22 Remakes That Should Have Never Been Remade
Remakes are an inevitable part of the filmmaking process. When it comes to remakes, there are usually two outcomes: successful or horrible remake movies by critics and fans. Some remakes, however, are neither bad nor good; they are simply pointless.
Although there have been successful remakes in the past, such as The Grudge (2004), The Amityville Horror (2005), and It (2017), there are some that should never have been made in the first place.
There are so many remade versions of classic films that should never have been released because they were fantastic the first time around and don't need to be "improved," these classic Movies are on this list of movies that shouldn't be remade.
Here is a list of the most meaningless remakes of all time. Vote for the movies whose casts you could never imagine inhabiting them, and add any outstanding films that you think shouldn't be redone that are perhaps missing.
22 Horrible Remake Movies That Should Have Never Been Remade
#1 A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Source: Goodhousekeeping
"I'd rather dip my balls in a jar of honey and tea bag a beehive than watch this again." —Tentin Quarantino, Letterboxd
#2 Arthur (2011)
Source: Time Out
"You know you've entered another universe when an Oscar-winning actress tells Russell Brand with a straight face to 'wash his winky....properly'. I almost pissed myself." —Andy Summers, Letterboxd
#3 Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Source: IMDb
"It should be impossible for a Nicolas Cage movie called BANGKOK DANGEROUS to be this boring but somehow they pulled it off." —Patrick Willems, Letterboxd
#4 Ben-Hur (2016)
Source: Apple TV
"Bland.
Very bland
Exceedingly bland
You won't quite believe how bland this film is.
How can I explain it...?
Picture, if you will, a scene (not from this movie). Orlando Bloom is sitting in a room on a bare wooden chair. The room has magnolia walls, a cream carpet and beige curtains. Orlando is wearing a symphony in beige: beige trousers, beige t-shirt and beige cardigan. From one corner the music of Coldplay is playing. In front of him a TV playing party political broadcasts. In one hand he has a lettuce sandwich on white bread. It takes him thirty minutes to slowly eat the sandwich.
That my friends is only a fraction of how truly bland this film is.
[...]
You could watch a film and think it's bland but I promise you, that will only be a tiny fraction of how impossibly, mind boggling bland this film is.
It's so bland that I started to forget about the film whilst I was still watching it.
It even makes The Crucifixion seem bland.
It is Bland Hur
Very Bland Hur
The very Blandermost Hur
And bland my friends, is often worse than bad.
The chariot bits are alright though." —Steve P, Letterboxd
#5 Fame (2009)
Source: IMDb
"if you tried to make a season of a CW show fit into 107 minutes." —harperthecutie, Letterboxd
#6 Fantastic Four (2015)
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
"it was bad movie." —trex888, Letterboxd
#7 Footloose (2011)
Source: Amazon.com
"NOT MY TEMPO." —david esquimal, Letterboxd
#8 Ghostbusters (2016)
Source: ScreenCrush
"I am afraid of ghosts. I'm more afraid of ever having to watch this again." —Adam Kempenaar, Letterboxd
#9 Godzilla (1998)
Source: Film School Rejects
"objectively the longest movie ever made." —#1 gizmo fan, Letterboxd
#10 Jacob's Ladder (2019)
Source: Black Horror Movies
"I’m not convinced anyone involved even saw the original." —Brian Tallerico, Letterboxd
#11 Oldboy (2013)
Source: IMDb
"oh… okay." —OOO, Letterboxd
#12 Point Break (2015)
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
"If you like those 3 or 5 minute GoPro or Red Bull videos of people doing extreme sports then you will certainly like most of the movie as a lot of it is exactly that - and to be sure, those moments were pretty cool to watch and very well done.
Unfortunately, in between all of those moments is a pretty boring plotline with characters that you never really care about.
If you like mindless action (nothing wrong with that) then you will probably like this movie - although most of the "action" is extreme sports, not really guns.
Apparently, I have to write at least ten lines of text, but honestly there isn't much more to say about the movie!" —allstarrunner, IMDb
#13 Poltergeist (2015)
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
"At one point, a realtor asks Sam Rockwell where he works and he goes, 'John Deere.' And the realtor says, "Oh, I really like that company" and then Sam Rockwell is like, 'Well, I don't give a shit cuz they fired me.'
Well, maybe don't tell people you still work there if it's such a sore issue, Sam Rockwell." —Parker, Letterboxd
#14 Psycho (1998)
Source: IMDb
"Unfortunately this disproves my theory that any classic film would be better if it included a scene of Vince Vaughn jerking off." —Austin Shermer, Letterboxd
#15 Red Dawn (2012)
Source: IMDb
"Red Yawn......" —FlashCallahan, IMDb
#16 RoboCop (2014)
Source: IMDb
"MOOD: SAM L JACKSON GETTING PAID TO SAY 'ROBO-PHOBIC'" —J4Y, Letterboxd
#17 The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Source: YouTube
"Keanu should have let everyone die." —mjeps, Letterboxd
#18 The Grudge (2020)
Source: Netflix
"I'd rather comb the ghost's hair for 100 minutes. It's only the 2nd day & my 2020 is already a horrible mess." —iamianiman, IMDb
#19 The Mummy (2017)
Source: BFI
"It's a good thing I had to pee for 75% of this because at least I got to feel something." — Rylan California, Letterboxd
#20 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Source: IMDb
"The story of a young woman's (played by Jessica Biel) repeated attempts to dry her tank top. At every turn a chainsaw-wielding maniac is there, and try as she might, she just cannot get to a stopping point in order to dry said garment. Sometimes you have to kill someone to be comfortable." —Cinemonster, Letterboxd
#21 The Wicker Man (2006)
Source: IMDb
"bitches ! you BITCHES ! THIS IS MURDER! *MURDER!* YOU'LL ALL BE GUILTY! and you're doing it for NOTHING!..... killing me won't bring back your GODDAMN HONEY! ARRRRRRRRRRRGH........ ooooooohhh.... i don't get it......... i'm not one of you..... i don't BELIEVE in your god !! i don't believe in sacrifice........ ARRRRRRRRGh......... oooooohhwww......... ohhhhwwww......... oH NO DONT MOVE ME AHHHHHHHHH WHA-AWWWWWWWW !! what is it? what is it? wha-what is it what IS IT WHAT IS IT?!!! OH NO NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEEEEEEEEES! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! OH THEYRE IN MY EYES! MY EYES!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! AHHHHHHHHHGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!......................................... oh god........ oh mai gawd..... OH MAI GAWD." —?hayley?, Letterboxd
#22 Total Recall (2012)
Source: The Action Elite
"I saw this in the cinema when it was released, late 2012. It was a blind date with a guy called Aaron: we had some dinner before and a chat and then went and watched the film. When we were walking out after it had finished, he told me he thought it was better than the original.
I never saw him again." —xtini, Letterboxd
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