I have mentioned in previous writings that no one likes when an original film is taken and remade, mostly to modernize it. However, there are few remakes I personally find halfway decent and make an exception for. Usually, it may be because of an actor I like, or if it was not that bad of a remake in general. Three slasher remakes that I make an exception for are Friday the 13th (2009), A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), and Child’s Play (2020).
Friday the 13th
The original film featured Pamela Voorhees as the killer. After she dies at the end of the film, her son Jason Voorhees takes up after her and resumes the killings at Camp Crystal Lake.
In the remake, it does not go through an entire movie of Pamela being the killer, but rather introducing her in the beginning (for backstory purposes) on how Jason came to be. Which ultimately was when he witnessed his mom being beheaded by a camp counselor and then took up after her.
Despite the cliché, sex-driven, young and dumb campers- the Jason portrayed in the 2009 remake, is grizzly and ruthless. Making him far more terrifying than in the old movies. The general troublemaker characters are annoying, but the one character that makes it tolerable is Jared Padalecki’ character because it’s Jared Padalecki.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The aesthetic of this remake is simply pleasing to the eye. The main difference between the remake and the original is that Freddy Krueger is portrayed as being too close for comfort with children before the parents of Springwood burned him alive.
Of course, killing him resulted in the ultimate nightmare, literally. The actor of Freddy displayed such great potential that even Robert Englund, the original Freddy actor, even said so himself. It’s actually a big deal that he said that considering Robert Englund is iconic.
Child’s Play
This remake was not as bad as I thought it would turn out. The biggest difference is that it is solely technology based. Therefore, it did a really good job at modernizing the universe. Instead of, a serial killer possessing a doll, Chucky is merely a doll with reprogramming that made him not child proof.
For instance, killing the house cat, and even taking over other technology that he is linked to, to kill other people. Frankly, with how technology is evolving lately the movie does make it seem rather scary for the real world compared to the original, but the original will always remain iconic.
Overall, these are my top three decent slasher remakes. I wouldn’t recommend to wholeheartedly watch them, but maybe just for some white noise or boredom.
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