The Ring
The American remaking of the acclaimed Austrian repugnance movieGoodnight Mommyis now pelt on Amazon Prime Video , star Naomi Watts as the nominal female parent . Watts herself is no alien to repulsion remake , having starred in Gore Verbinski ’s 2002 update onThe Ring , which adjust the Japanese original to outstanding success .
Hollywood remakes of international horror films have a longsighted and in spades mixed rail disc , with even the best - intentioned filmmakers running the risk of experience like they ’re cash in in rather than truly inspired . But some have broken the typical remaking whammy and been salutary ( or even great ) motion picture in their own rightfulness .
The Uninvited (2009) - 33%
Inspired by Kim Jee - woon ’s twisted psychological thrillerA Tale of Two Sisters , The Uninvitedfollows a untested woman who is assoil from a genial hospital only to fall home to a sign haunted by her utter mother . The moving picture came near the tail - ending of the Asiatic revulsion remaking craze and was even produced byThe Ring ’s Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald .
The Uninviteddidn’t receive the skillful reviews , with many critics finding the flick ’s plot too predictable and the panic uninventive . However , others found thing to wish about the motion picture , includingRoger Ebert , who praised lead actress Emily Browning as " an idealistic heroine for a horror picture . "
The Grudge (2004) - 40%
Ju - Onis one of the most pop J - repulsion franchises , with plenty of tense atmosphere and ghost imagination , so it cause sense that Hollywood would take a crack at their own version . 2004’sThe Grudgeis a remaking of the Japanese series ' third and most popular installment , keep the tale in Tokyo but making the main character an American telephone exchange scholarly person played by Sarah Michelle Gellar .
Despite mixed reviews , The Grudgewas a box office strike on a modest $ 10 million budget . It also engender a diminished enfranchisement of its own , with the most late entry being thequickly forgotten horror filmof the same name .
Dark Water (2005) - 47%
A remake of an acclaimed Japanese ghost story , Dark Watermay have had an English - speak dramatis personae headed by Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly , but it still had an international parentage . Brazilian manager Walter Salles ( The Motorcycle Diaries ) helm the project , his first raid into Hollywood filmmaking .
Dark Waterhas a middling Tomatometer score , almost split right down the middle , and many critics reckon it work well as a drama than a horror picture show . Variety ’s Todd McCarthysaid it best when he wrote that the motion picture was " dripping with … claustrophobic atmospheric state , but at long last … just another mildewed , tike - centrical ghostwriter story of piddling import or vibrancy . "
Funny Games (2008) - 51%
Austrian auteur Michael Haneke ’s films are seldom for the faint of heart , andFunny Gamesranks as arguably his most disturbing work . The home encroachment movie about a class terrorize by a twain of implacable killers pulls no punches in damage of barbarism , and has had a profound influence on Americandirectors like Jordan Peele .
Haneke came to the States to remakeFunny Gameswith an English - speaking cast , including Tim Roth , Michael Pitt , and recurrent remaking favorite Naomi Watts . However , as theRotten Tomatoes consensussays , some critic took issue with how the moving picture chastise the interview , and being a shot - for - gibe remake bequeath little to differentiate it from the original other than a new cast and language .
Quarantine (2008) - 55%
BeforeParanormal Activitykicked off the former 2010s found footage rage , Spanish zombi movieRecgave audiences a tense , thrilling ride , and it ’s often consideredone of the good of the found footage musical genre . Sadly , its American remakeQuarantinecouldn’t live up to its source stuff , but some critics were quite positive , with the staff atBloody Disgustingcalling it " like an expert cast , edited and staged with expert meticulosity and precision . "
The movie also helped convey more tending toRec , which had antecedently been fairly unknown . Co - Maker Paco Plaza toldEntertainment WeeklythatQuarantine"moved a spotlight onto our motion picture … everyone acknowledge that it survive , this midget Spanish picture . "
13 Sins (2014) - 64%
Director Daniel Stamm ’s follow - up toThe Last Exorcism,13 Sinstakes the premise of a down - on - his - luck man read a serial publication of morally confutable challenges and running with it to produce a sales pitch - pitch-dark funniness . It ’s based on the Thai film13 Beloved , which did n’t get much child’s play in America but was well - liked by those who saw it .
13 Sinsmay anthropoid movies likeSawandFalling Downa bit too nearly , but its tension and sense of humor means that there ’s still plenty for literary genre fans to enjoy . Mark Webber give a solid operation as lead character Elliot Brindle , as does Ron Perlman as a detective trying to work the crimes Elliot leave alone in his backwash .
Suspiria (2018) - 65%
Dario Argento’sSuspiriais one of the Giallo pioneer ’s most iconic picture show , with aunique , satisfying horror aestheticthat is almost a fictional character unto itself . Any remaking would have a hard meter follow Argento ’s lead , so Luca Guadingno took his remaking in a very unlike direction , keeping the basic premise but adding fresh themes of German guilt trip about Nazism , and a much colder coloration pallet .
The 2018Suspiriamay have polarized critics and viewers , but it ’s in spades a gorgeous - looking movie with fantastic cinematography and some creepy-crawly imagery . Dakota Johnson also gives it her all Susie Bannion , a untested social dancer who gets caught up in a witches ' coven .
The Ring (2002) - 71%
As the movie that started the trend of Hollywood J - horror remake , The Ringhas a mixed bequest , and the plenty of poor copycat may be a ground some areembarrassed to admit to liking it . However , the film still hold up as a well - made supernatural repugnance flick , help vastly by Gore Verbinski ’s direction and Naomi Watts ' secure functioning .
Hideo Nakata ’s Japanese original is a classic of the genre , so it makes sense that it would be the first one to experience a major remaking . critic broadly gaveThe Ringpositive reviews , with a particular focus on how it utilizes visuals , reasoned , and standard pressure to creep hearing out rather than excessive gore .
We Are What We Are (2013) - 86%
Director Jim Mickle may not be a household name , but he ’s a great film maker with some impressive oeuvre in both film ( Cold in July ) and television set ( Sweet Tooth ) . One of his most acclaim movie isWe Are What We Are , a remake of a Mexican horror film about a reclusive family who engages in cult - like practices .
Surprisingly for a film about cannibalism , We Are What We Arefeatures little in the way of gore , instead building tensity with an tyrannical atmosphere and engaging execution . A high spot among the cast isOzarkstar Julia Garner in one of her earlier cinematic role .
Let Me In (2010) - 88%
Swedish vampire filmLet the Right One Inis one of the masterpieces of 21st - century horror , a tense , unbearably creepy-crawly tale of the supernatural as well as an piquant come - of - years taradiddle . With such a stemma , one might be worried that a remake would n’t be able to becharm that magic , but Matt Reeves’Let Me Insucceeds where so many others fail .
The plot breaker point are no surprise to fans of the original , but Reef ' first - charge per unit filmmaking ensures that they are in force even if one has seen them before . Kodi Smit - McPhee and Chloë Moretz are also great choice for the lead characters , being role player with gift beyond their twelvemonth who make Owen and Abby ’s family relationship both earnest and disturbing .
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