Some friends and I recently went to see the remake of Evil Dead. The original film has attained cult status for being a ridiculously campy, bad movie. Even the crew behind the film realized this, and turned the series into a comedy with Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.
The remake, on the other hand, is actually a pretty creepy movie, and actually fits the horror genre that it was trying for. This got me thinking about the recent rise in popularity of remakes. I used to just write off all remakes as Hollywood being out of ideas, but in this particular case, the writer was actually able to achieve with this remake what he could not with the original, and there is a certain merit to that.
Don't get me wrong. I still do feel that many remakes are cashing in on nostalgia, but if a creator feels that they can actually improve upon the story they tried to tell, or execute it better, then I say more power to them. Evil Dead in my opinion, is an example of a remake done right. Total Recall, on the other hand...not so much.
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