Topic: Remakes by your opinion

Okay, WARNING  This topic is not to think whether remakes are good or not. I'm just trying to find out which remake(s) that you love and that you hate. For example me are:
-Dawn of The Dead (2004)
-The Thing (1982)
-The Hills have Eyes (2006)
-Piranha 3D (2010)
-The Fly (1986)
-Night of The Living Dead (1990)
-When A Stranger calls (2006)
-Halloween (2007)
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
-The Grudge (2004)
-The Ring (2002)
-Invasion...of The Body Snatchers (1978)
-The Blob (1988)


I hate the following:
-The Omen (2006) XP Terrible
-Day of The Dead (2008)
-Friday The 13TH (2009)
-Psycho (1988) WHY! WHY! DID THEY CAST VINCE VAUGHN AS NORMAN!!!!!!!
-A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
-The Last House on the Left (2009)
-The Amityville Horror (2005) the original was already bad for me
-The Wicker Man (2006)
-The Hitcher (2007)
-One Missed Call (2008)
-Children of The Corn (2009)
-Carrie (2002)
-Prom Night (2008)
-Black Christmas (2006)

I guess that's it!

Last edited by A Lost Boy (2012-08-03 09:47:37)

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Like:

The Thing '82
The Fly '86
The Blob '88
Dawn of the Dead '04
Halloween '07
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Nosferatu '79
The Hills Have Eyes '06
My Bloody Valentine '09


Dislike:

Pretty much every other remake ever made.

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^^
I'll roll with Lon, though I'll add that I liked the My Bloody Valentine & Night of the Demons remakes, too.

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One's I like

The Fly
The Blob
The Crazies
Dawn of The Dead
Let Me In
Nosferatu (79)
Piranha 3D

One's I love

I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Thing (82)

One's I hate

Day of the Dead
Psycho
NOES
Wicker Man
EDIT
Most Hollywood remakes of foreign movies with a few rare exceptions.

Last edited by Vasquez (2012-08-03 18:29:14)

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Yeah Vasquez I never got the guts to watch the terrible I spit on Your Grave. (original)

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Like

The Thing 82
The Fly
The Hills Have Eyes
TCSM
The Ring

In the Middle

Noes
Friday the 13th
Dawn of the Dead
Quarantine

Hate

Black Christmas
Prom Night
HALLOWEEN 07

Last edited by HORRORKID (2012-08-03 11:37:45)

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azathoth wrote:

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I'll roll with Lon, though I'll add that I liked the My Bloody Valentine & Night of the Demons remakes, too.

Forgot about MBV '09 (fixed it).  I'm not sure if I've checked out the NOTD remake, though.  I think I did, but if so I don't remember squat about it, which is saying something. hmm

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I didn't like NotDs remake 1st view, 2nd view I reversed my opinion.

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azathoth wrote:

^^
I didn't like NotDs remake 1st view, 2nd view I reversed my opinion.

Erm monkey I dunno what you meant here.

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In response to Lon's post-  I did not like the remake of Night of the Demons on my first viewing.  I went back and rewatched it, and reversed my opinion and decided I did like it.

I can get a little carried away with the short hand posts.

Last edited by azathoth (2012-08-03 11:00:16)

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Like

Zombies Halloween
Dawn of the Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
The Thing
The Fly
The Blob
The Hills Have Eyes
The Last House on the Left
I Spit on Your Grave
Piranha
My Bloody Valentine

Dislike

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Psycho
Prom Night
The Omen
Black Christmas
The Wicker Man
The Amityville Horror

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There is a lot remake i have yet to see!

