Best to Worst Horror/Thriller Remakes in my opinion
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.9/10
Martin Scorsese tops the 60's classic by adding a suspense factor, reealing De Niro as a much more fearful character :) - 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.8.5/10
Definently the most tense remake I have seen so far on the trend of horror remakes. This one revelaes all blood and gore, griding intense material togethor :) - DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsJennifer CarpenterSteve HarrisColumbus ShortA television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.8.5/10
Beats other horror remakes that are similar to it. Quarantine is a real shocker and a worthy remake of the Spanish Horror film [REC] :) - DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan ByrdA traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.8.5/10
A downright nasty, grisly and disturbing remake of Wes Craven's 1977, this version of Hills wastes no time into getting into the plot with excellent characters, scares and gore :) - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.8/10
I haven't seen the 50's version but Carpentar's direction for this film is the personification of fear. He cretaes isolation with a mixture of gory, yummy looking effects with high suspense factors playing throughout :) - DirectorCraig GillespieStarsAnton YelchinColin FarrellDavid Tennant"Fright Night" - A new neighbor moves in next to Charley, who discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous "vampire killer", Peter Vincent?8/10
Craig Gillsespie's remake of the Tom Holland "SUCK UR TEETH IN" vampire flick, Fright Night is surely to please fans who love the original. It has great actors, plot's the same but the scenes change which is excellent. It's a creative way to really seek out the horror genre in film :) - 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.8/10
David Cronenberg creates absolute paranoia in this film. I haven't seen the original but I thought this film was classic :) - DirectorCharles GuardThomas GuardStarsEmily BrowningArielle KebbelElizabeth BanksAnna returns home after a stint in a mental hospital, but her recovery is jeopardized by her father's new girlfriend and ghastly visions of her dead mother.8/10
A really good remake because it doesn't have to rely on too much violence to create great characters and a chilling plot. - DirectorMarcus NispelStarsJessica BielJonathan TuckerAndrew BryniarskiAfter picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.8/10
Platnuim Dunes first remake of a cult classic is not that bad and actually really enjoyable. It plays with emotions and dishes out creepy stuff like it should. I still think it was unessacry but this is the way Hollywood works! - 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.7.5/10
An intense remake of George A. Romero's 1973 unknown film, this one doesn't miss the mark and hits the spot light straight away. Blood, gore, suspense and scares are all mixed togethor for the viewer to have a good time. - 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.7.5/10
Really enjoyable. The director's re-telling of a 50's classic surely works for the benefit. I liked it and it even got going as quick as possible! - DirectorRob ZombieStarsScout Taylor-ComptonMalcolm McDowellTyler ManeAfter being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.7.5/10
The original is a classic and one of my favs in the horror genre, and it should have never been remade. But Rob Zombie doesn't do such a bad job, he just doesn't do a pretty job. It's decent, there's far worse than this! - DirectorMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.StarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadJoel EdgertonUlrich ThomsenAt an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.7.5/10
Not what I expected this film to be. It's ok, you've got average suspense, loads of CGI gore and many additional scenes which work. Something that everyone should give a chance ;) - 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.7/10
A pretty creepy film when it gets going. It's a mystery ride with a woman trying to uncover the truth, and yes it's good but it suffers from dragging on for too long. - DirectorMarcus NispelStarsJared PadaleckiAmanda RighettiDerek MearsA group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.7/10
A nice hack and slash reboot of the franchise. Doesn't have any suspense which blows and it doesn't have that eerie feel that we got from the original film with some of it's sequels. But this is just slasher fun to waste your time on! - DirectorPatrick LussierStarsJensen AcklesJaime KingKerr SmithTom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he's innocent.7/10
It's not bad at all. A lot of psychological themes are played out well with the additional blood and gore factors which work decently. I do think it misses the point in story telling. It doesn't have that Valentine's day feel, it just felt like another slasher! - 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.6.5/10
Brutal and vile, this remake of Wes Craven's controversial shocker is not such a bad one. The only problem here was that Craven's was a dark gritty film which had to be hated. Here it's modern so it's not going to get the same reaction. - DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsElisabeth ShueJerry O'ConnellRichard DreyfussAfter a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.6.5/10
