9 Movies That Were Better Remakes Than Official Remakes

9. Insidious Is A Better Poltergeist Remake Than Poltergeist (2015)

Poltergeist, the classic horror story dressed up as a family friendly movie, is a classic of the genre. As such, it's of course been replicated several times in distasteful fashion, cheaply remade to draw in new watchers in 2015 and falling flat on its face for critics and audiences alike in the process.

Much more fitting of the Poltergeist branding instead would be James Wan's Insidious: another dark story that follows a young child trapped in a paranormal dimension.

Instead of little Carol Anne communicating through the TV however, it's Dalton's spirit that roams free whilst his body is stuck in a coma, resulting in his father having to come and rescue him from 'The Further'. Ramping the tension up impossibly high and taking the family terror to literal new dimensions, Insidious functions perfectly well as a modern-day adaptation of Poltergeist, proving that its sad 'official' remake completely missed the mark.