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Originally Posted by The Mothman

what exactly is the point of remaking your own film, shot for shot??

Because an American producer will pay you to remake your own film with American actors speaking English for an American theatrical release. Very few foreign films get a theatrical release in the USA. Certainly not horror movies. Sometimes the original director is willing to do it- why not? It's income for them and they will give it more care than some other director would.

It used to be a common occurance in Hollywood to shoot versions of a movie in various languages at the same time as the original. This isn't all that different.