The remake of this......in fact about any remake

THHE 1977 was a scary film. THHE 2006 wasn't just scary, it was utterly disturbing!

I think the 2006 remake was probably done for a couple of reasons:

1.- there were a rash of old, low budget horror movies being remade with a larger budget and advanced technology in that era. If wes Craven was involved in THHE 2006 then it was perhaps because he didn't want to be left behind in the rush?;

2.- THHE 1977 wasn't particularly gory, and was not a jump-scare movie. THHE 2006 had increased elements of both; probably deliberately.

I've always thought of THHE 2006 as an update rather than a remake. An update with advanced technology, a cast of established actors, increased gore, a high budget and more jump-scares/disturbing scenes, all of which were not as evident in THHE 1977


Perfection is boring - flaunt the imperfection!

Sometimes remakes improve on the original (in my opinion The Thing, The Hills Have Eyes, and Mother's Day are some examples) but most of the time for me it's just fun to see a different take on a story.

Rob Zombie's Halloween for me was fun because it takes the characters we know and love (mainly Michael Myers, Dr. Loomis, and Laurie Strode) and gives them slightly different backgrounds and motivations. It's not trying to improve on the original or replace it, it's just trying to show you a different version of these well established characters just like they do in comic books with famous superheroes and villains. The original is definitely better, but the remake is a good watch.

Remakes can also simply be tributes to the original film and it's sequels. Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dawn of the Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are examples of this. Pretty much any Platinum Dunes remake.

I'm not saying all remakes are good, or even watchable. I find The Fog, Prom Night, When a Stranger Calls and April Fool's Day among others to be pretty bad. But not all remakes are pointless, and some are pretty fun to watch if not better than the original. It's pretty ridiculous to think that any movie is better just because it's the original. There's more to judge a movie on than whether it's the original or the remake.

P.S. - When I say I enjoyed THE THING, THE HILLS HAVE EYES '06, and MOTHER'S DAY 2011 more, that doesn't mean I didn't like the originals. They're all good movies I just think the remakes told the stories better.

"Cinema is everything to me. I live and breathe films -- I even eat them!"
- Lucio Fulci

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