This segment will focus on Horror remakes, of which there have been a huge amount of in the past few years. Even if you don’t count the core Horror movies of the 70s and 80s (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Etc.), horror is one of those genres that could be seen as mostly made of remakes in some form or another (replace Jason with Mike Myers or any number of movie Serial Killers and you get a very similar movie) but even considering that fact there have been a startlingly high amount of horror remakes in recent years when compared to other Genres. Keep in mind this list does not include Foreign-to-American adaptation
Dawn of the Dead (1978) Vs. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
George A. Romero [Director] Zack Snyder
David Emge, Ken Foree [Starring] Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
94% [Tomatometer] 74%
8.0 [IMDb Score] 7.4
$2,150,000 [Budget] $30,023,000
$16,520,000 [Domestic Gross] $67,520,000
The Winner: Original (I prefer the Remake)
Rear Window (1954) Vs. Disturbia (2007)
(Admittedly a looser remake than some)
Alfred Hitchcock [Director] D.J. Caruso
James Stewart, Grace Kelly [Starring] Shia LaBeouf, David Morse
100% [Tomatometer] 68%
8.7 [IMDb Score] 6.9
$8,020,000 [Budget] $21,010,000
$209,250,000 [Domestic Gross] $84,080,000
The Winner: Original
Halloween (1978) Vs. Halloween (2007)
John Carpenter [Director] Peter Segal
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis [Starring] Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds
93% [Tomatometer] 24%
7.9 [IMDb Score] 6.0
$1,073,000 [Budget] $15,760,000
$155,310,000 [Domestic Gross] $61,130,000
The Winner: Original
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Vs. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Wes Craven [Director] Alexandre Aja
Suze Lanier-Bramlett, Robert Houston [Starring] Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan
64% [Tomatometer] 49%
6.4 [IMDb Score] 6.4
$817,000 [Budget] $16,200,000
$144,280,000 [Domestic Gross] $45,150,000
The Winner: Tie
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Vs. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Gary Nelson [Director] Mark Waters
Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster [Starring] Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan
95% [Tomatometer] 15%
7.5 [IMDb Score] 5.1
$3,730,000 [Budget] $35,000,000
$52,810,000 [Domestic Gross] $63,075,000
The Winner: Original (By Far)
Psycho (1960) Vs. Psycho (1998)
Alfred Hitchcock [Director] Gus Van Sant
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh [Starring] Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche
99% [Tomatometer] 36%
8.7 [IMDb Score] 4.5
$5,873,000 [Budget] $79,850,000
$232,900,000 [Domestic Gross] $28,610,000
The Winner: Original (by far)
The Thing (1982) Vs. The Thing (2011)
(Technically a prequel)
John Carpenter [Director] Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley [Starring] Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton
79% [Tomatometer] 36%
8.2 [IMDb Score] 6.3
$33,820,000 [Budget] $38,000,000
$43,760,000 [Domestic Gross] $19,629,000
The Winner: Original/Remake (by far)
Other Musical/Comedy Remakes
Amityville Horror (2005)
Fright Night (2011)
Friday the 13th (2009)
House of Wax (2005)
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Prom Night (2008)
Sorority Row (2009)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
The Crazies (2010)
The Fly (1986)
The Fog (2005)
The Hitcher (2007)
The Omen (2006)
The Stepfather (2009)
The Wicker Man (2006)
The Wolfman (2010)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Willard (2003)
Village of the Damned (1995)
When A Stranger Calls (2006)
*Budget does not include many significant costs of the film i.e. Marketing Costs. Budgets Adjusted for Inflation for 2010.
**Numbers given are Domestic Grosses and do not include DVD sales, Merchandising Revenue, or any other sort of revenue that Studios ultimately receive from a film. Grosses Adjusted for Inflation for 2010.
***Winners are based on critical consensus, not personal opinion.
For The Thing you say the remake wins…Do you mean the 1982 film since it’s a remake of the 50s film?
Lol, didn’t even see that, thank’s for catching it. I originally set it up as the 1951 original vs. the 82 remake but changed it to the newer one because it was more recognizable. the 1982 version was 100x better (even though I love Joel Edgerton and am quite fond of Mary Elizabeth Winstead for reasons I dont’ completely understand)
Phew! I was really worried you had pulled an audible and went with the 2011 film instead.
What’s an Audible?
Oh, sorry…American football term
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=audible
Lol, I actually know what you’re talking about now. Nope, that’d be one Hell of an audible indeed, the new one was just poorly done and completely unnecessary.
I can only relate to the Hitchcock movies lol I’m not too terribly in to horror flicks, but I agree with you that his original works were a lot better than what they tried to reinvent. His scary movies don’t gross me out, and the only thing that he has me worried about on a daily basis is whether some creep with mommy issues is going to kill me in the shower
Yeah, I’ve never been a Hitchcock guy myself but I feel like whatever your opinion of him is you can at least admit that his films deserve more respect from the studios than they’ve been getting with the amount of crappy remakes they’ve churned out over the past decade or so. He’s actually the most remade director out there from what I’ve seen