Favorite Horror Movie Remake

[newb]

And the "foreign horror for U.S. audiences" is usually not up to par with the original ....case in point "The Vanishing"


although I didn't hate "The Grudge" or "Let Me In"

[metternich1815]

The Grudge was pretty good. I also greatly enjoyed The Ring (2002), despite not seeing Ringu (1998).

[horrorfangirl66]

I think The Crazies(2010) and The Thing(1982) were better than their predecessors.

Some other good remakes not surpassing the originals are TCM (2003), The Omen(2006), and Fright Night (2011).

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by horrorfangirl66

I think The Crazies(2010) and The Thing(1982) were better than their predecessors.

Some other good remakes not surpassing the originals are TCM (2003), The Omen(2006), and Fright Night (2011).

I agree with you on The Crazies (Like i said before) but The Thing From Another World is a classic and i wouldn't say that the remake was better. However the remake was also fantastic. When it comes to those two, i'm not sure which i like better. I like them both in different ways.

[metternich1815]

I also greatly enjoyed Thirteen Ghosts (2001). I was surprised by how many people hated that movie because I acctually thought the story and acting were great. Additionally, I thought the special effects were brilliant. Despite all the good aspects of the film, it only holds like a %12 apporoval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I find that highly unusual. I realize the original was a great film by William Castle, but the remake was still really high-quality in my opinion (despite negative reaction).

[roshiq]

Originally Posted by neverending

My favorite remake:

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[roshiq]

Originally Posted by Despare

Couldn't pick my favorite between The Fly and The Thing but they're the top two, I also dug the Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Night of the Living Dead (Savini's), and The Blob remakes.

Ditto, loved them all too.

Originally Posted by metternich1815

I consider reimaginings to be a type of remake. These are the four types of remakes: reimaginings (such as The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, and Thirteen Ghosts remakes), modernization (such as Black Christmas, The Fog, and Psycho remakes), encapsulations (such as Friday the 13th, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street remakes), and foreign horror for U.S. audiences (such as The Ring and the Grudge). My source is the book Horror Movie Freak. Even if you don't agree with the book, I think these are good classifications for horror movie remakes. As for the Psycho remake, it was perhaps the worst horror movie remake in horror movie history.

That's pretty fine classification. I guess, my favorite TCM (2003) may fall into either 're-imagining' or 'encapsulation' category.

Btw, the recent re-imagining of Mother's Day also wasn't bad.

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by metternich1815

I also greatly enjoyed Thirteen Ghosts (2001). I was surprised by how many people hated that movie because I acctually thought the story and acting were great. Additionally, I thought the special effects were brilliant. Despite all the good aspects of the film, it only holds like a %12 apporoval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I find that highly unusual. I realize the original was a great film by William Castle, but the remake was still really high-quality in my opinion (despite negative reaction).

My problem with that movie was it could've been a lot better, instead it turned out kinda lame.

[horrorfangirl66]

Originally Posted by metternich1815

I also greatly enjoyed Thirteen Ghosts (2001). I was surprised by how many people hated that movie because I acctually thought the story and acting were great. Additionally, I thought the special effects were brilliant. Despite all the good aspects of the film, it only holds like a %12 apporoval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I find that highly unusual. I realize the original was a great film by William Castle, but the remake was still really high-quality in my opinion (despite negative reaction).

I agree with you! I really liked this film too. I thought the monsters were creepy and the effects were great.

[newb]

Originally Posted by roshiq

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