WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I’ve mentioned this film previously in my A Mother’s Love article and believe I referenced the fact that more detail was incoming. Truthfully, when I saw the words ‘loosely based on’ I didn’t think this article was actually going to see that light of day but here it is! …
To Remake or Not To Remake
My Bloody Valentine 1981 vs 2009
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I don’t think anyone will understand quite how long I have been waiting to do this article! I covered the original in Chick-Flick Free Valentine’s but it was almost IMPOSSIBLE to find the remake. What I love is that in a weird way, the title works on two levels …
Footloose 1984 vs 2011
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I have had the discussion a lot recently about films that really should be left alone – mainly because there’s been a lot of talk about one of my favourite films being remade. Now, I see Footloose as a modern classic and in my opinion, as you will more …
Sabrina 1954 vs 1995
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Now, don’t get this confused with the TV series Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. This isn’t the Buffy scenario where a TV series emerged from a film. Actually, I think there may be an article in that idea… A Change in Time It might just be me, but there’s …
Farewell to the Master
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers OK, yes I said it before but then if I broke the promise once who’s to say I wasn’t going to break it again. However, I guess a short story doesn’t really count right? As you can guess, these films are based on the short story Farewell to the …
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 vs 1978
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I promised myself that I was going to stop writing articles about remakes that are based on a novel (yes, I didn’t know this before but this was based on The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney) because they aren’t technically remakes, just different adaptations of the same book. Well, …
Cabin Fever 2002 vs 2016
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I originally used to think this was some sort of zombie film, however I was completely wrong and instead Eli Roth had much better idea than that. Such a good idea in fact that Travis Z felt it was worth remaking in the early 2010s. Frame for Frame …
Funny Games 1997 vs 2007
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers As I mentioned previously in my Austrian Horror article, there would be two remakes produced from it. Here is the first, and in my opinion this is a pretty simple, but rather twisted story. Thankfully I don’t need to go into much detail as I have already filled you …
The Wicker Man 1973 v 2006
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I think the storyline to the films I am going to discuss is the epitome of elevated horror, before that term was ever even coined. Truthfully, for those who thought Midsommar was an original story, they clearly had never seen the original The Wicker Man. British vs American …
Slumber Party Massacre 1982 vs 2021
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers When I first discussed Slumber Party Massacre in my ‘Death at the Party’ article, I honestly didn’t think I would be discussing it again. Low and behold, in 2022 it was decided that for some reason a remake was required – but at the moment what 70s or 80s …