Last Updated on July 26, 2021
Well, AITH reader Adam Koetters is el fuego and shot us another great idea for this week. Well done sir! Clearly remakes have become the rage in Hollywood, both horror and otherwise. Hell, Spidey is getting a reboot already so the window of opportunity is closing all the time. It seems like soon we’ll be looking at the same movie being made twice with different directors and actors for release in concert with each other.
But no matter how stupid Tinseltown gets with all this, the remake is here to stay, so perhaps instead of raging against the dying of the light, we should help ’em out. Give ’em a list of movies that should be remade.
So what the hell makes a movie worth being remade? Well, something with a good concept that was a bad movie of course. Or a great movie that hasn’t aged well and could be seriously awesome if updated by the right people. I expect this’ll get your brain pans sizzling, so spit bullets on what you’d like to see remade!
WARNING – A LITTLE HELP FOR HOLLYWOOD BELOW!
10. THE HIDDEN
Here’s a great, but seriously underseen movie that would benefit greatly in my estimation from a remake. Why? Because it’s whole vibe and look is super dated when you watch it now, which means that even people who are fortunate enough to discover it may not get as much out of it as the film’s concept and balls to the wall attitude deserve. How ’bout the studios keep TRANSFORMERS 3 in their pocket and give us a fresh look at this badass tale of a body jumping alien that loves Heavy Metal, fast cars, and destruction.
9. THE BURNING
Hardcore genre fans love this flick, largely because of it’s unbelievable brutality, and somewhat for the laundry list of people who show up here who would go on to bigger things, like Holly Hunter and Jason Alexander. With MBV doing so well, I think there’s a strong argument to made for revisiting lesser known slasher films. F13 and TCM, NOES and HALLOWEEN all come with a ton of baggage. But a mean piece like this is a perfect shot to the gut for today’s teens who seem to be souring on the toothless crap being shoveled their way. You also have one of the more involving origin stories here, which always helps when establishing a possible franchise villain.
8. THE HAUNTING (1963)
A re-remake? Sure, why not? After all, despite a stellar cast and very cool concept, the remake sucked. This would be an opportunity for a very subtle and truly scary haunted house flick in the right hands. The original was a pretty terrible movie, but it used sound design and manipulated perspective to amazing effect when dealing with the odd goings on in the house. If you could get a studio and director with the patience and the faith to make this right, we could be looking at a new horror classic.
7. MANIAC
Once again we’ve got a slasher that is much beloved in the genre because of it’s ridiculous brutality, causing many to overlook its significant flaws. Bad acting, somewhat silly set ups, direction that can charitably called rough, all result in what could be a helluva fun gore filled ride given a second chance. I’d love to see someone like Takashi Miike take a shot. Oooo, chills.
6. DOOM
Any time you have a video game adaptation that largely leaves the game behind, you have ample opportunity for a remake. The DOOM universe is certainly large enough for multiple takes, and why not give fans of the game the stuff that made them fans of the game? Added bonus, you could recast The Rock and get him out of this godawful “family” film tailspin.
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