Top Ten Tuesdays

[keirarts]

In fairness fistful of dollars is more rip-off than remake but it does steal moments shot for shot from yojimbo. I'm including it here. Nearly included The suspiria remake but don't fancy the abuse!

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[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by keirarts

In fairness fistful of dollars is more rip-off than remake but it does steal moments shot for shot from yojimbo. I'm including it here. Nearly included The suspiria remake but don't fancy the abuse!

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The Blob

[Rik]

Dammit, forgot about the Blob too, watched it last week as well

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

REMAKES

Another tough category – I have a huge list and it was difficult whittling down to only 10 films.

1. His Girl Friday (1940) – remake of The Front Page (1931)
2. The Fly (1986) – remake of The Fly (1958)
3. Heat (1995) – remake of L.A. Takedown (1989)
4. Sorcerer (1977) – remake of The Wages of Fear (1953)
5. The Departed – remake of Infernal Affairs (2002)
6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
7. Scarface (1983) – remake of Scarface (1932)
8. The Last House on the Left (1972) – remake of The Virgin Spring (1960)
9. insomnia (2002) – remake of insomnia (1997)
10. Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979) – remake of Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors (1922)

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

My thanks to everyone who contributed a list of their favourite remakes. It seems it was one of the more involving topics of recent times because of the number of lists and discussion about what people have included, plus what they omitted and why. It's great when a topic seems to capture the imagination and get a discussion going like that, so thanks to everyone.

This week, I'd like everyone to look at impressive follow-up films. They don't have to surpass the first film in a series or franchise (just as those in the remakes category didn't have to improve on the original), only be films which are the second in a film series, even if that's a series of two!

SEQUELS

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

My original top ten still applies from under three years ago.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Batman Returns (1992)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
From Russia with Love (1963)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Star Trek: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)

[Rik]

Top 10 sequels in no particular order:

1. The Godfather Part II
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Dark Knight
5. Dawn of the Dead
6. Død Snø 2
7. Evil Dead 2
8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
9. The Devils Rejects
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (ext edition)

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

My original top ten still applies from under three years ago.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Batman Returns (1992)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
From Russia with Love (1963)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Star Trek: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)

No place for Clerks II? It's a film I think you watched recently and one which you said could now be your favourite Kevin Smith film.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

No place for Clerks II? It's a film I think you watched recently and one which you said could now be your favourite Kevin Smith film.

No, no place for it. I don't think it's better than any currently listed.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

As the sequels topic was last done three years ago and some of you may have not changed your mind since then, here is an additional category for this week:

FAVOURITE THREEQUELS