{"id":6013,"date":"2019-04-11T23:03:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=6013"},"modified":"2019-04-12T20:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:20:25","slug":"the-best-horror-remakes-of-the-last-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/the-best-horror-remakes-of-the-last-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Horror Remakes Of The Last Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cRemake.\u201d The dreaded \u201cR\u201d-word. Its mere utterance sends shivers down the spine. It\u2019s often assumed that if something is going to be remade, it\u2019s done so in a cynical manner and that the rights holder is looking to exploit an already-established IP to make a quick buck. There are certainly instances where that is likely true, but then there are the others that use the concept as an opportunity to update the time and\/or place for the purpose of telling a good, timely story under the umbrella of the title in question. And as time has proven over and over again, the genre that has seen the most success when it comes to remakes is horror. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Through decades of horror filmmaking, technology has changed, innovation in special effects work has changed, society has changed, politics has changed, but one thing that hasn\u2019t changed is the shared experience of being scared out of your wits. The genre has to evolve with the aforementioned changes, and therefore, what was scary in 1978 may not be as terrifying in 2019, but that doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t some new fear lurking around the corner. With that, and in honor of the recent release of <\/span>Pet Sematary<\/em><\/a> – both a remake of the 1989 film and a re-adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s novel – let\u2019s take a look back through the decade at the best horror remakes of this decade.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>1.\u00a0<\/span>Piranha 3D (2010)
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Remake of<\/b>: Piranha<\/em> (1978)<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Why It\u2019s Good?<\/b>: The Roger Corman-produced, Joe Dante-directed original – in typical Corman fashion – is a proudly low-budget <\/span>Jaws<\/em> knockoff that has an undeniably campy charm, largely due to its DIY spirit. Alexandre Aja\u2019s remake – clearly capitalizing on the 3D craze that <\/span>Avatar<\/em> started – is more tongue-in-cheek and intentional in its humor. At no point does the film ask you to take it seriously; it just wants you to bask in all of its gloriously gory mayhem. However, the stacked cast – including Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue, Christopher Lloyd, and a smarmy, scene-stealing Jerry O\u2019Connell who\u2019s clearly playing a surrogate for Girls Gone Wild<\/em> founder Joe Francis – does ask you to take it just seriously enough while also having a total ball. Aja\u2019s fluid camerawork keeps things clicking along, it\u2019s light on exposition, has an infectious, giddy tone, and it features one of the most memorable scenes of dis-\u201dmember\u201d-ment ever put to film.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. It (2017)<\/h2>\n