# What "scary" movie/book do you want remade/rebooted? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700 "2015-03-22T17:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700/61 "2015-03-28T23:19:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The first half of Jess Franco’s **Count Dracula** (1970) is amazingly faithful to the book, and it has Christopher Lee as Dracula! Filmed in an actual castle(not a set)! Klaus Kinski as Renfield! Herbert Lom as Van Halsing. Watched a bit of it on YouTube. They had me up until they used German shepherds as “wolves.” :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700/62 "2015-03-29T00:47:47Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > For that matter, I’d like to see Lovecraft’s **The Shadow Over Innsmouth** and **The Case of Charles Dexter Ward** done right. I know that there are more versions that have been made than the ones I’ve seen, but the versions I’ve seen have been awful, and I find it hard to believe that others have done these justice. Are you referring to _ **Dagon** _? I thought it was quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700/63 "2015-03-29T01:43:42Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Stick to Scooby Doo, lite beer, and chicken nuggets until you develop an adult’s palette. Quite well said. The OP is showing his/her age/immaturity by naming, well, _all_ of his/her choices. But especially **The Exorcist** and **Jaws**. OP, I suggest you go and watch the shot-for-shot remake of **Psycho** from a few years ago, and then revisit your first post. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700/64 "2015-03-29T02:00:32Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#): > > OP, I suggest you go and watch the shot-for-shot remake of **Psycho** from a few years ago, and then revisit your first post. You’re suggesting what exactly, that the _ **Psycho** _ remake is better than the original? Whatever you’re yammering on about, I suggest you go re-watch your favorite Paulie Shore movie…but not before you get your Algebra homework done, son. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700/65 "2015-03-29T02:03:08Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Are you referring to _ **Dagon** _? I thought it was quite good. _Dagon_’s not the only attempt to make _The Shadow Over Innsmouth_, but it’s probably the most widely distributed. I’ve seen it. It has its points, but it’s too bloody bloody, substituting gore for Lovecraft’s atmosphere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scary-movie-book-do-you-want-remade-rebooted/715700.md?page=3)