9 Movies That Were Better Remakes Than Official Remakes
4. Sleepaway Camp Is A Better Friday The 13th Remake Than Friday The 13th (2009)
Friday the 13th's 2009 instalment was a remake that spanned from the first movie to the fourth, unnecessarily reimagining Jason's reign of terror on Camp Crystal Lake in a bid that earned the highest grossing entry of the series. Unfortunately however, it didn't add anything particularly new or exciting, falling in the shadow of previous Friday entires.
Where director Marcus Nispel should have looked is 1983's cult classic Sleepaway Camp, somewhat of a Friday the 13th spiritual successor and film that much better captured the tone of the 13th franchise in the process, even if it wasn't a part of the series by name.
Telling the tale of a young girl and her cousin as a string of mysterious murders takes place at Camp Arawak, Sleepaway Camp deftly brings to life the whodunnit nature of the first movie in the creepy camp setting that makes teenagers the world over get the horn. And then get stabbed.
The juicy twist ending only makes it all the more a classic Friday movie.