Horror Movies That NEED A Remake
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
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Let’s just be honest; There are some movies that need a fresh update. Some don’t age well, some have run their course. Whatever the reason, it’s just a fact.
Today, I want to give you all five series that I think need a facelift.
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I'll toss Urban Legend in the mix, especially with Scream, IKWYD Last Summer and even Scary Movie all getting legacy sequels now
Yes! An Urban Legend remake could tap into CreepyPastas and online challenges.
@@JadenCH2K I’d honestly be down
Hell night 1981. 😊 Great video
Pumpkin head would be cool with today's technology.
@@legendarypsychomike4309 COMPLETELY agree
Not horror perse, but Altered States could use a remake. Great, trippy cosmic horror elements in it
I really enjoy the Phantasm films and I feel the same way about them. I would love to see a remake someday.
@@strangemonkey90 same here!
Saw the thumbnail... No, Phantasm does NOT need a remake!
You can’t replace Angus Scrimm. He was The Tall Man.
@@VinElliott I’m not saying you can replace him. But think of Malcom McDowell. You can find a worthy successor
@@TheLostRiverDriveIn That’s very true.
Big Phantasm fan(phan) here. Hope we do get a reboot. I think Clancy Brown would be a great tall man.
@@thrashpuppy2010 YES!!!!!!
Phantasm for sure would be awesome to get more
As much as I love it, I’d love to see a remake of Day Of The Dead.
Maybe even use George’s original script.
Didn’t they try that two other times?😬
@@dylanprell3620 we’re talking 50 million dollar budget minimum 😂
@@BurninPopcorn dude there’s no way lol, remember the Syfy series from a couple years ago? No one watched it. I love Day Of The Dead myself but that’s forsure a pipeline dream my dude. If they had to remake it twice, I think it’s done
A movie I fell desperately needs a remake is curtains. The original had so much potential but the messy production tore it in half.
@@someidiot62 I’ve never seen it!
@@TheLostRiverDriveIn it’s a really interesting film. The director and producer basically wanted to make a different film from each other and the tension got so bad that mid way through the director just walked out. The producer took over and did a bunch of reshoots.
Sleep Away Camp would be a tough one because of the ending…
Wasn’t there already a remake of Children Of The Corn 2020?
Society, Tourist Trap, The Mutilator, Curtains are some that come to mind that could do with a remake/update.
Society, Tourist Trap, The Mutilator, Curtains do not need remakes..... remakes suck. Very few are actually good.
@@austinwillcut4919 there are plenty from around that era that need a retelling/retake/update!
@@AnthonyHuxtable Kinda. But nobody saw it lol
The COC was trash!😊
Feel free to reboot Phantasm. Nothing wrong with the ones we have. With the new technology. We have today. Please leave pumpkinhead a lot. Sleep Away Camp. Might look good with a new telling. This is a good video. You give good reasons. Enjoyed your video.
@@RebecaLawrence-w6e thank you for saying that! I appreciate you watching!
I’d love to see them remake The Wraith 1986, The Gate 1987 or Critters 1986.
Great Chanel Man!
Thank you so much! I hope you stick around!
Leprechaun is getting a reboot from a guy named Felipe Vargas. They announced it back in March but no news since.
My pick for remake would be...Amityville. I know we already have an ok remake but another legitimate movie would be nice to help liberate the "franchise" from it's meme status
@@kyleeanderson161 It was announced, but no movement has begun on it yet, sadly
I don’t vibe with a phantasm remake. The original was such a perfect surrealist time capsule of the 70’s and I feel any sort of remake would inevitably miss the point. Plus it just wouldn’t be right doing phantasm without the original tall man.
@@someidiot62 I hear you, but I could see it working with the right casting
One horror film I would love to see remade is Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill. Easily one of De Palma’s most underrated films. The whole film is a homage to Hitchcock, and some have even called it a remake of Psycho, although I think that’s a bit of a stretch. Also The film’s subject material is far more relevant now than it ever has been, similarly to another film you mentioned, but I also think at the same time it could be seen as highly problematic even though the original film handles the subject very well and sincerely. In the end it even goes to explain to the audience what a transsexual is in a fairly sensitive way.
