31 Days of... Horror Remakes

 The countdown to Halloween has begun. Here at Castle Vanian, that means two things: busting out the decorations and horror movie marathons! 

We've done classic horror and we've done modern horror. What's left? Plenty! Starting with...

Horror remakes!

And it all started because I didn't know Thir13en Ghosts was a remake - which led to watching the original, which led to a discussion about other remakes we loved, which led to...

A month of horror remakes!

We plan to spend the month of October discussing remakes that were better than the originals, remakes that should never have happened, remakes of foreign films we probably haven't seen, and maybe even remakes we'd like to see but haven't been made. To get started, we had a look at Wikipedia's list of horror remakes and vetoed the ones we either couldn't stand or couldn't be bothered watching. That left us with... dum dum DUM...

31 Days of Horror Remakes: The Longlist

Okay, we've narrowed down the list (and added a few more) to bring you...

31 Days of Horror Remakes: The Shortlist

Here's the final list: 

31. Night of the Living Dead 1968 vs 1990

30. Dawn of the Dead 1978 vs 2004 

29. Day of the Dead 1985 vs 2008  

28. Snow Beast 1977 vs 2011 

27. Pet Sematary 1989 vs 2019 

26. A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 vs 2010

25. The Amityville Horror  1979 vs 2005

24. Salem's Lot 1979 vs 2004 

23. The Thing from Another World 1951 vs The Thing 1982 

22. Poltergeist 1982 vs 2015 

21. Child's Play 1988 vs  2019

20. The Crazies 1973 vs 2010

19.  Drag Me to Hell 2009 vs Curse of the Demon 1957

18. The Omen 1976 vs 2006

17. Prom Night 1980 vs 2008

16. Carrie 1976 vs 2013 and 2002

15. My Bloody Valentine 1981 vs 2009

14. Black Christmas 1974 vs 2019 and 2006

13. The Fly 1958 vs 1986

12. Evil Dead 1981 vs 2013

11. The Woman in Black 1989 vs 2012 

10. I Am Legend (2007 remake of 1971 The Omega Man)

9. The Hitcher (2007 remake of 1986 film)

8. Piranha 3D / Piranha (2010 /1995 remakes of 1978 film)

7. Village of the Damned (1995 remake of 1960 film)

6. It (2017/2019 remake of 1990 mini-series)

5. Flatliners (2017 remake of 1990 film)

4. The Haunting (1999 remake of 1963 film)

3. Thirteen Ghosts (2001 remake of 1960 13 Ghosts)

2. The Wicker Man (2006 remake of 1973 film)

1. Halloween (2007 remake of 1978 film) 

 We're running a bit late getting these posts out because... you know, 2020 and life and all. We will catch up so keep checking back!

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