picture in a direction that will make them their money back.

If they see a guy going out on a limb and use too much origionality it makes them nervous. They prefer to appeal to the lowest common denominator... the sheep ... who would perfer to see things that are easy to understand .. car chases, things blowing up...PG rated violence.

Its all about the box office baby.

Halloween wasnt made with Carpenter thinking it would be the most successful independant film of all time .. it was great filmmaking and great timing.

Thats kind of why i roll my eyes when these early films get over analyzed ... like the 'what is Michael thinking' thread.

Caprenter didnt care .. he just wanted to scare people..

Anyway i got away from my point there ...
Which was ... these guys can study films all they like but its studying the box office impact that matters to the guys that hold the strings.

if you want a really apt analogy ... look at Brittney Spears and look at your own favorite band/singer ... I'll bet Brittney has more money than God compared to whoever you picked.
does it make sense ? no - blame the lowest common denominator.

TCM re-make wasn't that bad. No dinner scene though.

"The Thing" I thought of as more "going back to the source" of the short story....but I loved that remake, or whatever you want to call it....

I liked the recent TCM remake, I thought it was scary as all get-out...

And "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers" (1979) was an excellent, and very scary, remake.

I didn't like the new "House on Haunted Hill" or "13 Ghosts" (I thought the originals were FAR better).

I did, however, see the "13 Ghosts" remake in the theatres, and I enjoyed watching it, in a stupid, silly sort of way. I did like the sound editing, and I liked the scene with the jerk lawyer getting sliced completely in half, because it was just so audacious.

The house haunted was a good remake. The New dawn of the dead was extermly good. The worst remake I have ever seen was the The Haunating, I like old better.

i watched the remake of The Thing last night and I still love it....and The Haunting did blow

Speaking of manhunter its coming on AMC right now!

is it fucking awwsome time to tune in!!