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Originally Posted by TheWickerFan
As much as I have been griping about remakes, I have to disagree about eliminating all the remakes on the list. I know most, if not all, of the remakes are inferior to the original, but some of them are quite good in their own right.
Also, I would not like to see The Ring, a film that introduced a mainstream audience to J-Horror, eliminated.
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We will have to agree to disagree on this. Believe it or not I did somehow sit through some of those remakes and I personally did not think as standalone films they were any good anyway. Hills Have Eyes for example was turned into a standard action flick with none of the mania that characterised the original.
Don't get me started on the pinnacle of ultimate evil that is The Ring. I think it did the opposite of what you suggested and actually turned people against japanese horror originals. I've lost count of how many times I showed people the original Ringu which they dismissed as being inferior as "its not as graphic or exciting as the hollywood remake" they claimed. The same can be said for The Grudge etc. No one I know who likes the remakes more than the japanese originals has got into japanese horror. If a film has subtitles or is considered "slow" it will never be accepted by mainstream audiences who demand that films are dumbed down so they don't have to use their brains while watching a film.