12 Best Horror Remakes
90% of remakes suck. Here's the other 10% ... (ascending order)
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- DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsSarah ButlerJeff BransonAndrew HowardA writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.Perhaps as nasty as the original but not due to the rape scene
- DirectorDennis IliadisStarsGarret DillahuntMonica PotterTony GoldwynAfter kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.Less gritty but better production and worth a watch
- DirectorFede AlvarezStarsJane LevyShiloh FernandezJessica LucasFive friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.More brutal and intense than the original. Pretty good, if a tad formulaic of its era.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.Fast, growly zombies are a mistake but that aside, this is a solid attempt
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.It was only remade for the purpose of making $$$, but this heart-stopper succeeds in translating the terror ...
- DirectorBreck EisnerStarsRadha MitchellTimothy OlyphantDanielle PanabakerAfter a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.More slasher than 'Rabid' but updated well and bonus points for the fx at the end
- DirectorFranck KhalfounStarsElijah WoodNora ArnezederAmerica OlivoAs he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.Superb revamp of a fairly average original. Great electro music score and good performances.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsShawnee SmithKevin DillonDonovan Leitch Jr.A deadly entity from space crash-lands near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature.Made when remakes actually had a purpose - ie, when the original was a 50s B movie. Formulaic but very entertaining
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsDonald SutherlandBrooke AdamsJeff GoldblumWhen strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.Seriously unsettling film. That awful feeling of "They'll get you in the end ..." is done to perfection
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan ByrdA traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.Far more gripping than Craven's dull original. Great performances held together by tight direction from Aja put this in my top 5.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.1986 blockbuster. Cronenberg reached his commercial peak here and raised the bar in the genre of body horror. Jeff Goldblum's career never really recovered from the nerdy scientist role after this, which he made his own.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.Technically a sequel to the 1951 B&W original but widely thought of as a remake. One of the best movies of all time, this was a slow burner at the box office which has since become recognised for the sci-fi/horror classic that it is.