Remakes i liked

The Thing (1982)
The Crazies (2010)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Day of the Dead (2008)
The Fly (1986)
Halloween (2007)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
House of Wax (2005)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Last House on the Left (2009)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Mirrors (2008)
My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)
Night of the Demons (2009)
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Nightwatch (1997)
Piranha 3-D (2010)
The Ring (2002)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
The Shining" (1997)

Remake I don't like

April Fool's Day (2008)
The Eye (2008)
The Fog (2005)
Friday the 13th (2009)
The Grudge (2004)
House on Haunted Hill (1999
The Invasion (2007)
It's Alive (2008)
Naina (2005)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
The Omen (2006)
Sorority Row (2009)
The Women in Black (2012)
Children of the Corn (2009)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Uninvited (2009)

Remake I have not seen
2001 Maniacs (2005)
Blood Diner (1987)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)
Carnival of Souls (1998)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Dark Water (2005)
The Echo (2008)
Fright Night (2011)
Funny Games (2008)
House of Wax (1953)
I Saw What You Did (1988)
I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
The Body Snatchers (1993)
Let Me In (2010)
Mother's Day (2010) (seen some of it)
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)
One Missed Call (2007)
Piranha (1995)
Prom Night (2008)
Pulse (2006)
Quarantine (2008)
Shutter (2008)
The Stepfather (2009) (seen some of it)
Straw Dogs (2011)
When a Stranger Calls (2006)
The Wicker Man (2006)
Willard (2003)
The Wizard of Gore (2007)
The Wolfman (2010)

Remake i need to re-watch
Black Christmas (2006
The Blob (1988) d
Cat People (1982)
The Haunting (1999)
The Hitcher (2007)
Psycho (1998)
Village of the Damned (1995)

Carrie (2002)


Other remakes (Bollywood remake I NEED TO SEE)
Anjaane (2000) Remake of Others
Hum Kaun Hai (2010) Remake of Others
Khamoshh(2005) Remake of Identity
Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) remakes of Close Encounters of The Third Kind (1977),,Forrest Gump (1994), E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982).and Independence Day (1996).

Papi Gudia(1996) Remake of Child's play (Doll dose not move lol)

I all bloody hell, i be here all day
If you think hollywood have run out of idea,
Here bollywood list of remakes
http://anantsworld.tripod.com/remakes.html

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Holy shit Bass that's... wow.

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I don't like remakes except for tom savini's night of the living dead.

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LoudLon wrote:

Like:

The Thing '82
The Fly '86
The Blob '88
Dawn of the Dead '04
Halloween '07
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Nosferatu '79
The Hills Have Eyes '06
My Bloody Valentine '09


Dislike:

Pretty much every other remake ever made.


Nice, I would add Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (78) also. Though I wasn't a huge fan of the My Bloody Valentine remake it was enjoyable. Oh, and i did really enjoy the TCM remake.

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^^^ I knew I'd forget a couple.  I always do when asked to make a list.  So many movies out there, even I can't remember all of them. lol

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azathoth wrote:

I didn't like NotDs remake 1st view, 2nd view I reversed my opinion.

I remember you didn't like it...as you said so after I wrote about how I liked it.  I did not know you reversed your opinion though...cool.  smile

I really like:

Texas
Friday
Blob
I spit
Last House
Dawn of Dead? 2004
House on Haunted Hill
Hills Have Eyes
Night of Demons
13 Ghosts

Like:

Halloween
House of Wax

I hate many many many...but I'll include:

Elm St.
Halloween 2

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The ones that piss me off are Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St, Last House on the Left, Prom Night, My Bloody Valentine, Psycho, Let me In, The Fog, Halloween 1 and 2, Black Xmas.  I had an OK time watching Friday the 13th with some friends, but I think they did literally the worst job they could possibly do on that film.  The acting was sooo cringe worthy.  Those 80s movies were cheesy but the acting wasn't nearly as terrible.  You actually had Crispin Glover, and Corey Feldman in The Final Chapter.


The Fly
The Thing
Night of the Living Dead
The Blob

Those have gotta be my top 4 remakes.  Don't love the Blob but shit is pretty cool considering it is one of Chuck Russels few films..

