Best horror movie remakes

[Thepuppetmaster]

first up The thing i think is a great remake

[Hate_Breeder]

Dawn of the Dead

[deftones6]

A+++ I "second that emotion" ahah

[kpropain]

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


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

[dantehorrorfan]

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

[ShankS]

Originally posted by Thepuppetmaster
first up The thing i think is a great remake

have to agree there. :)

[allmykids]

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!!

[chaplain]

Originally posted by allmykids
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!!!!!

[urgeok]

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.

[deftones6]

Originally posted by allmykids
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!!

ROTFL LOL :p

[dantehorrorfan]

Originally posted by allmykids
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!!!!! jumper:D

[GorePhobia]

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

[chaplain]

Originally posted by GorePhobia
Now lets name some bad remakes


House on Haunted Hill

[GorePhobia]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

hmmmm what else.....

Psycho

[urgeok]

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

[allmykids]

Originally posted by urgeok
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!!

[The_Return]

Originally posted by chaplain
House on Haunted Hill

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

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

[Thepuppetmaster]

Originally posted by kpropain
John Carpenters The Thing remake = best remake ever!!!!!!!!


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

[chaplain]

Originally posted by The_Return
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 just didn't like it, the Price version is far superior.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by chaplain
the Price version is far superior.

Of course!

[Heretic_Ideals]

Originally posted by urgeok
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

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.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by allmykids
Loved HOHH remake!!

:D :D :D


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

[GorePhobia]

Originally posted by urgeok
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

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

Red Dragon was okay

[deftones6]

Originally posted by chaplain
House on Haunted Hill
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!

[The_Return]

Originally posted by deftones6
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.

[deftones6]

Originally posted by The_Return
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.

[Thepuppetmaster]

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

[FilthyCannibal]

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)

[FilthyCannibal]

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

[urgeok]

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

[wufong]

Originally posted by kpropain
John Carpenters The Thing remake = best remake ever!!!!!!!!


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

[ShankS]

Originally posted by wufong
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

[wufong]

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.

[urgeok]

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.

[MichaelMyers]

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

[filmmaker2]

"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.

[horror_master]

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.

[GorePhobia]

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

[Heretic_Ideals]

Speaking of manhunter its coming on AMC right now!

[GorePhobia]

is it fucking awwsome time to tune in!!

[nine9]

I was very impressed with NOTLD 1990 remake, Also Willard.

[Heretic_Ideals]

Willard Blew.....royaly.....i'd much rather sit and watch the original then that piece of shit remake....

[allmykids]

Originally posted by Heretic_Ideals
Willard Blew.....royaly.....i'd much rather sit and watch the original then that piece of shit remake....

Got that right!!

[urgeok]

i thought crispin glover was amazing ... he should have been in the origional...

[hellfire1]

i loved the notld remake. extra points cause tony todd is in it

[Heretic_Ideals]

Originally posted by urgeok
i thought crispin glover was amazing ... he should have been in the origional...

he's a fucking nut just not in the movies but in real life like when he flipped out on letterman and kicked the shit out of daves desk haha......i liked him in The Rivers Edge though

[Thepuppetmaster]

What about The Ring remake? i remember the original Ringu which i havent seen yet but the ring is a decent movie

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Heretic_Ideals
he's a fucking nut just not in the movies but in real life like when he flipped out on letterman and kicked the shit out of daves desk haha......i liked him in The Rivers Edge though

I know .. i saw the show where he brought some of his home made art .. one was a do-bee from romper room.
no doubt about it he is in outer space but that edge sure makes him great for films where he plays a creep..

[FairyKorpes]

Well i did a search and couldn't find anything current on the original The Haunting. I just saw the remake and i actually liked the original one better. It scared me more. I found the remake some what cheese.

I mean the end she is just talking to this big powerful ghost dude and says "oh it's just you and me" blah blah blah, and what now all these souls get power? Uh whatever.

:rolleyes:

[gren]

Originally posted by hellfire1
i loved the notld remake. extra points cause tony todd is in it

is he relaly that hot? he seems kinda angry and old looking to me

LOL now if u like a black man o0o00

*fap fap fap*...........

[DraculaInDallas]

Originally posted by gren
is he relaly that hot? he seems kinda angry and old looking to me

LOL now if u like a black man o0o00

*fap fap fap*...........

This will help all you ladies with your fapping :D :D ;)

[gren]

LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[DraculaInDallas]

I'm always willing to lend a hand for my friends!!!!!!!! :D ;)

[hellfire1]

Originally posted by DraculaInDallas
This will help all you ladies with your fapping :D :D ;)

LOL
i'm compelled to say "ewwww" and "hmmm... interesting device there" at the same time

[FairyKorpes]

That totally grossed me the fuck out lmao. It's hard enough to stay away from one small penis, but 5 *shivers*. One that's just above average is fine lol

[zwoti]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/zwoti/SHOCKED.gif

[HorrorJunkie17]

My List of the Best Remakes:

1. The Ring
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Thirteen Ghosts
5. The Grudge
6. House on Haunted Hill
7. Night of the Living Dead
8. The Stepford Wives (not a scary movie, but a good remake.)

(that's all I can think of.)

[Gothic-chick]

I thought Dawn of the Dead was an excellent remake.. It's at the top of my Christmas list!

[urgeok]

I think we have to differentiate between 'remake' .. and 'new version'.

Remake suggests that there is going to be an improvement on the origional.
Maybe thats why most people hate them

I think of them as new versions. Inspired by the origional but by no means an attempt to be a new improved version of the origional.

what this particular director would have done given the framework.

if you look at it this way ... then it makes it easier to like them.
Dawn of the Dead, and Savini's Night of the Living Dead movies get my vote in that light ..

[I_Still_Know!]

Originally posted by urgeok
I think we have to differentiate between 'remake' .. and 'new version'.

Remake suggests that there is going to be an improvement on the origional.
Maybe thats why most people hate them

I think of them as new versions. Inspired by the origional but by no means an attempt to be a new improved version of the origional.



Yeah, good point! ^^

IMO I can only think of one movie that I would say was 'remade' and that was "Psycho". It was redone, pretty much line for line and shot for shot.

I would say that was a remake of the original, as mentioned above, all others I would call 'new versions'.