Hollywood is no stranger to taking non-Hollywood films and remaking them for an American audience.
However, it escapes being the worst Hollywood horror remake on account of how unintentionally funny it is.
The original film is actually really creepy and well-executed, if highly underrated.
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This is the movie that spawned the “Not the bees!”
meme that can be found plastered all over the internet.
The film is about two young twin brothers whose mother undergoes cosmetic surgery.
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It’s got kind of apredictable plot twist, but overall, it’s a really good psychological horror.
It just wasn’t as eerie or foreboding, and the dialogue fell flat in a lot of places.
So how could the 1993 American version have gone so wrong?
But the remakeactually has a happy ending, which absolutely destroys the entire point of the original.
This, and some other bumps were what caused it to fail so bad.
To its credit, 1993’sThe Vanishingis far from the worst movie ever made.
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Heck, it’s not even that bad.
Yes, it’s bad, but it’s not horrendous.
Things gradually get worse and worse until they find themselves relentlessly haunted by the spirit in the photos.
The entire thing felt like a quick cash grab meant to capitalize on the success of the Thai film.
In short, it justfelt uninspired and like very little care was thrown into the thing.
That probably wasn’t the case, but it sure feels like it.
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This first American remake wasn’t exactly high art, but it was passable enough.
The 2019 remake of the remake was a real stinker, though.
Worse still, it was extremely boring, lacking all of the scary parts of the original.
And make no mistake: it is certainly up there.
So when an American remake was announced, it should have been a good thing.
Sadly, the Hollywood version wasn’t just bad, it was awful.
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EvenJessica Albain the main role couldn’t save this travesty.
Plus it’s techno-horror–that’s not a genre that is featured very often.
Even though it isn’t exactly fantastic, it’s got relatively above average reviews.
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Sure, the original wasn’t really for everyone, but the remake was for no one at all.
There is no question whatsoever thatOne Missed Callis definitely Hollywood’s worst attempt at remaking a foreign horror flick.
The 2008 remake did utilize the same premise, but it went about it in an even worse way.
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