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The 10 Best Foreign Horror Movie Remakes
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The 10 Best Foreign Horror Movie Remakes

By Mat Elfring on Oct 03, 2017 07:30 pm

Hollywood loves a good remake, and during the '00s, moviegoers saw a boom in horror remakes, especially from Korea and Japan. While not every horror remake was a box office success, a lot of these films were pretty good, some of them almost as good as the original. We're taking a look at the 10 best foreign horror movie remakes.

10. The Eye (2008)

In 2002, Hong Kong directors the Pang Brothers released Gin Gwai (The Eye), a horror film following a young blind woman who gets an eye transplant and has the ability to see once again. However, she gets more than she bargained for as she can now see ghosts. The film was remade in 2008 for American audiences, and it's not a bad film. The only way the remake falters is that there wasn't as much of a focus on the main character not realizing what she is seeing isn't real.

9. Dark Water (2005)

The 2002 Japanese film Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara follows a mother and her young daughter who move into an apartment complex which has a water leakage problem. Soon, she discovers there's a supernatural element behind it all. The American adaptation follows the same story as well but sets the film in New York City, where a cheap apartment is terrifying enough on its own. While the story is interesting, the American remake of Dark Water feels a bit--pun intended--watered down.

8. The Echo (2008)

The Filipino film Sigaw was remade for American audiences in 2008 and titled The Echo. In the movie, an ex-con moves into an apartment where his mother died and finds himself surrounded by a domestic problem involving a neighbor. However, when he tries to intervene, he comes to realize no one lives there, but he continues to hear the arguing next door. From there, these hauntings follow him wherever he goes. The American version of the film was directed by Yam Laranas, who also helmed the original Sigaw.

7. Mirrors (2008)

Kiefer Sutherland starred in Mirrors, a remake of the 2003 horror film Into The Mirror from Korea. Sutherland plays an ex-cop who is now working nightwatch of a department store. He discovers that the mirrors in the basement are a gateway for a demonic entity. The Hollywood remake is on par with the original film, which has a really interesting concept that--at times--works exceptionally well.

6. 13 Sins (2014)

13 Sins is a remake of the Thai horror comedy 13 Game Sayawng from 2006. In the film, a failing salesman gets a phone call which promises him great rewards for doing 13 tasks. However, the tasks become more and more horrific as he goes on, and it gets to a point where he can't stop because he's already gone too far. The original and remake are two exceptionally different films, as 13 Sins has more of a thriller vibe to it, while the original was more of a comedy.

5. The Uninvited (2009)

The Uninvited is a remake of Jee-woon Kim's 2003 film A Tale of Two Sisters. Kim is one of Korea's top directors, previously making I Saw The Devil and The Good, The Bad, The Weird. The number five remake on this list follows a teenager dealing with the death of her mother who is released from a mental institution after a suicide attempt. Upon returning home, she thinks she's being haunted by ghosts and enlists the help of her sister to find evidence that their new stepmother killed their mother. While A Tale of Two Sisters is a modern classic, The Uninvited is an underrated horror film that shows Hollywood remakes can capture the magic of the original.

4. The Grudge (2004)

During the boom of Asian horror remakes, The Grudge hit theaters. The film its based on was Ju-On: The Grudge from 2002, and both the original and remake were directed by Takashi Shimizu. The movie stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as an American nurse living in Tokyo who finds herself in the clutches of a powerful curse that takes its victim's life before being passed onto the next person. The original film is a tad incoherent, and the remake does try and fix those problems. However, The Grudge is filled with great visual moments that are truly haunting, like the picture above.

3. Quarantine (2010)

During the found footage horror revival of 2007, in which the first Paranomal Activity movie was released, Spain released REC, and a year later, the American remake of it, Quarantine, hit theaters. The movie follows a television reporter and her cameraman who are stuck in a quarantined apartment building while following a local fire department on call, and there's a rabies-like disease infecting everyone, turning them into rage-filled maniacs. The American version really captures the original film, with little to no changes, aside from the fact that the religious/demonic possession angle that was alluded to in REC was cut completely.

2. Let Me In (2010)

The 2008 Swedish horror film Låt Den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One In) marks a new era in modern horror, which focuses less on jump-scares and more on tonality and tension building. While fans of the original weren't happy it was being remade, the 2010 adaptation--Let Me In--was a pleasant surprise. A young, bullied boy becomes friends with a young girl who is actually a vampire. The American remake didn't change too much, aside from a few scenes alluding to sexuality and gender, and it's one of the few times where a great foreign horror film was remade into a great American horror film.

1. The Ring (2002)

Finally, taking the number one spot on this list is a no-brainer. 2002's The Ring kicked off the foreign horror remake boom of the 2000s. Based on the 1998 movie Ringu, The Ring follows a journalist (Naomi Watts) who comes across a bizarre VHS tape which causes anyone who watches it to die seven days later, and her son accidentally watched it. Investigating it further, she discovers a dark history, but she needs to solve the mystery quickly, as her son's life is on the line. The film was a huge hit for a horror film and spawned two American sequels, The Ring 2 in 2005 and the critical and box office flop Rings in 2017.

Destiny 2 Faction Rallies Guide - Check Out All The New Gear, Weapons, And Rewards

By Oscar Dayus on Oct 03, 2017 03:02 pm

Everything You Need To Know About Destiny 2's Faction Rallies

Destiny 2's Faction Rallies are now live, bringing with them exclusive rewards packages including weapons, armor, and shaders. Three factions are currently available, each of which you can pledge your allegiance to and hence work towards those rewards.

To join a faction, simply talk to its leader in the Traveler. Arach Jalaal (who represents the Dead Orbit faction) and Lakshmi-2 (Future War Cult) are situated in the Hangar, while Executor Hideo (New Monarchy) is currently in the Bazaar. You can see their locations and what gear they have to offer (that we've gotten our hands on so far) in this gallery, along with the exclusive "powerful" weapon that each one offers.

You can obtain these items by trading them for Rewards Tokens, which you earn by "destroy supplies in Lost Sectors and doing Public Events, Crucible matches, strikes, and the Leviathan Raid." The Powerful weapon, meanwhile, will be sold to all players next week for 50,000 glimmer, though members of the winning team will only need to part with 1,000 glimmer. The winner will be named at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST on October 3 (3 AM AEST on October 4 in Australia). For more, check out the latest Destiny 2 update 1.0.3 patch notes or our Destiny 2 raid guide.