Best/Worst remakes

[Tangleduponblue]

My favorite remake is probably Carpenter's "The Thing". Though I must say, I like that some people have thrown out the new "Friday the 13th", as I also think it's underrated and am glad to see some people agree with me.

I'm sorry to say this given what inspired the post, but-Synder's "Dawn of the Dead" is the worst remake, if for no other reason than he made his zombies fast. How can you change the one thing that makes Romero, Romero and it still be a worthy remake?

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by Tangleduponblue

My favorite remake is probably Carpenter's "The Thing". Though I must say, I like that some people have thrown out the new "Friday the 13th", as I also think it's underrated and am glad to see some people agree with me.

I'm sorry to say this given what inspired the post, but-Synder's "Dawn of the Dead" is the worst remake, if for no other reason than he made his zombies fast. How can you change the one thing that makes Romero, Romero and it still be a worthy remake?

So should everything be kept exactly the same in a remake? The Rage zombies in 28 Days Later were fast too so it's not like he's the only one whose done it. I was actually fine with the fact that they were fast because the remake is pretty much a completely different movie. The remake is more of a fun action type horror whereas the original actually had a point and a message. But i guess if you don't like fast zombies at all in general i can see how you would be disappointed.

[Tangleduponblue]

I like 28 Days a lot and don't mind fast zombies in general, just thought it was a little blasphemous.

[ZombieDrone]

First off, 28 Days Later always struck me as a little bit too much like Day Of The Dead. It's a decent film and all, not one of my favourites, but when I watched it and it got to the part with the fascistic military compound with a chained up "zombie" I thought, "Oh, we've been here before"

The reason why I put zombie in speech marks is because I don't even consider the film a zombie film. I don't see them as zombies as they don't physically die they just change. Heck I think Suspiria has more cause to be a zombie film, at least they have one.

*sigh* rant over.

I think you can do a good remake and still be pretty comparable to the original (such as in Nosferatu) but for the most part, it's always better to go with something quite different.

[Tangleduponblue]

[QUOTE=ZombieDrone;912970]...but when I watched it and it got to the part with the fascistic military compound with a chained up "zombie" I thought, "Oh, we've been here before" QUOTE]

Haha very true. They share the threat of sexual assault by soldiers as well. You're right about the similarities in the storylines, but as far as the pace, atmosphere, and the general vibe- they're pretty different imo.

[Elijah23256]

My Favorite Remake is John Carpenter's The Thing
Worst Remake is Halloween
Did anyone hear about the Remake to Poltergeist?

I really hope they don't go through with it because one its a Classic! it would be like remaking Jaws( which i heard the were remaking also) or the Exorcist.

Also most of the Horror Movie Remakes are In my opinion really Bad or Poorly made. With a few exceptions Horror Remakes are awful

[hacelikewhoa]

Originally Posted by Elijah23256

My Favorite Remake is John Carpenter's The Thing
Worst Remake is Halloween
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I agree with you there. I hated the Halloween remake. Also hate more than anything the A Nightmare on Elm street remake...I think that was by far the very worst. I can't say I like many remakes at all horror wise... What I do like is the Funny Games remake, and despite people giving it shit, I actually liked the Last House on the Left remake. I don't mind the Texas Chainsaw remake either at least in comparison with other remakes. I hated the Evil Dead. I'm pretty much over remakes at this point. I just hope soon we can see more original and unique horror movies that aren't complete shit.

[TheBossInTheWall]

13 Ghosts. The remake was tremendously better than the original. The ghosts were amazingly done. Same with the house. Acting was of average quality except for Tony Shalhoub who was above average. The plot was decent as were the characters. I said tremendously because the original was so bad, and not a good sort of bad.

[Sculpt]

Not saying any of these were better than the original, but best/enjoyable remakes for me are:

The Thing
Evil Dead II
The Fly
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Godzilla 1985

Heard good things about Dawn of the Dead.

[Geordie9]

Ive only got worst remakes, off the top of my head.... Day Of The Dead (they should have been sued for murdering the original!!), Nightmare On Elm Street, i havent even watched the remake but its just not Freddy without Robert Englund!