For anyone who doesn’t know what the film is about, essentially the plot is a therapist’s client is murdered and the therapist believes the killer to be a client of his named Bobby, a transsexual that the therapist denied a sex change for. The therapist is played by Michael Caine, and I think the best choice to play that character in the remake is John Lithgow. When you watch the film you will understand why, but also because of his connection with De Palma having worked on his films Obsession, Blow Out, and Raising Cain. It would be a nice way to pay homage to the De Palma.
I would also love a remake of another De Palma film called Sisters from 1972. The film revolves around twin sisters. One of the twins murders a man and a reporter sees it and calls the police, but thanks to her reporting on police corruption they don’t take her seriously. So she tried to solve the murder herself. Then it get really crazy at the end. It makes me question what happened.
“There was no _____ because there was no ____.”
That’s line is so chilling.
Sorry for such a long comment. De Palma is just easily my favorite director of all time. From Carrie and Dressed to Kill, to Scarface and The Untouchables, to Blow Out and Snake Eyes, to Casualties of War and Mission impossible, to The Wedding Party and Hi Mom. De Palma has made amazing films across many genres like Horror, Crime dramas, mystery thrillers, Action, and Comedy. Even though his work this century hasn’t been that good, I still can’t wait for his 2 upcoming films Sweet Vengeance and Catch and Kill, which feel like they’re going to be real classic De Palma films. Catch and Kill is a horror film set in Hollywood and featuring a predatory movie mogul. Essentially Harvey Weinstein: The Movie.
@@Stumme-40203 totally agree. Give the people what they want
One horror movie that I believe could do with a remake is the Stephen King movie Sleepwalkers.
While I have always enjoyed the version that came out back in 1992, I have also always felt like majority of the movie itself was basically a very huge missed opportunity in many ways especially with the titular Sleepwalkers themselves.
Another one I feel could benefit from a remake is The Tommyknockers, another Stephen King movie that I personally enjoy for similar reasons as Sleepwalkers.
I especially think that a remake of The Tommyknockers could definitely do well if it were released theatrically like with the IT remake.
Love your videos by the way! Keep up the awesome work!
@@HappilySparklyUnknown Tommyknockers NEEDS a modern adaptation. I wholeheartedly agree. It’s a crime we haven’t gotten one
My top 11 Horror movies that need A Remake: 11. Killer Crocodile (1989) 10. Bad Moon (1996) 9. Alligator (1980) 8. Street trash (1987) 7. The Stuff (1984) 6. C.H.U.D. (1984) 5. Sleepwalkers (1993) 4. Children of the Corn (1984) 3. The burning 2. Madman (1982) 1. Pumpkin head (1988)
Just spitballing here, and probably nobody will agree, but... How about Re-animator? Basket Case?
great topic and not the obvious choices, well done!
@@ThemboCinema thank you! I tried to step out of the mainstream with this one
I wanna see Stay Alive (2006) receive a remake. Gaming is so much bigger now, there’s a lot of potential to had with a remake.
Keep up the vids we need this typa content ! Love to hear any horror discussion
@@Pradafiendd thank you for that!
Also: Christine, The Gate, and Sleepover Massacre
Never liked Phantasm. Watched the first movie. Did not like it. Only liked the music.
Watched part 2, again, didn't get it. I've seen parts of 3.
Pumpkinhead. Love Pumpkinhead and Pumpkinhead 2.
The rest suck and I mean really really suck and insulting to the franchise.
But I will say "A pumpkinhead remake"??? HELL NO. There are only 2 good Pumpkinhead movies and you want to make a REMAKE!? Not a sequel?!
Why not just another "sequel" which could still quality as a remake technically. The word 'remake" just seems so weird for Pumpkinhead, because each time it's a different pumpkinhead it. So there is no "continueing the story from the last movie". Each movie is it's individual movie. Every Pumpkinhead movie could technically quality as a "remake" or "sequel". Part 2 is definitely a remake. Takes Pumpkinhead and the basic idea of a revenge, and the rest of the movie is it's own thing. It's a reimagining of the Pumpkinhead story we got from the first movie. That is one reason why fans don't like part 2. Because it's a different story from the first movie. Just seems totally pointless to make a remake. Because the original movie is a great, a classic, and there is so much more you can and should do with the Pumpkin head franchise. By making a Pumpkinhead remake, you just putting it into a box. The box needs to be open and we get to get more and more Pumpkinhead movies. So reboot it. Give us "Pumpkinhead 5" I HATE HATE to put those awful scifi movies as cannon, but unless you do "Pumpkinhead: Reborn" or "Pumpkinhead: Back for revenge" or what ever, then Pumpkinhead 5 and give us a totally different Pumpkinhead story. So that is a terrible idea and gets at the heart of the problem of making a remake.
