Remakes Don't Have to Suck!
I am not including "loose remakes" like the original Assault on Precinct 13 (inspired by Rio Bravo) or 13 Monkeys (inspired by a freaking French slideshow).
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- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.Do I even need to state my case for this one?
- 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.Perhaps the most effective body-horror movies I have ever seen, this Cronenbergian allegory for diseases both of the body and mind is a fascinating portrayal. Also, Jeff Goldblum arm-wrestles a dude's arm in half.
- 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.Zak Snyder brings so much style and pinache for the film, that is doesn't feel like every other Zombie film out there. Also, it features a handful of legitimately-good actors including a scene-stealing pre-Modern Family Ty Burrel.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan ByrdA traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.Alexandre Aja brings his signature gritty feel (which admittedly owes a lot to Daniel Pearl) to this remake; which starts out as a run-of-the-mill; albeit stylish; horror film before becoming a straight-up revenge thriller. The music, sound effects, cinematography and performances really capture the primal, out of control nature of the protagonist when he finally snaps. The original film? Mad Max as a horror movie without car chases...or something. I dunno, I could barely sit through it.
- 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.This movie has no delusions about what it is. The original was a b-movie, this is more of a b-movie spoof. It's over the top and hilarious. Had a ball just laughing at the screen seeing this one in 3D. Would have been better had me and my friend not been the only two people in the theater, though...