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00:00 As a subgenre, the slasher fix which rose to prominence over the last 40 or so years
00:05 have provided us with some of the best-loved horror movies of all time.
00:08 In the 2000s, we have seen a significant number of remakes and reboots of some of the finest
00:13 slasher movies ever made.
00:15 So with that in mind, I'm Ellie, with WhatCulture, here with the 10 best slasher horror movie
00:21 remakes of all time.
00:23 10.
00:24 Sorority Row A remake based on the House on Sorority Row,
00:28 which told the story of a group of sorority sisters whose prank on the owner of the house
00:32 they live in goes horribly wrong when she ends up dead.
00:36 The girls decide to hide the body and cover up the disaster, only to be stalked and killed
00:40 at their graduation party by someone who knows their secret.
00:44 Sorority Row was directed by Stuart Hendler and expands on the premise of the original
00:48 with a new backstory and prank gone wrong that ends the same way, before time jumping
00:53 eight months to the bloodbath graduation party.
00:56 The movie clearly takes influence from I Know What You Did Last Summer, although that film
01:01 itself undoubtedly owes a lot to the House on Sorority Row.
01:04 There is a trashy blend of the 80s and 90s era to the movie, which unashamedly throws
01:09 every sorority house cliche you can think of at the viewer.
01:13 With plenty of sexual undertones, some pretty gruesome kills and a whodunit vibe to the
01:17 narrative that keeps you wondering who or what the killer is through to the reveal of
01:22 the final act, this all combines to make Sorority Row an enjoyable modern popcorn slasher.
01:28 9.
01:29 The Hitcher
01:30 The Hitchhiker was an 80s cult classic that told the simple story of a young man driving
01:35 across America who makes the mistake of his life when he picks up a psychopathic hitchhiker,
01:40 superbly played by the sinister Rutger Hauer in one of his greatest roles.
01:46 The 2007 remake was directed by music video specialist Dave Myers and produced by Michael
01:51 Bay, and places Sean Bean into the role of the hitchhiking serial killer, who this time
01:56 terrorises Zachary Knighton's Jim and his girlfriend Grace in another thriller that
02:01 hits the spot in just the same way the original did.
02:04 The couple innocently help Bean's character out as he has seemingly broken down on a rainy
02:09 night, but he soon shows his true colours and their horror begins as he pulls out a
02:13 switchblade and holds it to Grace's eye.
02:16 The inclusion of Grace adds an interesting dynamic to the remake, and the movie faithfully
02:20 recreates many of the key scenes from the original in what is a fast-paced and highly
02:25 engaging movie.
02:27 8.
02:28 Maniac
02:29 Maniac was a dark and gritty low-budget slasher movie directed by William Lustig, which told
02:34 the story of Frank Zito, a psychopath who stalks the streets of New York at night.
02:39 Frank spends his time killing and mutilating young women by scalping their corpses and
02:44 displaying their hair on mannequins around his apartment.
02:47 Achieving somewhat of a cult status, the macabre and visceral film was given a fresh remake
02:52 in 2012 starring Elijah Wood as Frank, in what is unquestionably his most disturbing
02:59 role.
03:00 Much of the movie is shot from Frank's point of view, with a demented voiceover, as we
03:04 see what he sees and hear what he's thinking.
03:07 He is a calculated murderer who kills without remorse.
03:10 The movie stands out for its sequences of fantasy, as in his imagination Frank's mannequins
03:15 come alive and take on the personas of the women he has killed and whose hair they are
03:19 wearing.
03:20 With an 80s synth-heavy score, this is a remake which stylistically acts as a fine companion
03:25 piece to the original.
03:27 7.
03:28 Friday the 13th
03:29 Friday the 13th was created to capitalize on the success of Halloween and audiences'
03:34 fresh appetite for slasher flicks.
03:36 It introduced the lore of Jason Voorhees, a child seemingly allowed to drown by counsellors
03:41 at Camp Crystal Lake.
03:43 It is a movie in which Jason's mother Pamela takes revenge on those she blames before she
03:48 is beheaded in the final scene.
03:50 From here the sequel snowballed into a long series of trashy movies before this 2009 Michael
03:56 Bay produced remake arrived, turning out to be a highly satisfying reboot, following the
04:01 series having slowly hit rock bottom.
04:04 Condensing the Pamela Voorhees storyline solely to the introduction, the redo jumps straight
04:09 into Jason wearing a sack over his head, an homage to part 2, and dispatching a group
04:14 of young adults camping out in the woods.
04:16 As might be expected, Jason soon attacks everyone, while also finding his trademark ice hockey
04:21 mask in a movie which interestingly ties together different parts of the original franchise.
04:27 6.
04:28 House of Wax
04:29 House of Wax is a classic Warner Bros horror, starring the legendary Vincent Price as a
04:33 wax sculptor who specializes in creating historical figures.
04:38 The film itself was a remake of Mystery of the Wax Museum, and it took another 52 years
04:43 for the newest version to arrive.
04:45 Loosely based on themes introduced in the original's narrative, the remake takes a
04:49 fresh approach to the storyline.
04:51 Here, the 2005 picture introduces a group of young adults who come across a strange
04:56 and virtually deserted town after their car breaks down on a road trip.
05:00 The film unashamedly wears the influences of both Psycho and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
05:05 firmly on its sleeve, and features some highly inventive and gruesome kill sequences.
