9 Remakes That Were More Influential Than The Original
6. Dawn Of The Dead
The George Romero zombie films practically invented the genre, bringing together social commentary with top-notch gore. Dawn Of The Dead is his masterpiece, a big pulpy action film where a group of survivors take over a shopping centre and try to pretend they’re not living in a zombie apocalypse.
That said, there’s no denying that Zach Snyder’s supercharged remake in 2004 revived the genre in a massive way. The zombie movie had pretty much been buried for twenty years by that stage, and while 28 Days Later was a sleeper hit it was really Snyder’s Dawn that gave it a proper kick up the a***. It got rid of the slow-moving zombies in favour of feral sprinters, and the movie's huge success allowed the zombie renaissance we’re currently living through.
Everything from The Walking Dead to World War Z owes a nod to the Dawn remake, although at this point audiences might be a bit zombied out. The original is the better movie, but the impact of the remake can't be ignored.