Thank you to Alex, Stephen, Livia, and Al for hosting this blogfest! There are so many good and bad movie remakes to choose from, so I've decided to narrow it down a bit and present to you my:
Best and Worst HORROR Movie Remakes
WORST
Psycho (1998): Gus Van Sant's shot-by-shot color re-creation of
Hitchcock's classic is an amazing feat. How could a shot-by-shot remake
of a masterpiece go wrong. This remake shows how. Vince Vaughn is so
incredibly miscast as Norman Bates. He just wasn't believable. There
were great supporting actors in this movie, but they could not save
it. And Gus Van Sant gave us Good Will Hunting just the year before. How could he follow Good Will Hunting with this?
BEST
The Last House on the Left (2009): The remake of Wes Craven's 1972 classic is every bit as horrific and brutal as the original. Many times the remakes are watered down, but not this one. It's not a move for the faint of heart, but it is well made and acted, paced and shot, paying true homage to the original. The Last House on the Left is a simple story of brutality and revenge, real and gritty, and more horror than any Hollywood monster movie.Bonus: Best and Worst Song Covers - Metallica Edition
Worst: Metallica was named MTV's Icon of 2003 and given a special tribute concert. The biggest problem was they chose bands to pay homage to Metallica's songs that couldn't play them. Korn's performance of "One" and Limp Bizkit's performance of "Sanitarium" were incredibly bad and take the cake for worst covers.
Best: Garage, Inc. is Metallica's cover/compilation album that came out in 1998 and showed how great they could remake songs. There are many amazing covers, but most notably The Dubliners' "Whiskey in a Jar," Bob Seger's "Turn the Page," and Blue Oyster Cult's "Astronomy."
How could anything beat the real Psycho?
ReplyDeleteSpooky Norman Bates by Anthony Hopkins and the equally spooky house on the hill.
Yvonne.
Metallica did an awesome job with Astronomy! (And I'm a big BOC fan.)
ReplyDeleteDidn't bother with the Psycho remake. Glad I didn't see it!
Thanks for participating in our blogfest.
I'm with Yvonne- how could anything beat the original Psycho? It would take a miracle...
ReplyDeleteI've heard The Last House of the Left is really scary. I'm too afraid to watch it.
ReplyDeleteI've been too chicken to see "Last House on the Left."
ReplyDeletesorry to say i have yet to watch any version of Psycho, but i hear the original is still the best.
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Horror is so not my genre. I haven't watched any of this movies, but I thank you for participating! :)
ReplyDeleteI had no idea Metallica had done a cover of "Astronomy" (LOOOOVE that song). I am also a big Metallica fan, though admittedly I only own one of their albums and one CD single. ;)
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen either of your movie picks, whether the original or the remake.
I know I am too old to say this, but horror films still give me nightmares.
ReplyDeleteI woke up screaming just the other night from watching about 10 minutes of Signs.
PSYCHO was such a classic, why mess with it? For some movies, B&W is the only way to go.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Joss Whedon's Cabin in the Woods, I discovered that I was right about myself when I had previously thought I didn't like horror movies. It's just not my genre!
ReplyDeleteAllison (Geek Banter)
And hey, you chose wisely in my blog's best/worst contest; you're invited to claim your prize: flowomiles AT hotmail.com
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