Not really a lot of development from characters or story plot. It's all as basic as jumping through a hole. This film has everything, blood, splatter, gore, nudity, tits and over the top violence. It's a good waste of 1 hr and 32 mins. - DirectorSamuel BayerStarsJackie Earle HaleyRooney MaraKyle GallnerThe spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.6.5/10
Another decent slasher remake which in some parts the new directors cannot get right. It's not as entertaining and the acting is medicore. It had little mystery and some creepiness. The original had excellent acting, scary stuff going on and the3 mystery was played out well. This remake is better than most of the past sequels though - DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsSarah ButlerJeff BransonAndrew HowardA writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.6.5/10
Like Last house, this remake is average but really doesn't offer the same shock value nor does it disturb. This modernzation did make me jump but nothing more. - DirectorDavid CarsonStarsAngela BettisPatricia ClarksonRena SoferCarrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother.6/10
I think the original is much more powerful in every way. This TV remake was pointless and not as scary but it's worth the watch. The actors are good and there's some creepy build up :) - DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBenicio Del ToroAnthony HopkinsEmily BluntUpon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.6/10
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsChad Michael MurrayParis HiltonElisha CuthbertA group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.6/10
- DirectorAndrew DouglasStarsRyan ReynoldsMelissa GeorgeJimmy BennettNewlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.5.5/10
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsLiev SchreiberJulia StilesSeamus Davey-FitzpatrickAn American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.5/10
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsSean BeanSophia BushZachary KnightonA couple from college get caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic hitchhiker and the police after witnessing a murder and being framed.5/10
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsGeoffrey RushFamke JanssenTaye DiggsAn amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.5/10
- DirectorGlen MorganStarsMichelle TrachtenbergMary Elizabeth WinsteadLacey ChabertOn Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.4.5/10
- DirectorRob ZombieStarsScout Taylor-ComptonTyler ManeMalcolm McDowellLaurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.4.5/10
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsPenn BadgleyDylan WalshSela WardMichael Harding (Penn Badgely) returns home from military school to find his mother Susan (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there to help.4.5/10
Haven't seen this for a while but this is one boring remake. This is another remake that could've acheived something special. The start was good and by the middle it starts to loose it's edge and by the last 20 minutes, it's a massive fail. - DirectorSteve MinerStarsMena SuvariNick CannonMichael WelchWhen a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.4/10
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsVince VaughnAnne HecheJulianne MooreA young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.4/10
An unworthy remake as it is the same, recylced material over again only with different actors and a colur scheme. - DirectorSimon WestStarsCamilla BelleTommy FlanaganKatie CassidyDuring a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.4/10
Three Words.... OFFERS NOTHING NEW! - DirectorDonald P. BorchersStarsRobert GerdischJordan SchmidtDavid AndersWhile traveling, an unhappy married couple encounter a cult of murderous children who worship an entity called He Who Walks Behind the Rows.4/10
Actually started off n the right track but then ended up in a pile of horrible, off corn which I couldn't look at afterwards. - DirectorNeil LaButeStarsNicolas CageEllen BurstynLeelee SobieskiA sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.3/10
An unfaithful adaptation of the original which is neither horrific or chilling butinstead turns out to be comical and stupid. An unworthy film and one of the worst I've seen in a long time. - DirectorStewart HendlerStarsBriana EviganRumer WillisCarrie FisherA group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.2.5/10
Really bad film in general. It had laughably bad performances, the characters are terrible inb all directions, it's funny and not scary, jump-scares don't work in the slightest for me but the kills were impressive because I wanted all the characters to die anyways. But another dissapointing remake which has a weak plot - DirectorNelson McCormickStarsBrittany SnowScott PorterJessica StroupDonna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.0/10
I'm not a major fan of the original film at all, but it was decent and kept me in some interest. Here, it's another remake which goes off the track and offers NOTHING NEW again! I don't like and certainly don't wanna waste my time with it again. - DirectorRupert WainwrightStarsTom WellingMaggie GraceSelma BlairA thick mist full of vengeful spirits haunts a prosperous island town off the coast of Oregon, as its inhabitants try to learn their town's dark secret in order to stop it.0/10
As mentioned before, bland, crappy and cheap, this film offers NOTHING NEW! The Carpentar classic lives on!