BEST AND WORST REMAKES: BEST #2 - THE THING In all fairness, I didn’t mind the Assault on Precinct 13 redo, and technically The Thing 2011 was a prequel (if it was a remake, it [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: WORST #2 - BLACK CHRISTMAS Black Christmas is an ugly, ugly movie. It was directed by Glen Morgan, who I’ve met on a few occasions. Morgan is the man behind some [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: BEST #3 - HEAT Before he became a sidekick to Zac Efron and trying to bang April Ludgate, there was a time when Robert De Niro's attachment to a project meant [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: WORST #3 - HALLOWEEN I always thought Rob Zombie would’ve made a better Texas Chain Saw Massacre remake than Halloween. All of his characters seem aesthetically interchangeable with the Sons of [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: BEST #4 - SORCERER Sorcerer’s history is long and jagged, and an extremely absorbing read. I have no care to delve into any of that here. I just want to heap [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: WORST #4 - A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Doing this list every morning has reminded me that rediscovering a new angle to an existing idea (no matter how sacred its predecessor [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: BEST #5 - SCARFACE Scarface is a difficult show to watch for a lot of reasons, and I had to give up watching it with anyone else a few years ago. [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: WORST #5 - THE FOG Of the flavorless disappointment that is the remake of The Fog, one thing pleases me greatly: John Carpenter got a cheque. I don’t know why Hollywood [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: BEST #6 THE RING I hadn’t seen Hideo Nakata’s Ringu at the time, so when I sat down to the American remake and was immediately introduced to two teenaged girls talking [...]

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: WORST #6 - WES CRAVEN’S CARNIVAL OF SOULS Have you ever seen the original Carnival of Souls? It’s moody and ethereal, the granddaddy of the art-house horror film. On the surface, [...]