15 Reboots Worse Than the Original Movies
by
Joal Ryan, for Metacritic
– July 5, 2016
As the Melissa McCarthy-led Ghostbusters may attest, it's not easy being a reboot. Here's a look at 15 reboots, from the mere misfires to the flat-out flops (based on Metascores) that failed to match the acclaim or impact of their predecessors.
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photo by 20th Century Fox
The 1982 Poltergeist was one of its year's biggest box-office hits, a model for haunted-house movies and the forerunner of two sequels. But this 2015 reboot sank without a trace.
“The remake grows less interesting as it goes, with final scares dipping into surprising lameness.” —Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
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