We all know that (even though Blumhouse is not that bad) redoing John Carpenters version after seeing the 2011 one, it will in no way be as good as Carpenters. They will completely screw it up and try to make it kid friendly with young pretty, clean people (like the 2011 one). I am of course biased as Carpenters The Thing is one of my all time favorite movies. They will also CGI the crap out of it.

That being said, the remake of Evil Dead was pretty damn good IMO....but that is really the only one I can think of in recent memory that was good. (The original was also one of my all time favorite movies).

yes, it is a prequel. They did a very good job actually. You could tell they studied the source material. What ruined it was the CGI...which it wasn't supposed to be originally. Overall, it's not that bad of a movie though (but you'll see divided opinions on that).

Additionally, there was a video game released in the late 90's or early 2000's that is considered a sequel and canon.

There was some brilliance hidden in that movie. Like their test of how to see who was infected. The story was hurt by having to have a young pretty lead because it just made no sense. The cgi effects did suck yes. The original effects that were supposed to be used were looking very good. The ending was kind of questionable as well. But they did a very good job of recreating the original location and copter/dog scene line ups.

I got bad news for you....

There's a 'sequel' in the works with the Rock.

There's actually a tell throughout the movie, but it is hard to see. Look up Carpenters explanation about the eyes. I've never heard about the bottle having Kerosene.

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You forgot Poltergeist...omg...

I actually didn't mind the Childs Play remake as the premise was different...but it wasn't as good as the original.