who says you can’t mess with the
original welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 best horror movie remakes for
this list we’ve chosen films that showed
us that the reinvention of an older
horror flick can be just as
spine-tingling as the original while it
can also generate its own unique take on
the source material
we’ll be focusing on full remakes of
older films so pseudo remakes like Evil
Dead – Dead by Dawn don’t qualify number
10
Night of the Living Dead you’re afraid
aren’t you
you really are afraid of this place a
practically shot-by-shot color remake of
the iconic 1968 indie flick that gave us
the modern day zombie back having to get
you Barbara Tom Savini –zz Night of the
Living Dead featured much of the same
crew from the original coming to get you
Barbara and even featured some
production work by George a Romero’s
himself weird one big difference was
that this undead fest amped up the
violence and gore as opposed to the more
subtle approach of the black-and-white
film you open a store your mother Wow
bloggers shit as both an homage and a
strong example of horror in its own
right this 1990 remake took audiences on
a bloodbath of zombie carnage with the
support and encouragement of its sources
creators and left a trail of terrifying
blood spattered remains in its wake
number nine I am Legend previously
adapted to film as the horror classics
the last man on earth and the Omega Man
chuckles doc to be waking up soda this
early 21st century take on Richard
Matheson’s novel gave the vampire zombie
genre a whole new look we may have
something here after escaping a virus
that turned all of humanity into mutated
monsters dr. Robert Neville finds
himself alone in a post-apocalyptic
world where he has to fight the undead
on a nightly basis but uh I don’t have
any friends and I’m not going out here
by myself with action-packed twists and
turns as well as subtle commentary
surrounding our views on both society
and monsters alike the commercially
successful I am Legend and its powerful
performance by Will Smith left critics
and audiences enthralled and impressed
The Cure’s on table number eight
invasion of the Body Snatchers Oh
spiders you’re been a how nice to see
you
this remake of the 1956 sci-fi flick of
the same name took paranoia to a whole
new level an extraterrestrial race
attempts to conquer earth by cloning
residents in a San Francisco
neighborhood turning them into
emotionless replicas of their hosts
Jeffrey is not Jeffrey when some of the
doomed Earthlings catch on to their plot
it’s a battle of wits and minds as they
attempt to not only discover who has
already been replaced but also how to
stop the impending invasion while going
deeper into themes explored in the
original film and offering haunting
special effects this apocalyptic whore
remains a potent example of a remake
done right number seven the blob
here’s another sci-fi horror flick that
had audiences running from the theater
all the way back in 1958 before it was
remade decades later hey watch out he’s
got some kind of close of shit on teeth
in the blob a jelly-like substance
engulfs everything it encounters gaining
enough strength and size along the way
and leaving a town in panic as the
residents frantically attempt to defeat
its approach while the original film had
the mysterious extraterrestrial
substance function as a lumbering ball
of goo this version had the creature
invade the body of its victims and gave
it the ability to split and attack in
multiple locations at once leaving no
place safe from its grasp you spread it
right to this place and kill all of you
number 6 The Hills Have Eyes
this reimagining of Wes Craven’s 1977
film left audiences just as terrified
with its tale of mutant sadists living
in the New Mexico desert can’t miss it
there’s no fence right in front after
being led into a trap by local towns
folk a family is terrorized by the gang
of murderers in various examples of
brutal violence earning the film an
nc-17 rating upon its initial release
featuring massive amounts of gore and
bloodshed along with the monstrous
appearances of the mutants this remake
made us all think twice before accepting
help from strangers
and taking shortcuts on our next road
trip
number five Dawn of the Dead zack
snyder’s remake of the 1978 horror
classic had a lot to live up to but
proved to be anything but lazy in its
recreation of the film that helped make
the zombie genre infamous it’s tough
shit cuz this is our place and you can’t
stay here with the shopping mall setting
as it’s linked to the source film Don of
the Dead offered an all-new cast of
zombie bait a fresh take on the
creatures and subtle nods to its
predecessor all while creating a rich
retelling of George a Romero’s original
nothing wrong that dogs just this
innovative and well thought out flick
gave diehard fans the gore and scares
they craved and introduced a new crop of
zombie fanatics to a film they couldn’t
wait to sink their teeth into number
four let me in hello girl huh
he’s scared this tale of a bullied
preteen and his supernatural neighbor
began production before the original
film it was based on was even released
an American version of the Swedish film
let the right one in this remake traded
its Stockholm setting for a small New
Mexico town in an attempt to make the
source material appeal to a wider
audience just so you know I can’t be a
friend
while the original still holds up Let Me
In preserved its tale of friendship love
and violence without neglecting the
horror and emotional connections between
the characters that made Let The Right
One In so rich and compelling you have
to avoid me in it was also widely
