# The best horror movie remakes

Herzog's Nosferatu, Cronenberg's The Fly, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Let Me In, Carpenter's The Thing and It: the horror remakes that matched or beat the originals, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

- 48 votes · 15 items
- Sep 2, 2025 · I. Ferraro
- https://even.best/en/l/4865/the-best-horror-movie-remakes

## Top 15

1. **Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 94% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **The Fly (1986)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Let Me In (2010)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 88% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **Piranha (2010)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 74% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Speak No Evil (2024)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **Dawn of the Dead (2004)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 76% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Cape Fear (1991)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 75% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Evil Dead II (1987)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 88% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **We Are What We Are (2013)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **It (2017)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **The Ring (2002)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 71% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **Fright Night (2011)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 72% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **The Crazies (2010)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 71% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **The Thing (1982)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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