Which is your favorite remake/reboot and why?

VenomX73 · January 27, 2020, 12:29:40 PM

As we all know most new remakes SUCK... but...
Which is your favorite remake/reboot and why?

100% my favorite remake/reboot is King Kong (1976)

as I do respect the 1933 version, Imo 76 soundtrack was GOLD. King Kong, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin and Jessica Lange worked so well together...

RCMerchant · January 27, 2020, 12:37:30 PM

the THING (1982) is one of my favorite sci-fi / horror films of all time.
Don't get me wrong- I like the 1951 original, but it can't hold a candle to Rob Bottins mind-blowing f/X!

http://youtu.be/mTH2mP6udqQ

Alex · January 27, 2020, 12:38:26 PM

I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing'. It is claustrophobic and tense. The practical effects stand up better than most CGI. It is a film I can watch over and over again.

Alex · January 27, 2020, 12:39:03 PM

Damn you RC, you beat me by about a minute.

VenomX73 · January 27, 2020, 12:49:25 PM

awesome picks - The Thing (1982)

RCMerchant · January 27, 2020, 01:21:54 PM

I'll also choose the '78 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS over the '56 version.

Allhallowsday · January 27, 2020, 01:52:58 PM

There aren't too many remakes that improve on the original, and the best are already chosen, so I'll go with INVADERS FROM MARS (1986)

http://youtu.be/MBBdJVr_8kE

chefzombie · January 27, 2020, 02:31:39 PM

between two worlds, which is a remake of outward bound.

zombie no.one · January 27, 2020, 04:35:43 PM

I like THE FLY remake, but I've never actually seen the original so it wouldn't be fair to judge. I'd be amazed if the og was better though.

the remake of MY BLOODY VALENTINE rocks. probably the only example of an 80s slasher remake eclipsing the original, imo

Allhallowsday · January 27, 2020, 06:50:09 PM

Quote from: zombie no.one on January 27, 2020, 04:35:43 PM
I like THE FLY remake, but I've never actually seen the original so it wouldn't be fair to judge. I'd be amazed if the og was better though.

the remake of MY BLOODY VALENTINE rocks. probably the only example of an 80s slasher remake eclipsing the original, imo

THE FLY remake is an improvement. Great choice!

RCMerchant · January 27, 2020, 09:30:38 PM

the MALTESE FALCON (1941).
Yes- it was made twice before- in 1931 with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade (and Dwight Frye as Wilmer!) and in 1936 as SATAN MET A LADY with Bette Davis.
I only seen the '41 version, but I'm assuming those first 2 were not so hot, as they are pretty much forgotten.

Frye as Wilmer in the MALTESE FALCON (1931)

VenomX73 · January 27, 2020, 10:20:42 PM

I was just about to say that looks just like Renfield

Allhallowsday · January 27, 2020, 10:35:07 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on January 27, 2020, 09:30:38 PM
the MALTESE FALCON (1941).
Yes- it was made twice before- in 1931 with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade (and Dwight Frye as Wilmer!) and in 1936 as SATAN MET A LADY with Bette Davis.
I only seen the '41 version, but I'm assuming those first 2 were not so hot, as they are pretty much forgotten.
Frye as Wilmer in the MALTESE FALCON (1931)

I've seen both as TCM shows them but I will say they are not memorable, and I like RICARDO CORTEZ!
...And I was thinking of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE which was made in Fascist Italy as OSSESSIONE in 1943 (a favorite)...

indianasmith · January 27, 2020, 10:40:27 PM

I liked Rob Zombie's 2008 remake of HALLOWEEN. The back story it provided for Michael Meyers made him a much more understandable, and even sympathetic, villain.

chainsaw midget · January 28, 2020, 12:26:40 AM

Little Shop of Horrors

Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, a great monster design and some very catchy tunes just completley outlcass Roger Corman's drab original movie.