Forget The Originals! These Horror Remakes Changed The Game



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Today we dive into three horror remakes that not only hold their own but actually surpass the originals! From John Carpenter’s terrifying The Thing to David Cronenberg’s body horror masterpiece The Fly and Zack Snyder’s intense Dawn of the Dead, these films broke the ‘remakes are always worse’ curse. Join me as I explore why these remakes are surprisingly great, their lasting impact, and how they redefined the horror genre

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40 thoughts on “Forget The Originals! These Horror Remakes Changed The Game”

  1. The Fly (1986) is probably one of the very few examples of remakes that are done the way remakes SHOULD be done. Giving a fresh-new twist/take on an idea while still making it entertaining and new for some. Instead of just going the "Disney Live-Action Remake" route and copy/pasting the original while making it "woke" and "PC"🤢🤮

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  2. Why on Earth would we forget the originals, when they are just as good? The Thing 50s is easily one of the best movies ever made, despite technical limitations and obvious almost non-existing FX compared to it's 80s counterpart, The Thing 50s has incredibly tight screenplay and characters feel like an actual human beings. I love how the scientist guy in this movie asks military commander to let him attempt to communicate with alien to see if it's intelligent and could be reasoned with to stop the attack, but as soon as alien turns to be hostile, he's like "fuck it, blast it, I've tried". Then there's real nice utilization of characters who are experts in their fields, who use their knowledge to fight off the monster. Movie might be outdated in terms of technical stuff, but you could easily take that exact same screenplay and make the movie now, and it would be a blast because screenplay is not outdated at all.

    Anyone who thinks Dawn of the Dead remake is better then Romero's original is simply out of touch.

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  3. I was hoping the third entry would be The Blob. The Fly, The Thing, and the Blob are my holy trinity of horror remakes (and they all feature legendary special effects.)

    I love the Dawn remake as well, but it's not on the same level, particularly in the conventional F/X department. Plus, the original was pretty awesome. The OG Fly, Thing, and Blob were all enjoyable for their time, but left plenty of room for improvement.

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  4. The Fly, The Thing, and I'm throwing in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers from 1978… aren't remakes.

    They're based on novels.

    If they're remakes because they're the same as the previous movie, then it's like calling Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) a remake of Captain America (1990)… which in turn is a remake of Captain America (1979)… I mean, they all have the exact same plot and are movies that followed their previous incarnation.

    Or Man Of Steel being a remake of Superman Returns, which in turn is a remake of Superman 4…

    The only true remake I'd consider as the greatest remake of all time would be The Blob (1988).
    It outclasses the original movie by a long long way… and the original also had a 90-year-old-looking Steve McQueen playing a 17 year old character.

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  5. Always Batman 89 for me. The European filming esthetic. The timeless feel, the production design, Batman’s costume, my favorite actor portraying my all time favorite villain, the score is also less dreary than Returns was. The fact that it came out in the 80s played a factor too. Gave it a quality that I can’t quite put words to. Being born in the 80s myself It was my first love when it came to movies.

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  6. “The Fly” remake was so ahead of its time. Addressing subtexts of misogyny and toxic male behavior, women’s sexuality and modern freedoms, women’s health rights and even the father’s rights in cases of abortion, the cultural fear of AIDS, etc.

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  7. I think the “Dawn Of The Dead” reboot opening was impactful at that time because (just like the entire zombie trend of the 00s/much like “28 Days”) it was so soon after 9/11. Everyone was still processing the real life trauma of waking up to horror, devastation and an instantly changed society. We literally watched crowds of real people running from death on live television. These films were an outlet for that.

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  8. The Thing is simply one of the greatest movies of all time, but I must admit I do forget about the The Fly, even though it's truly fantastic. Talking of remakes, I would love to see Scanners or The Brood remade. [I looked under my bed for 5 years after that one……]

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  9. The fly is cronenbergs best movie by far. Honestly not even the biggest fan of his overall but the fly is basically perfect.
    The thing is also basically perfect.
    Dawn of the dead was an entertaining movie for sure, but not the caliber of the other two
    As someone else mentioned perhaps night of the living dead from 1990 (I think) should be on this list.

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