Re Makes

There have been many remakes of classic horror films in recent years. The fantastic Gothic horror film House of Wax for example, which was remade as a teen slasher film in 2005. The wonderful Gothic horror film The Pit and the Pendulum, which was also remade as a teen slasher film in 2009.




Films are made by people who care about the art of story telling and understand the power that cinema can have. Films are 'remade' by people who care about money and understand how to cash in on movies that are already successful.
The original versions of classic films like The Omen, Friday the 13th, Halloween, The Thing and The Evil Dead (all of which have now been remade) have all stood the test of time. These films remain an important part of popular culture and represent landmarks in cinema. There was absolutely no need for any of these movies to be remade other than for financial reasons, these films were already really good and personally I find it hard to understand the love some people have for remakes.

Some argue that remakes are good because they're bringing old films to a modern audience and keeping them alive, but in actual fact these films are already very alive and that is the reason they've been remade. No one remakes a film that they think people might one day forget or stop caring about. If a film is to be remade it has to be one that's popular already because other wise it wouldn't make heaps of cash on it's release. The only reason they choose not to make something original is because if they say it's 'Halloween' or 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' then they know people will pay money to go and see it. 

My advise would be to watch the original, go and see the remake too if you want but make sure you've watched the original first. There's a reason it's being remade and that's because the original was a success, so whatever you do don't let these remakes ruin the old films for you.