The Thing is the best movie from your list but it would fall into the SciFi category as apposed to the Horror. In fact it would appear that more than half of the movies you listed fall into the SciFi category. I thought this was about horror remakes?
vcuram
10-02-08, 04:42 AM
The Thing is the best movie from your list but it would fall into the SciFi category as apposed to the Horror. In fact it would appear that more than half of the movies you listed fall into the SciFi category. I thought this was about horror remakes?
Huh? Those are all horror films. They may be combinations of sci-fi and horror, but they all definitely have elements of horror in them.
rw2516
10-02-08, 07:42 AM
Although The Fly and The Thing are overall better movies, The Hills Have Eyes remake is the best, given "remake" as the only criteria used.
DRG
10-02-08, 10:44 AM
The Thing is the best movie from your list but it would fall into the SciFi category as apposed to the Horror. In fact it would appear that more than half of the movies you listed fall into the SciFi category. I thought this was about horror remakes?
I've always thought of sci fi as more of a setting or theme than a true standalone genre. Every sci fi movie/show fits into another genre. Alien = sci fi horror, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy = sci fi comedy, I Robot = sci fi action, Star Trek = sci fi adventure, AI = sci fi drama, etc.
clckworang
10-02-08, 10:50 AM
I definitely agree with The Thing and The Fly. I also thought it would be worth pointing out the remake of Nosferatu.
Giles
10-02-08, 11:07 AM
I actually immensily enjoyed Abel Ferrara's 1993 take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
the remake of The Blob is also equally very entertaining.
notkevinbacon
10-02-08, 11:14 AM
Though, The Thing is classic and my favorite version of IotBS is the '78 version. Hands down, before I even opened the thread I knew my vote was going to The Fly. It's an incredible film.
Dawn remake is OK, but clumsy and not even close to equaling the original, IMHO.
The Blob remake <i>is</i> awesome!
Maxflier
10-02-08, 11:16 AM
Dawn of the Dead.
They remade a movie I think sucks into a really good zombie flick.
Giles
10-02-08, 11:39 AM
Dawn of the Dead.
They remade a movie I think sucks into a really good zombie flick.
the remake is definately a tighter film, I thought the original lagged in the middle, but some many of the original's best gore moments are missing, not that they should have replicated the first film verbatum, but aside the baby sequence, and the chainsaws at the end, there aren't really any standout gore moments like the first had, the exploding head, helicopter zombie, the zombie kids, machette to the head, screwdriver to the ear, etc. etc. etc.
achau9598
10-02-08, 12:05 PM
I voted for "The Fly" as I don't consider "The Thing" to be a remake as much as a film that is truer to the original story.
Geofferson
10-02-08, 02:11 PM
DotD
modfather
10-02-08, 03:07 PM
I've always thought of sci fi as more of a setting or theme than a true standalone genre. Every sci fi movie/show fits into another genre. Alien = sci fi horror, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy = sci fi comedy, I Robot = sci fi action, Star Trek = sci fi adventure, AI = sci fi drama, etc.
So Jason X is sci-fi/horror? :)
scott1598
10-02-08, 05:10 PM
haven't we had this one already?
KillerCannibal
10-02-08, 05:24 PM
The Thing, always.
The Fly is a phenomenal film, though, and I would rank it right up there with The Thing.
NoirFan
10-02-08, 05:52 PM
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - the remake improves on the original's sense of paranoia and brilliantly utilizes the burgeoning self-help/ New Age vibe of it's San Francisco setting.
Spiral Staircase
10-02-08, 06:04 PM
Nosferatu (1979)
emachine
10-02-08, 08:32 PM
The Fly. The Thing sucks.
Bluelitespecial
10-02-08, 08:35 PM
Dawn of the Dead
The hills have eyes
Josh-da-man
10-02-08, 10:53 PM
A tie between The Thing and Body Snatchers '78.
Both films use their settings to great advantage. They're actually very similar films in that they combine isolation and paranoia with biological horror. Whereas The Thing explores this the remotest setting possible, IotBS goes about it the complete opposite, an urban setting.
And IotBS has one of the best endings ever. It's just fucking terrifying, even after all these years. (And Donald Sutherland's character was dead ringer for one of my high school teachers.)
KillerCannibal
10-03-08, 01:02 PM
The Fly. The Thing sucks.
Whoa there, buddy! That's grounds for a verbal beatdown here, possibly even banning.
Yavin
10-03-08, 02:12 PM
The Fly and Dawn of the Dead for me. The Fly was just so damn creepy the first time I saw it, and DOTD was vicious as hell.
Eric D.
10-04-08, 05:20 AM
The Thing followed closely by The Fly. Both great films that bring something new to the table instead of a straight rehash of the original.
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