10 Underrated Horror Movie Remakes

10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

One of the most infamously hated remakes on the list, the Michael Bay produced Texas Chainsaw' is mostly seen as a less scary, studio ordered version of the much-praised original. However, it does so much different from the 1974 film this comparison is unfair, and in some areas, it really surpasses it in terms of sheer panic.

R. Lee Ermey is unbelievably terrifying in this version as Sheriff Hoyt, being intimidating to a fault and has a chilling backstory of gaining a taste for flesh during the Korean war.

Leatherface is also a force of pure anxiety rather than the clumsy child-like brute from the original, as he charges into the movie randomly and raises hell.

Many complained about this version containing blood when the original was so stripped back, but the violence is actually very carefully done to show just enough disturbing imagery to imbed in your brain without being gratuitous.

It's a very slick looking movie as well, setting it apart from the low-budget original to allow viewers to see every ugly detail of the psychotic hillbilly household and its inhabitants.

The introduction of Leatherface in this remake is still an insane rush of adrenaline no horror fan should miss out on.

It's a film that switched things up to give a reimagined take of Texas Chainsaw' that gets a lot more hate than it deserves, and is the best entry into the franchise besides the original by a mile.