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My question is about how many remakes are clearly better than the original films, however you want to cash out the comparative term. The only one that comes to mind is The Maltese Falcon, which shines well above its two predecessors (at least by critical reputation...but that was an earlier era). What about more recent remakes (say, in the last 30 years)? All these recent remakes of classic horror films seem bogus (I shudder to think of the Nightmare remake)...I do love the 1980's remake of The Thing, however.. For good reading on this topic see Fear, Cultural Anxiety and Transformation, an anthology on remakes of horror, sci-fi and fantasy films edited by John Marmysz and Scott Lucas (Lexington Books, 2008) Daniel Shaw Professor of Philosophy and Film Lock Haven University (570) 484-2052 Managing Editor, Film and Philosophy "And remember you are more authentic the closer you are to the person you dreamed of being" Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother ________________________________________ * * Film-Philosophy salon After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For technical help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon * Film-Philosophy online: http://www.film-philosophy.com Contact: [log in to unmask] **