To quote a fellow horror fan "What's the point of a remake if it imitates the original? But on that note, I would also ask 'Whats the point of creating a remake that is totally different? If that's the case, then call it by a totally different title instead of milking off the iconic character and title? There is obviously a problem with either choice you make. The only solution is to NOT MAKE A REMAKE." I think Pumpkinhead can have far more stories then what we've ALREADY SEEN and what has ALREADY been done. I want to see MORE Pumpkinhead but I also don't want to see the SAME MOVIE done over again. So no. Make a Pumpkinhead 5 and do something new. I don't need "Country boy dies from drunk guys on bikes. Drunk guy takes the others hostage." and we get the same damn movie. I want Pumpkinhead vs a satanic cult. I want pumpkinhead in the snow. Hell, give us a totally new Pumpkinhead in a totally different country. Like Pumpkinhead in Mexico or something and its a Mexican version of Pumpkinhead. Do cool stuff like that.
Sleepaway camp "is mean spirited while also being upbeat." exactly. Which I love.
I say a prequel for leprechaun would be better. A movie entirely set in Ireland with Warwick has so much potential and it’s a shame we never got it in the previous films
@@tylerrobbins-beran9815 we just need to get Warwick back tbh
I’ll say this first to get it out of the way. I have no faith in Hollywood to make anything worthwhile with the franchises you listed.
Having said that I’ll exit Debbie Downer mode, and I absolutely agree with you about Phantasm. Great concept with abundant potential.
Generally agree with the rest with one stipulation. If it was made with some care for the franchise and not just a complete money grab. Children of the Corn has lots to work with.
The only one I disagree with is Sleepaway Camp. The ending makes that movie. That’s so out of left field nothing they could concoct can compete IMO.
Final Destination could use a reboot. There’s potential there for a creative movie maker.
Agree about Jaws. Stay away from Jaws 3 & 4 though. That would be like messing with the Sistine Chapel.
I don't know how well it would go having someone else play The Tall Man but two names that come to mind are Jeff Bridges and The Undertaker Pumpkin Head I could see a remake if they had the right people behind it Because of Children Of The Corn I can't hear the song Bringing In The Sheaves without getting spooked
CHUD! Rob Zombie was toying with the idea but never did it. It would be a pain and expensive to film in NYC
Friday the 13th could use another remake, that brings back Mrs. Voorhees as the killer and stays true to the original.
Man pumpkinhead would be pretty cool. Id even be okay if the designed is tweaked just a pinch so it's not as xenomorph like but more similar to the creature at the end smile.
Little Shop Of Horrors needs remake
I feel like because Children of the Corn is a Stephen King story this remake could very well possilbly happen. I also see every reason for the remake to be better in every way to the original
I agree with you with every movie on the list but leaanchan already getting reboot yeah I misspelled it
Phantasm remake David Morse as The Tall Man
Love your list brotha. BUT you can’t replace Angus Scrimm, you can’t. He is The Tall Man.
I would add ‘New Year’s Evil’. It had a pretty cool concept.
@@VinElliott oh you can’t, but you can find someone worthy of succeeding him
No vibe on Pumpkinhead.
The Howling, IMO, could have a great remake.
@@blakethesequel YES
The real reason why you are stuck making remakes because you ran out of originally nal ideas. For years you ran over people making similar ideas looking for only originals nal ideas. Then turned people away because you're gold ng onto so many scripts with so many ideas claiming you already have that. You have st never made the film yet. You got people wasting their time writing. No wonder the market has gone to shit.
@@mentalllllll eh, to a degree, but some films get remade because the original didn’t have the money or ambition behind it. There are remakes better than their original
Not typical horror, but how about a remake of "Scanners"?
@@chefdab oh I am IN!
Yes, Phantasm
None of those movies need a remake, just leave it alone.
@@austinwillcut4919 nothing actually NEEDS a remake. But, remakes are not inherently bad
No.
@@gallowsgradient yes