we can all agree that some things are
best left alone especially when it comes
to the classics in horror welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we're counting
down our picks for the top 10 worst
horror movie remakes get you and your
family out of that house for this list
we've picked movie remakes in the horror
genre based on a mix of their lack of
originality negative reviews poor acting
and/or production as well as those that
seemed completely unnecessary and or
that they were redone only to make money
number 10 house on Haunted Hill
some say the spirits of vannacutt and
his victims still live within the walls
of the house on all of you as the first
movie produced by dark castle
entertainment a company that initially
intended to specialize in remakes you
would think that they would have put
more effort into this production I guess
you'll just have to try harder next time
the original 1959 movie garnered a 95
percent on Rotten Tomatoes
but this 1999 version squeaked out a
meager 27% from here on it gets really
scared
instead of being scary house on Haunted
Hill played on too many cheesy horror
tropes it wasn't goddamn ghosts
splaining super good old-fashioned
homicide and depended too much on
special effects
Stephen I want you I've always wanted to
the result was a film that seemed rushed
with little attempt to make the
characters likable that's a whole new
bunch of crazy [ __ ] that's you'll hate
that [ __ ]
number 9 The Amityville Horror oh cool
this movie tries to pay homage to the
1979 original but it should have tried
harder to be original instead of coming
off as authentic maintaining the 1970s
look for the set design seemed like a
cheap way to make the movie appear
scarier than it really is we stay here
we'll have a house for the family only
there won't be a family The Amityville
Horror hinges on the believability of
the father's descent into madness but
nice guy Ryan Reynolds was horribly
miscast for the role you listen to me
you don't go down there understand the
movie seemed to focus more on his
washboard abs rather than the
character's psyche seriously trying to
kill me number 8 Carrie in contrast to
the oscar-nominated 1976 adaptation
there was just something about this 2013
version that felt too nice
based on the Stephen King novel of the
same name Carrie tells the story of a
young outcast who discovers she is
telekinetic telekinesis unlocking the
mind in the first film [ __ ] Spacek
brought a vulnerability and other
nastanovich to the poem however in this
adaptation Chloe grace Moretz seemed to
likable to play a social misfit and /
make under wasn't anywhere near
believable
almost everyone in this new cast seemed
to Hollywood and glamorous for their
parts and it just didn't work this is
[ __ ]
we didn't do anything wrong all right
let's go right sue you're with me that's
right
number seven one missed call to listen
to your messages press one voice call
received Wednesday June 14 12:02 p.m.
Hollywood often imports Asian horror
movies and remakes them for a Western
audience but I heard them okay Lee Anne
got a phone call and so did Brian right
before they died and they don't always
do well this film is no exception
any dead people call we're not home
instead of playing up the suspense and
darkness of the 2003 Japanese flick 2008
one missed call added forced
relationships and random scenes that
were meant to scare but ultimately
failed
that's not my ringtone
it says it's from showing that's creepy
the script had no direction and it was
universally panned for trying to borrow
elements from other horror movies 32
p.m. on Friday two days from the cast's
uninteresting performances only made
matters worse
god I swear fighting out my head screwed
on
number six prom night foul night
Nepalese planning on getting made the
1980 version of prom night
was a straightforward slasher flick and
knew it
it also had a completely different
storyline however this 2008 remake
pretends to be something that it's not
by adding way too much backstory to make
the movie more interesting good man we
go down together forever we're gonna be
anyway yeah this resulted in the
opposite effect proving just how poorly
written and stereotypical many of its
characters were stinky stole Dallas math
and on top fat half killer Chris and in
an attempt to earn more viewers and keep
the movie pg-13 the filmmakers barely
showed any bloodshed on-screen which
kind of misses the point of a slasher
film please don't do this don't be
afraid number 5 a Nightmare on Elm
Street
produced by michael bay's horror
production company Platinum Dunes the
remake of the well-regarded 1984 film
seemed pretty pointless from the start
what job wake up to change things up the
2010 film took some of the campy er
elements away from Freddy in an attempt
to get to his darker roots one little
bear this made a Nightmare on Elm Street
feel bloated with backstory and
unnecessary exposition he was a guard he
lived in the basement of the preschool
and new kids were his life the movie CGI
also seemed to distract from the actual
story and it wasn't as memorable it
might have been a financial success
especially for an r-rated film but it
had nothing on Wes Craven's take
number four the omen Damien you okay the
studio behind this movie clearly saw an
opportunity when it chose to release
this remake of the 1976 suspense horror
on June 6 2006 or 666 otherwise known as
the number of the beast
for only when he is within you can you
defeat the devil son but instead of
doing anything remotely creative with
the concept they just retold the
original movie frame by frame only if he
is within you can you defeat the son of
the devil I see he's killed once he'll
kill again
the omen was acceptable enough for those
who'd never seen the Richard Donner
version he knew that he was dying
apparently yes he said that he wanted to
be forgiven by Christ but those who had
were cheated he knew he was dying
apparently he said he wanted to be
forgiven by Christ despite a stellar
cast including Mia Farrow
we have Schreiber and Julia Stiles the
movie fell flat and there were very few
thrills ding
number three the fog thank you
fog despite being produced by John
Carpenter the director of the 1980
original stay away from the fog the 2005
remake directed by Rupert Wainwright was
problematic from start to finish
phone : instead of creating the same
sense of suspense and mystery the first
film featured I think I'll go to
Vancouver now this rendition was clunky
and virtually scarless viewers and
critics complained about the lack of
empathetic characters so he has his bone
and the fact that many of these were
reduced to horror movie cliches know it
sounds crazy about it I felt like I'd
seen it somewhere before not to mention
the fact that the film received a
whopping four percent approval rating on
Rotten Tomatoes alerting potential
viewers to stay away from the get-go
number two The Wicker Man you know
anything about a place called summers
Isle as an actor Nicolas Cage can be hit
or miss and this project has to be one
of his biggest letdowns sorry I'm Edward
MELAS from California I'm a policeman
see my badge the script seemed to be all
over the place I think you all should
know that I'm here on business
as the screenwriter tried to add more
material from the novel that the 1973
cult classic was based on now for the
last time where is Rowan Morrison
instead of strengthening the
supernatural horror thriller this made
for an incoherent plot while moments
that were meant to be scary came off as
humorous oh not appears however due to
its awesomely bad reputation this
version of The Wicker Man has had a
second life thanks to a cult following
now why in the hell would you let them
do a sick thing like that before we
unveil our number one pick here are a
few honorable mentions he's still
hunting them but if I'm here he can't
harm them who's killing who dick I'll
[ __ ]
Jason
hey man
hey you know what that's it rides over
Wow number one psycho Oh boys best
friends his mother it's a pretty
ambitious project to attempt to remake a
film by one of the greatest directors of
all time yeah thank you today Norman
Bates and it's an even bigger challenge
to think you could actually improve on
it Thank You mr. Bates Norman Bates but
in 1998 that's what it seems like
director Gus Van Zandt tried to do when
he tackled Alfred Hitchcock's iconic
horror thriller from 1960 but instead of
bringing anything new to the table
Benson
basically recreated the original version
shot by shot his rendition of psycho has
also been panned for its acting
performances including Vince Vaughn in
the role of Norman Bates she's harmless
she's as harmless as one of these
stuffed birds and Anne Heche as Marion
crane all right miss um uh
crane okay that's it can I do you agree
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