I mean the creation of these types of movies generally tend to show that Hollywood is out of ideas, but in Hollywood's greed, they seem like they are not willing to put to bed these classic franchises, and often times seem to virtually destroy these franchises!
A couple of franchises that should have never have been remade, that have since seemed to have ruined a truly legendary franchise are, A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010), and Friday The 13th (2009)!
As for A Nightmare On Elm Street, this movie series has become truly legendary in the world of horror movies, and it made both the name and the character of Freddy Krueger, a house hold name.... The same can be said for Friday The 13th and Jason Voorhees!
Now as for the remakes, I actually did like the Friday The 13th remake (obviously not as much as the original series), and I haven't seen the new remake for A Nightmare On Elm Street, but from what I have heard and from what I have seen, it has been universally panned by just about every one!
Now that is the darker side of Remakes, there is also a lighter side as well!
What I mean by this is that there has in my opinion also been some good ones as well and at least one movie that I liked better than the original (If you can believe that!)
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The posters for John Carpenter's, 'Halloween' (1978), and the poster Rob Zombie's 2007 remake![/caption]An example of a pretty solid remake of a horror movie was Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007), now this movie in my opinion was not as good as John Carpenter's original Halloween (a fav). But the truth is, is that this movie had some special effects that I doubt could have been done in 1978, (which was when Carpenter's Halloween was made) and the way that Rob Zombie expanded on the story line for what happened to Michael Myers before he started killing his family, to when he broke out of the insane asylum was a lot of fun and well worth it!
Another example is Marcus Nispel's, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003).... Now I personally was a fan of Tobe Hooper's classic, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), but the truth is, is that this movie was a lot of fun and really needed for the following reasons:
1. The last Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie to come out from the original series, 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation' (1994) kind of really sucked, and it looked like it would get worse and worse.
2. Everything about the remake was fun, including the special effects, the direction, the story, and the acting, and the look and feel of the movie seemed a lot more realistic!
3. And lastly I have to say that R. Lee Ermey (Se7en) was both funny and entertaining in this movie.
Earlier I mentioned that there was a remake that I actually liked more than the original... That movie is the remake of, The Last House On The Left (1972).
Now I enjoyed to a strong degree the story and the acting in the original movie, but the truth is, is that the original movie in my opinion was so intense that you would have thought that there was a film crew that had been sent out to film a group psychopaths as they brutally murdered a couple innocent girls (they didn't.) The remake on the other hand was a fun horror movie!
With that in mind folks, for the most part. I will agree with you that remakes and reboots are not the best, but I highly recommend not entirely discounting them entirely out of hand, because in the end you might find some movies that you really enjoy!
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