05:10 5.
05:11 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
05:13 When writer and director Tobey Hooper unleashed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, he changed the
05:17 horror scene forever.
05:19 He created the most violent and realistic slasher movie audiences had seen at the time,
05:24 a deeply dark film which was seeped in controversy and a disturbing and difficult watch for many.
05:30 Inspired by the true crime events of serial killer Ed Gein, a cannibal who skinned his
05:34 victims to create masks and other grotesque objects, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre introduced
05:39 us to the demented, power tool-wielding Leatherface, one of cinema's most horrifying maniacs.
05:45 Producer Michael Bay rebooted the classic film in 2003 with director Marcus Nisbell
05:51 at the helm.
05:52 The remake pays homage to many of the original movie's key scenes, whilst also writing in
05:57 many new scenes and story arcs, bringing a fresh feel to the story which enhances the
06:01 viewing experience.
06:03 But like its predecessor, this remains one slasher film that is certainly not for the
06:07 faint-hearted.
06:08 4.
06:09 Halloween
06:10 John Carpenter's Halloween was certainly not the first slasher flick to hit our screens.
06:14 However, it is one of the most important, as Halloween reinvigorated the slasher subgenre
06:20 and would go on to inspire a new generation of filmmakers in the following decades who
06:24 would create a host of iconic movies influenced by this masterpiece.
06:29 Halloween introduced one of the legendary slasher antagonists in Michael Myers, and
06:34 itself also became one of the most prominent franchises in horror with a whole host of
06:38 sequels that ran throughout the following decades.
06:41 In 2007, Rob Zombie, the industrial, heavy metal shock rocker turned music video and
06:47 horror filmmaker, delivered his fresh reboot on the story, and took the franchise back
06:52 to the very beginning with his remake.
06:55 Zombie's interpretation certainly split the fickle Halloween fanbase, but the final
07:00 part, which mirrors and pays respectful homage to the original film, is unquestionably a
07:04 superb recreation.
07:06 3.
07:07 Child's Play
07:08 Child's Play introduced us to the murderous children's toy Chucky, the infamous doll
07:13 possessed by the evil spirit of a serial killer by way of voodoo.
07:17 Child's Play would of course go on to become one of the best-loved franchises in horror,
07:22 perfectly blending a dark humour into its narrative.
07:25 Quality-wise, the series has, for the most part, remained relatively consistent throughout
07:29 the majority of its sequels.
07:31 In what is the most recent remake from the key franchises of modern horror, 2019's Child's
07:37 Play is also one of the best, looking carefully at what worked well in the early films and
07:42 blending into a new story.
07:44 This redo modernised the original premise for a current market, with Chucky being able
07:48 to log into the cloud of its owner's home and connect to all of their online devices.
07:53 The humour runs deep again throughout this movie, and the story provides intrigue as
07:57 we watch Chucky slowly evolve from a playful, butter-wouldn't-melt doll into the murderous
08:02 killer we know he's going to become.
08:04 2.
08:05 A Nightmare on Elm Street
08:07 A Nightmare on Elm Street really needs little introduction.
08:10 It was a visionary movie created by one of horror's true masters in Wes Craven, which
08:15 turned the genre on its head when it dropped in the mid-80s.
08:19 It introduced us to the ultimate horror icon in the child-murdering dream demon Freddy
08:23 Krueger, who was played exquisitely by Robert Englund.
08:26 The franchise would go on to deliver one of the finest horror sequels of all time with
08:30 Dream Warriors, before slowly descending in quality, with Krueger becoming a parody of
08:35 the pure evil character he once was.
08:37 The 2010 remake is a polarising film for sure, with many original fans of the classic 80s
08:43 era immediately turned off by the thought of anyone other than Englund applying the
08:47 grotesque burn makeup and knife-fingered glove of Krueger.
08:50 But the reality is that Jackie Earl Haley does a fine job.
08:54 His performance takes Freddy back to the very darkest side of the character, with the movie
08:58 overall devoid of the unpopular direction of humour that we saw in the likes of Freddy's
09:02 Dead The Final Nightmare.
09:04 Paying a dark and gritty homage to the early films, and with many faithful recreations
09:09 of some of the most iconic kill sequences, this is a remake which was on a hiding to
09:13 nothing with what it had to live up to, but is actually a far better film than many give
09:17 it credit for.
09:19 1.
09:20 Psycho
09:21 To name Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho as the most important film in the origins of the
09:24 slasher genre as we would come to know it in the decades to come would be no understatement.
09:30 The legendary director shocked audiences at the time with the murderous themes in the
09:34 movie, and with the pacing and twists within the narrative, and its influence on horror
09:38 and thriller films is evident throughout virtually every scene.
09:42 In 1998, visionary director Gus Van Sant was tasked with remaking the original and controversially
09:49 delivered a film which virtually mirrors Hitchcock's classics scene for scene and line for line.
09:54 He recreated one of the finest thriller movies of all time with an intriguing new generation
09:58 of actors, in a film which this time presented in colour, would appeal to a newer 90s audience.
10:05 Faithfully adapting Psycho in this way and paying testament to a near perfect film is
10:09 a move that either makes total sense or seems like a big waste of time, depending on how
10:13 you look at it.
10:15 And that concludes our list, if you think we missed any then do let us know in the comments
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