7. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Why It Had No Right To Be Any Good: Remake Nobody Wanted There's no way that any film that sets out to remake one as classic and highly regarded as George Romero's
Dawn of the Dead is ever going to avoid some controversy, but here's an unnecessary remake that actually does its own thing, is entertaining, interesting, and rightfully bloody, and never feels for a second like it's stepping on the toes of the movie on which it was based. And who was the guy to pull it off? Zack Snyder, would you believe? All right, so one could easily argue that this movie doesn't need to exist and therefore shouldn't, but take it for what it actually is - a remake that shares its name with a famous movie and co-exists alongside it perfectly - and you've got yourself a modern horror gem. I'm actually of the opinion that this is still Snyder's best movie as a director - unlike his later, more awkwardly bombastic works, it doesn't resemble a video game. And I like that.