Welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 horror movies that never should have been remade.

It even has his name written in it fred Krueger mom fred Krueger for this list will be ranking the classic horror movies that should have been left the way they were untouched, unedited and definitely not remade.

Did we leave any out let us know in the comments number 10 Halloween.

The question that comes up again and again involving any sort of remake is this, how does one improve upon the original rob?

Zombie's take on?

Halloween was definitely unique, meriting both discussion and critical analysis with regard to the director's style and point of view behind these eyes.

One finds only blackness, the absence of light.

These are the eyes.

However, it becomes difficult to separate zombies, grim and nasty remake from the shadow of john Carpenter's original, particularly since the latter is so justifiably recognized as perhaps the most perfect horror film of its day.

What's the boogeyman as a matter of fact, it was this feeling of suspense is largely missing from zombies.

Halloween and it's much missed since the latter ends up feeling more like an exploitation film than a slasher.

This may have been zombies intent, but it's still perhaps should have just been given a different title.

I read your book, I know exactly who you are and frankly, I don't like number nine, my bloody valentine Speaking of slashers, my bloody valentine arrived at the apex of that genre's boom back in the early 19 eighties as a result.

this Canadian film felt the brunt and backlash of the ratings board when it finally came time for release at paramount pictures.

Roses are red violets are blue, one is dead and so are you.

My bloody valentine may be among the most heavily edited slashers of its day but it was also an outlier with many of that genres established tropes.

There's a lot of character development within the story and those characters make thoughtful decisions as the violence ramps up throughout the film, Sylvia and Dave.

All right, get back in that car and get home and stay put compare this to 2009 is My Bloody valentine three D.

Remake and you have a comparatively less suspenseful and more boneheaded film with poor C.

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That just can't compete with the eighties O.

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What do you think we're being mocked?

Number eight The stepfather.

There are two reasons why 1987 the stepfather failed as a remake.

For starters.

There's the fact of the 2009 iteration went with a pG 13 rating effectively castrating its ability to push boundaries similar to the original.

I'm not your father maybe someday but this is all new to me again, I'm gonna make mistakes and I just hope you can forgive me when I do.

Additionally, there's one huge elephant in the room and that elephant is named Terry O'Quinn.

The actor's performance in the film is completely believable and magnetic.

It's the sort of work that makes it easy to submit to the stepfather and its story of a homicidal maniac, obsessively seeking the perfect family.

Dylan Walsh did a fine job of the script that was given but O'Quinn's shoes were just too big to fill effectively, making him the only actor who should have been considered to play the stepfather father knows best.

Number seven the haunting remaking classic horror movies can sometimes be a great cinematic sandbox, a place for filmmakers to play where older ideas can be given new life.

For a younger audience.

It was an evil house from the beginning, House was born bad.

However, this only works if respect is given to both the source material and the craft.

The haunting from 1963 works brilliantly as both a guy story as well as a more grounded tale of mental stress and anxiety may be something in the house finds you a kindred spirit, maybe thinks you have more understanding and sympathy.

This subtext is lost when elements such as poorly rendered C.

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And corny jump scares are tossed in as evidenced by the horrible 1999 remake the ladder is remembered more for attempting to ride the coattails of the origi to make a buck more than anything remotely satisfying or respectful to the haunting or its continued legacy.

What's the deal with the Adams family mansion because I got to be honest, I don't get a real strong sleep vibe from this place.

Number six Carnival of Souls.

The original Carnival of Souls is one of the most effective cult classics of its day in the dark your fantasies get so out of hand.

Director Herk Harvey's only feature film possesses an atmosphere unlike any other and uneasy and dreamlike quality that makes the viewer question everything that's put in front of their eyes.

It's the originality that made the film endure for so many decades.

While others from the same period have been lost to the sands of time.

This makes the 1998 version feel even more out of place, particularly since this remake is basically in name only really grown up turned into quite the lady very mature.

The story focuses more on garish imagery and violence than the surreal creepiness of the original.

Again, begging the question as to why it was titled Carnival of Souls in the first place.

Number five.

The fog, john Carpenter's films possess a style, all their own a calling card that's made the man one of the most respected creative voices in the horror world.

As a result, any remake of the man's work is going to be dealt with a bit of scrutiny.

The fog from 1980 is perhaps one of Carpenter's less discussed hits, but that didn't stop it from being remade in 2005.

What kind of fog moves against the wind Got me but my radar doesn't lie here.

It's the strength of the originals assembled cap That assists the fog in being so memorable.

Jamie Lee, Curtis Tom Atkins, Adrienne Barbeau, Janet, Leigh and Hal Holbrook are all heavy hitters and the 2005 iteration just didn't possess proper star power to make the cut.

Somebody please number four poltergeist.

For many poltergeist is a perfect entry point for horror, a place where many kids experienced their first fright.

This 1982 collaboration between director Toby Hooper and producer steven.

Spielberg is respected and remembered today as an effective story with likable characters and scenes that push the PG rating to its limit.

The question can then be asked, what do people have to say about the poltergeist remake from 2015?

Will it be seen in the same light so many years from now?

These clowns come from?

Why would somebody have a box of clowns.

People collect weird things.

The remake is arguably forgotten today, even by those who have seen it thanks to its lack of atmosphere and excessive reliance upon cheap horror tropes like jump scares.

Sometimes you just can't beat the classics, whomever might complain.

Nobody's complained until now.

Number three.

A nightmare on Elm Street.

The fact that both Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers Where masks has made it easy over the years for both of the iconic characters to have been played by multiple actors.

This isn't so simple when it comes to the other member of horrors.

Unholy trinity Freddy Krueger please.

This God simply stated robert.

England perfected the role and this makes it difficult for any sort of nightmare on Elm Street remake to get off the ground with any sort of traction.

Why are you screaming?

I got you yet.

It isn't really the fault of Jackie Earl Haley since the effort is clearly put their on screen with his work on the 2010 remake.

But this franchise frankly lives and dies with England's presence on screen.

I know you too well.

Now Freddy number two, The Wicker Man for as much as critics and fans harp upon the necessity for remakes to differentiate themselves from their forebears.

There is such a thing as taking it too far case in point the 2006 version of The Wicker Man, which functions more as a meme generator than a fully functioning film.

Thinking about it now, Robin Hardy's 1973 vision is just so quirky and dependent upon folk history and pagan mythology.

It's the sort of lightning in a bottle moment that lives better on its own in a vacuum.

Do sit down, sergeant Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent today.

The term folk horror has some buzz to it.

Thanks to efforts like ari asters mid, some are taking what the way Man did and running with it.

But Hardy's film remains a cinematic triumph that never should have been remade.

You'll simply never understand the true nature of sacrifice.

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Number one psycho.

It's fitting that this list is bookended by films that are often described as perfect by both diehards and outsiders to the horror realm.

And you go out with friends.

Well, a boy's best friend is his mother.

Psycho is most certainly a masterpiece from director Alfred Hitchcock and actually benefited from some strong Sequels in the 19 eighties.

These Sequels to define job of updating the troubling and tragic norman bates character for a new slasher generation and it wasn't until psycho hit the remake train that the wheels started to fall off.

This is because Director Gus Van Sant did a shot for shot re tread in 1998 this time with Vince Vaughn as Bates some candy.

No thanks.

The Landers performance is commendable, but the psycho remake was still extraneous to need.

While the Hitchcock O.

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She just goes a little mad.

Sometimes we all go a little mad sometimes.

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