8 Movie Remakes That Pissed Off The Original Creators

"They should all die in hell." Bit of an overreaction, perhaps?

[erikthompson]

I expected "The crow" to top, or at least appear on, the list. Alex Proyas is certainly no fan of the remake.

[SEBookGirlie]

I only clicked on this because I was certain was going to contain The Crow remake. Orginal movie director Alex Proyas's remarks toward it have been scathing. 😮

[brunozeigerts]

I always laugh when critics claim that a remake (Red Dawn) isn't as good as the original... when they didn't like the original!

[jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku]

What you forgot was that George Romero had bumper stickers with "FAST ZOMBIES SUCK" on it

[morenosauriorex]

The Crow needs to be part of this list

[stevemonkey]

The bad lieutenant "remake" has the great advantage in that it was made by Werner And that's a good thing

[jamesallan]

Can't believe you didn't mention the 2024 Crow remake in this list (I went into it thinking that's what prompted you to make it). Alex Proyas, the director of the original, was nothing short of scathing towards the notion of a remake, which he saw as Brandon Lee's legacy. He also didn't hold back his glee at the film tanking critically and commercially.

[simon-meadows]

Imagine the outcry if Guy Ritchie were to remake The Godfather...

[miketaylor]

The Chucky television show is really good also

[Kwippy]

If Hitchcock was alive, he would weep bitter tears at viewing Psycho remake.

[WhatEVS]

Gotta disagree with ya on the Dawn of The Dead remake. That shit was great.

[erikthompson]

Box office success or not, there will be no sequel to the "Child's play" reboot. Since "M3gan" xeroxed that storyline beat for bear, too much greater acclaim as well as profit, we can safely say that vacancy has now been filled and then some.

[willijs]

Didn't they steal the original story of the Lion The White Lion?

[Zombiesnyder]

Leigh Whannel would've been a nice choice to direct a sequel to the CHILD'S PLAY remake

[MaxWeb]

I got angry at the Wickerman remake too because it not only didn't stayed true to the original but also didn't done that to it's own story.
Maybe it was a dub error but 2 scenes that p/ssed me of the most was when for one cages character(I couldn't even remember his name till the end of the movie ) found out that his bullets where stolen, even though he checked his gun 10 min prior.
The second one was a rollback to the original, that it's prohibited to say the word "dead" on the island, just to end the movie where everyone sings in harmony "the drone is dead".
if you set rules in your movies universe, then please stay with them

[matthewpatrick]

Even though, on very rare occasions, a remake can be better than the original, I don't believe they should ever be done. If the studio believes that a movie should be back in the theaters, then simply put the original back into the theater. Whatever it makes would be pure profit.

[generalgamer]

I just got super stoned and had a thought… We always talk about how over the top Nicolas Cage’s acting is in the movies he stars, but we never hear about the director telling him to “Give it more!” Like, it’s in the movie for a reason, and it’s probably exactly what the director wanted

[rolanddutton]

The bad lieutenant remake was arguably better than the original.

The "his soul is still dancing" scene is gold.

[unholyperiodza]

No Swept Away (2002)? The director angrily reacted by saying " WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOVIE!?" when he saw it.

[mrnobodyz]

The animated “Alladin” heavily ripped off the then unreleased “the thief and the cobbler”