10 Horror Remakes That Are Better Than The Original

5. The Crazies (2010)

George A. Romero may be most famous for introducing the concept of zombies into pop culture with his classic horror Night of the Living Dead, but back in 1973, the director released The Crazies, a film about an infection that turns people insane. The concept of infected people running around attacking others at full speed pre-empted Danny Boyle's reinvention of the zombie genre in 28 Days Later by thirty years. Despite this, The Crazies failed at the box office upon its original release, although fortunately, Romero's horror has since become a cult classic, which was inevitably remade in 2010. While Romero remained on board as a producer, the new version of The Crazies took the potential of the exciting yet flawed original and tightened up the script, adding more tension and better effects to create a film that surpassed Romero's first effort. Credit must also be given to director Breck Eisner, who redeemed himself somewhat after helming the action-comedy Sahara, which was considered to be one of Hollywood's biggest financial failures of all time upon its release. Since then, Eisner has signed on to direct the sequel to the Karate Kid remake, because the world apparently needs yet more Jaden Smith flops in their lives. Cast the young star in a sequel to The Crazies remake where he suffers a horrendous death at the hands of the infected and now we're talking.