Oh another good one that I'm sure no one is going to mention and is DEFINITELY worth watching is Tobe Hooper's Invaders From Mars.  Not a great movie but I'm a pretty big fan and it does a good job at remaking a 50s scifi and making it a lot more scary...This should definitely be considered a good remake though...

Fright Night is also really fucking fun too.

And I've gotta see Body Snatchers 78.  Have always heard great things.

The real question is which is better.  The Fly or The Thing?  Hands down the best two remakes ever in my opinion...

Last edited by PrinceofDarkness (2012-08-15 18:08:04)

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The toolbox Murders was another Hooper remake that was pretty good but not much at all like the original though.

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I really loved The Wolfman also, I know not many liked it but I think its one of my favorite remakes.

@Lon. I was pretty sure you was a fan of NOTLD (90) atleast... smile

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Damn I really need to see that Wolfman.  Never gave it a chance but I have a feeling from what I've seen from it, I may enjoy it. 

Toolbox Murders is good?  Might have to check that one out as well

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The remakes I have liked so far....

Dawn of The Dead (2004)
The Thing (1982)
The Fly (1986)
Night of The Living Dead (1990)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Invasion...of The Body Snatchers (1978)
The Blob (1988)
Night of the Demons (2009)
Fright Night (2011)
Nosferatu (1979)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Let Me In (2010)
I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
The Woman in Black (2012)

Last edited by DirtyGirl (2012-08-15 18:49:39)

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I really loved The Wolfman also, I know not many liked it but I think its one of my favorite remakes.

@Lon. I was pretty sure you was a fan of NOTLD (90) atleast... smile

Yeah, pretty much anything with Savini is good by me (except for that god-awful Children of the Living Dead...*retch* ).

Didn't care a great deal for The Wolfman remake.  I'm a big fan of Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving and Anthony Hopkins (who doesn't like that guy?) but it just felt like it was missing something. hmm

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remakes I love:
Wolfman
The Woman in Black
My Bloody Valentine
Fright Night
Friday the 13th
Prom Night(havent seen the original but itso n my list)
House of Wax
House on Haunted Hill
Thirteen Ghosts
The Ring
The Grudge
Sorority Row
The Uninvited
Amnityville Horror
When a Stranger Calls
The Haunting
The Hitcher....if i left any out I will add them later

ones I hated:
NOES
TCM
Halloween
Last House on the Left
Black Christmas
Psycho
Wicker Man
I Spit On Your Grave....and many many more but those are the ones I hated most

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Oooh I could be treading on egg shells right now but I'm sick of not voicing my opinion for fear of being flamed so here goes.

I like movies. I don't judge them apart from when I'm doing reviews but mostly I just want to watch a movie and enjoy it so I don't hold it up to anything else. If I don't like it I don't like it. If I do, I do. If it happens to be a remake thats the way the dice fall, not my problem.

I liked:

Dawn on the dead. (it was the one to bring me back to the horror genre as a genre fan and not just a casual fan)
Last House.
I Spit.
The Wolfman
House on Haunted Hill
My Bloody Valentine
The Grudge (although, no it wasn't as scary but it was enjoyable)
The Ring
Mother's Day (It doesn't hold anything similar to the original really but it's one hell of a movie!)

Ones I didn't like: (not hated. It's a strong feeling to have about something that isn't going to effect my life one bit)

Nightmare on Elm Street.
Halloween (I'm not a fan of the original so the story and deep stuff is lost on me)
Let me in.
The Hills have eyes. (it's far too gory. The first was much better and didn't rely on the shock factor)


To be honest, I've not see THAT many remakes, especially of foreign horrors because I love foreign horror so I don't really watch the remakes. I am disapointed that 2 near perfect movies such as Oldboy and Martyrs are being remade and for mainstream audiences and I think the morals, messages and power will be lost and abandoned to appeal to everyone.

But a movie isn't going to change my life so I don't let them rule my life. I respect all film makers for their visions. I am only 20 so a lot of originals are old to me, and I may or may not have seen them.

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