praised by critics who and I had to go
away number three the ring this chilling
adaptation of the Japanese film of the
same name made audiences everywhere want
to look away from their television
screens because of a vengeful spirit
trapped on a morbid videotape that
promises death within one week to all
who view it while many are skeptical at
first the creep factor goes up whenever
one of the marked victims sees one of
the videotaped images in their daily
lives leading up to their demise hey you
you got a yet
the ring proved that horror can
translate beyond cultures languages and
different sets of media and that no one
is safe from the grasp of death it won’t
stop making Western moviegoers
everywhere tremble in their seats
number two the thing gentlemen do you
realize what we’ve found this remake of
the 1951 horror sci-fi film the thing
from another world my god what the hell
happened here follows even more closely
the John W Campbell jr. novella who goes
there upon which they’re both based
minutes is enough to put a man over down
here it tells the story of a group of
scientists in Antarctica that encounters
a shape-shifting alien that can assume
the identity of anyone it meets he knows
why endure filled with chilling suspense
and horrific special effects the thing
consistently leads you on the edge of
your seat wondering which character to
trust and watch him close here we and
who will reveal themselves as the alien
next injected with just enough jump
scares and mystery to keep you both
watching and squirming John Carpenter’s
take also outshines the campy special
effects of the original
before we reveal our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
nothing’s really happened yet we could
just say George’s leg broken bone
what do you want
number one the fly I think it’s time for
champagne director David Cronenberg is
famous for his gory body horror special
effects and this film is no exception
initial point on the verge of creating a
successful teleport device scientist
Seth Brundle experiments with
transporting himself however a fly has
come along for the ride no harness this
results in him not only combining his
DNA with the flies the computer got
confused there weren’t supposed to be
two separate genetic patterns but also
to suffer a slow descent into madness as
his body begins to change form into a
grotesque and monstrous creature
the slow and heartbreaking deterioration
of both mind and flesh make this Jekyll
and Hyde type tale a terrifying horror
remake you don’t want to miss do you
agree with our list I’m going insane
here which horror remakes keep you up at
night for more movie top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com I just wanted to be with
you thanks for watching be sure to check
out these other great watch mojo videos
original welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 best horror movie remakes for
this list we’ve chosen films that showed
us that the reinvention of an older
horror flick can be just as
spine-tingling as the original while it
can also generate its own unique take on
the source material
we’ll be focusing on full remakes of
older films so pseudo remakes like Evil
Dead – Dead by Dawn don’t qualify number
10
Night of the Living Dead you’re afraid
aren’t you
you really are afraid of this place a
practically shot-by-shot color remake of
the iconic 1968 indie flick that gave us
the modern day zombie back having to get
you Barbara Tom Savini –zz Night of the
Living Dead featured much of the same
crew from the original coming to get you
Barbara and even featured some
production work by George a Romero’s
himself weird one big difference was
that this undead fest amped up the
violence and gore as opposed to the more
subtle approach of the black-and-white
film you open a store your mother Wow
bloggers shit as both an homage and a
strong example of horror in its own
right this 1990 remake took audiences on
a bloodbath of zombie carnage with the
support and encouragement of its sources
creators and left a trail of terrifying
blood spattered remains in its wake
number nine I am Legend previously
adapted to film as the horror classics
the last man on earth and the Omega Man
chuckles doc to be waking up soda this
early 21st century take on Richard
Matheson’s novel gave the vampire zombie
genre a whole new look we may have
something here after escaping a virus
that turned all of humanity into mutated
monsters dr. Robert Neville finds
himself alone in a post-apocalyptic
world where he has to fight the undead
on a nightly basis but uh I don’t have
any friends and I’m not going out here
by myself with action-packed twists and
turns as well as subtle commentary
surrounding our views on both society
and monsters alike the commercially
successful I am Legend and its powerful
performance by Will Smith left critics
and audiences enthralled and impressed
The Cure’s on table number eight
invasion of the Body Snatchers Oh
spiders you’re been a how nice to see
you
this remake of the 1956 sci-fi flick of
the same name took paranoia to a whole
new level an extraterrestrial race
attempts to conquer earth by cloning
residents in a San Francisco
neighborhood turning them into
emotionless replicas of their hosts
Jeffrey is not Jeffrey when some of the
doomed Earthlings catch on to their plot
it’s a battle of wits and minds as they
attempt to not only discover who has
already been replaced but also how to
stop the impending invasion while going
deeper into themes explored in the
original film and offering haunting
special effects this apocalyptic whore
remains a potent example of a remake
done right number seven the blob
