The problem with remakes and reboots: Over using an idea in horror movies

Happy Saturday Horror Freaks! Today you’ll will be learning why over using the same ideas over and over and doing remakes and reboots it’s a big problem in the horror industry specifically. Take out your notebook and pen, class has just begun.

Now let’s star by the basics. What it is a remake and a reboot? Are they the same? Absolutely not. A remake is a fateful version of an already released film and the reboot uses the film elements as reference making changes in plot, characters, setting, ending, etc. Both are ways of redoing a film but one is more true to the original than the other. For an example the 2009 version of Friday the 13th is a reboot not a remake, it has the same villain and story but developed on a hole different way with new characters. On the other hand the 2010 version of Nightmare on Elm Street it is a remake because it even recreate scenes from the original film of 1984.

You’re probably wondering what’s the point it’s just a remake/reboot. Well the issue it’s way bigger that it looks. The horror industry it’s full of exactly that: remakes, reboots, non wanted sequels, and the over use of the same idea. In 1931 Universal Studios released Drácula and brought what would dominate the industry for over 15 years; the Universal Monsters. This literature classics characters like Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon jumped to the big screen creating the first cinematography universe in history. After the success of the first films sequels began to arrive, using the same idea but adding more details in order to expand. As a consequence the films didn’t have the same quality as the first one and the didn’t scare anymore.

And that’s the key to this. It’s like jokes, the first time you will laugh so hard you will start crying, the second time you will laugh but not as much as the first time, by the time you have heard the same joke a dozen times you’re bored and want something new something different. And it’s that ladies and gentlemen the problem with sequels, remakes, and reboots. The first time an idea is used and it’s successful is going to be reused for a very long time and it shouldn’t be like that.

Did you know that the original Friday the 13th wasn’t supposed to have a sequel? If you have seen the movie you know that the ending can lead to many interpretations. But because the movie was a hit the decided to ignore that and create a way to bring back counselors to Camp Crystal Lake. Friday the 13th franchise was good at the beginning but just like the Universal Monsters the films lacked of quality as the number of sequels went up.

If you’re an aspirant to work on the film industry I beg you to stop this and bring something new and fresh to the table. I’m sick of watching the same thing over and over only with a different killer.