Movie remakes are hitting the theaters more frequent then ever. Especially in the genre of horror flicks like Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween have bought younger audiences back into the movie monsters of old. But the question is, are they worth making? I think certain movies like The Last House on the Left and The Crazies helped revamp older movies that really fell short of being memorable. But others like The Wolfman and Psycho with Vince Vaughn, (who should have never ever been casted for the role of Norman Bates), really made me want to punch the moron or morons who wrote and directed that movie. Still we got to ask the question, do these remakes really ruin the memory and fondness that we found with the originals? I personally feel that some movies shouldn't be touched and others definitely need to be remade do to the great advances we have made with special effects. The problem is that some of these studios don't know how to remake a movie and also which ones they shouldn't. And if their going to do them regardless of the original directors disapproval, Then they should know how to make them right by catching the same feel as the originals. I developed a strategy to know whether a remake is good before spending my good hard earned money at the theater. When you look at the movie poster, if its too artsy and very detailed with no photo, then you know it's going straight to Dvd in weeks. Also watch for lame actors like Nick Cannon (Day of the Dead remake) and C. Thomas Howell to be in it. It's not very easy deciding on a movie to see hoping it won't suck, but all we can do is hope and take a chance on some of these horror remakes.
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