10 Horror Movie Franchises Which Got Terribly Adapted TWICE

Brian De Palma's Carrie has had such a lasting cultural impact, it's surprising it took until 2002 before the property got the remake treatment. 

The made-for-TV-movie doesn't come close to matching the original, but it's not without merit. Angela Bettis is remarkable as Carrie White, conveying a diverse range of emotions through her eyes and body language, and the story structure is significantly different, so it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of the 1976 classic.

Unfortunately, the ending takes a massive divergence from the source material, solely to continue the story as a TV series that never materialised. This climax feels so forced and tacked on, it ruins an otherwise okay movie.

In 2013, another Carrie remake was released, with Chloe Grace Moretz portraying the titular role. Despite her best efforts, the Kick-Ass star is too miscast to portray a social pariah convincingly. Not only that, the brutality which Carrie White suffers is glossed over in this version, making the revenge-fuelled climax far less satisfying. Speaking of which, the iconic finale is overly stylised, almost as if director Kimberly Peirce forgot she was making a horror film, not a blockbuster.