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Originally posted by Evil Bread
Do the crap remakes just make the originals better? Or taint them? The Jaws sequels have not tainted the original, yet the likes of Halloween seem to have. Obviously remakes and sequels are different but you take my meaning hopefully.
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I think crap remakes do taint original films for mainstream movie watchers. Most people into horror either like or dislike the original and so a crap or good remake would not alter their opinion on the original, where as a someone who hasn't seen the original and watches some crappy remake isn't going to go out of their way to watch what it was based on, as they would presume it to be crap also.
Sequals do appear to more dilute the the original than taint it in a way. For example Nightmare on Elmstreet, when it first came out it was scarey and was about some sick child molester who got burnt alive and then managed to come back to take it out kids in a pretty nasty way. If you talk to people nowadays Freddy is no longer a monster but a pretty cool killer who always comes out with some witty remark before offing some loser kid that no-one would really like anyway, not really the stuff of nightmares.
Also if you go back and watch Nightmare on Elmstreet it can not watch in the same way as when it was realeased. By todays standards it is pretty tame with very little graphic gore, which as you stated earlier, the shock value seems to be the thing that counts. Don't get me wrong I like gorefests but a good film is more important than how much gore you can fit in 90 minutes.