Which movie should be remade in 2009?

[Propaganda13]

Here's a list of some sci-fi or horror movies and their remakes and the number of years in between.

War of the Worlds 1953 2005 52
King Kong 1933 1976 43
Psycho 1960 1998 38
Planet of the Apes 1968 2001 33
The Thing 1951 1982 31
Texas Chainsaw 1974 2003 29
King Kong 1976 2005 29
Assault on Precint 13 1976 2005 29
Halloween 1978 2007 29
The Fly 1958 1986 28
Little Shop of Horrors 1960 1986 26
The Fog 1979 2005 26
Dawn of the Dead 1978 2004 26
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 1978 22
Night of the Living Dead 1968 1990 22
The Hitcher 1986 2007 21

Since there's a nice large group between 26-29, you get to pick which sci-fi or horror movie made in 1980-1983 should be remade for 2009.

[Victor Clark]

Does it have to be between 80-83? I'm only asking because the one film I really think could do well in a remake is Maximum Overdrive (even though the original was awesome), but I think that one was made in 84 or 86. Oh well, I'll try to think of some others later.

[detpat]

none, i have a good idea, lets make something new........naw, i knew it wouldn't work. [lol]

[Retail Zombie]

No more remakes!! New ideas, new stories, new monsters!!

[Propaganda13]

I'm not for remakes, I'm just having fun with the idea that Hollywood is on a set schedule for remakes. 26-29 years.

Maximum Overdrive was in 1986. I definitely see that being remade in 2012 :)

Here's the top 50 Box office gross movies for 1980
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1980&p=.htm
Click next year to look at other years.

Friday the 13th
Time Bandits
and while not sci fi/horror - 9 to 5 (probably remade with an all-black cast)

[Chaosculture]

Tho it came out in 87, I'd love to see a remake of "Street Trash" It would have to be a low-budget remake (the story line almost demands it), but I would be interested to see how far the remake would be willing to go compared to the original.

[Cybopath]

No good film "needs" re-made period. Only good ideas that didn't quite work are entitled to re-makes.

[Victor Clark]

I really think that Carrie should be remade again. I don't care if it was already done in 2002, that remake was an insult to cinema! What kind of family channel would think that remaking a great horror film would be a good idea?!?!? Doing it again might give it justice, but only if given an R-Rating, the original story (AND ending), and is supervised by Stephen King himself.

[jackskellington]

Land of the Dead.

[Pain]

No good film "needs" re-made period. Only good ideas that didn't quite work are entitled to re-makes.

I'm with you there. More often than not there isn't any "need" as you say, not that i am adverse to watching remakes that do get made. I'd like to see one of my favs get a decent treatment, and that is Carnival of Souls. The recent(ish) remake doesn't count as it was awful, but there is lenty of scope in the original for a damn fine re-interpretation of this ghost story.

[lavel]

Evil Dead 1, definitely. Could use work on special effects. Could be tighter and lot less fake blood.

[Kemper]

Slithis would be topical