here’s another sci-fi horror flick that
had audiences running from the theater
all the way back in 1958 before it was
remade decades later hey watch out he’s
got some kind of close of shit on teeth
in the blob a jelly-like substance
engulfs everything it encounters gaining
enough strength and size along the way
and leaving a town in panic as the
residents frantically attempt to defeat
its approach while the original film had
the mysterious extraterrestrial
substance function as a lumbering ball
of goo this version had the creature
invade the body of its victims and gave
it the ability to split and attack in
multiple locations at once leaving no
place safe from its grasp you spread it
right to this place and kill all of you
number 6 The Hills Have Eyes
this reimagining of Wes Craven’s 1977
film left audiences just as terrified
with its tale of mutant sadists living
in the New Mexico desert can’t miss it
there’s no fence right in front after
being led into a trap by local towns
folk a family is terrorized by the gang
of murderers in various examples of
brutal violence earning the film an
nc-17 rating upon its initial release
featuring massive amounts of gore and
bloodshed along with the monstrous
appearances of the mutants this remake
made us all think twice before accepting
help from strangers
and taking shortcuts on our next road
trip
number five Dawn of the Dead zack
snyder’s remake of the 1978 horror
classic had a lot to live up to but
proved to be anything but lazy in its
recreation of the film that helped make
the zombie genre infamous it’s tough
shit cuz this is our place and you can’t
stay here with the shopping mall setting
as it’s linked to the source film Don of
the Dead offered an all-new cast of
zombie bait a fresh take on the
creatures and subtle nods to its
predecessor all while creating a rich
retelling of George a Romero’s original
nothing wrong that dogs just this
innovative and well thought out flick
gave diehard fans the gore and scares
they craved and introduced a new crop of
zombie fanatics to a film they couldn’t
wait to sink their teeth into number
four let me in hello girl huh
he’s scared this tale of a bullied
preteen and his supernatural neighbor
began production before the original
film it was based on was even released
an American version of the Swedish film
let the right one in this remake traded
its Stockholm setting for a small New
Mexico town in an attempt to make the
source material appeal to a wider
audience just so you know I can’t be a
friend
while the original still holds up Let Me
In preserved its tale of friendship love
and violence without neglecting the
horror and emotional connections between
the characters that made Let The Right
One In so rich and compelling you have
to avoid me in it was also widely
praised by critics who and I had to go
away number three the ring this chilling
adaptation of the Japanese film of the
same name made audiences everywhere want
to look away from their television
screens because of a vengeful spirit
trapped on a morbid videotape that
promises death within one week to all
who view it while many are skeptical at
first the creep factor goes up whenever
one of the marked victims sees one of
the videotaped images in their daily
lives leading up to their demise hey you
you got a yet
the ring proved that horror can
translate beyond cultures languages and
different sets of media and that no one
is safe from the grasp of death it won’t
stop making Western moviegoers
everywhere tremble in their seats
number two the thing gentlemen do you
realize what we’ve found this remake of
the 1951 horror sci-fi film the thing
from another world my god what the hell
happened here follows even more closely
the John W Campbell jr. novella who goes
there upon which they’re both based
minutes is enough to put a man over down
here it tells the story of a group of
scientists in Antarctica that encounters
a shape-shifting alien that can assume
the identity of anyone it meets he knows
why endure filled with chilling suspense
and horrific special effects the thing
consistently leads you on the edge of
your seat wondering which character to
trust and watch him close here we and
who will reveal themselves as the alien
next injected with just enough jump
scares and mystery to keep you both
watching and squirming John Carpenter’s
take also outshines the campy special
effects of the original
before we reveal our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
nothing’s really happened yet we could
just say George’s leg broken bone
what do you want
number one the fly I think it’s time for
champagne director David Cronenberg is
famous for his gory body horror special
effects and this film is no exception
initial point on the verge of creating a
successful teleport device scientist
Seth Brundle experiments with
transporting himself however a fly has
come along for the ride no harness this
results in him not only combining his
DNA with the flies the computer got
confused there weren’t supposed to be
two separate genetic patterns but also
to suffer a slow descent into madness as
his body begins to change form into a
grotesque and monstrous creature
the slow and heartbreaking deterioration
of both mind and flesh make this Jekyll
and Hyde type tale a terrifying horror
remake you don’t want to miss do you
agree with our list I’m going insane
here which horror remakes keep you up at
night for more movie top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com I just wanted to be with
you thanks for watching be sure to check
out these other great watch mojo videos
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