10 Horror Movies That Deserve A Remake (And Why)

Likely the most obscure title on this list, 1977's The Sentinel oozed style, atmosphere, and foreboding but never quite picked up the pacing enough to make it wholly compelling. The build of dread is excellent, but ultimately, horror requires a payoff to be successful.

Something seems immediately off to Alison Parker, the lovely model who moves into a New York apartment complex. Among the many strange goings on include two women sharing another apartment who come on way too strong way too fast, along with the supernatural elements slowly creeping around every corner: reanimated corpses, the spirits of serial killers, and the constant sound of things moving about in the night.

Eventually, Alison's boyfriend MIchael learns that the apartment is a gateway to Hell itself, and Father Halliran is the Sentinel, charged with preventing a demonic incursion onto the material plane outside of the apartment.

This film has an absolutely scintillating premise that ultimately wasn't executed to its full potential. That's what a remake should be: a film that had promise and can be improved upon. People didn't care for the remakes of Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm St. because they were great to begin with. With the Sentinel, there is a chance to take a good idea and make it truly horrific.