The thing is the remakes that are good (The Fly, The Thing etc) are by directors who have an impressive body of work in their own right and are clearly interested in the original. These days you get Nightmare on Elm Street directed by the guy who did the Smells Like Teen Spirit video and Michael Antichrist Bay getting his hands on the rights to all of the classics. The current trend of 3D just makes things worse too. "Ok so the prequel to the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre was awful. I know! Lets do another reboot/quasi-sequel but in 3D!"
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