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The Worst Remakes of All Time, According to the Tomatometer

Second time’s the harm for these Rotten remakes, proving that some movies are so nice, no need to make them twice. From a sand-in-your-pants Madonna vehicle to plenty of horror (especially remakes of international features), each critically-trashed film here scored less than 10% on the Tomatometer, so these are the biggest misses among misguided movie ventures. And they’re all gathered to be scorned in perpetuity in our guide to the worst remakes of all time.

#12

Martyrs (2016)
9%

#12

Adjusted Score: 9.412%

Critics Consensus: Martyrs flays off everything that gave the original its icy horrific beauty, leaving us an empty, pointless remake.

Synopsis: Ten-year-old Lucie flees from the isolated warehouse where she has been held prisoner. Deeply traumatized, she is plagued by awful... [More]

Starring: Troian Bellisario, Bailey Noble, Caitlin Carmichael, Ever Prishkulnik

Directed By: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz (II)

#11

Shutter (2008)
9%

#11

Adjusted Score: 10.812%

Critics Consensus: Being a remake of a Thai horror film instead of Japanese doesn't prevent Shutter from being another lame Asian horror remake.

Synopsis: A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may... [More]

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman

Directed By: Masayuki Ochiai

#10

When a Stranger Calls (2006)
9%

#10

Adjusted Score: 11.628%

Critics Consensus: When a Stranger Calls ranks among the more misguided remakes in horror history, offering little more than a rote, largely fright-free update to the original.

Synopsis: While babysitting, a high school student is terrorized by a stranger who calls her, asking "have you checked the children... [More]

Starring: Camilla Belle, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy

Directed By: Simon West

#9

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
8%

#9

Adjusted Score: 11.09%

Critics Consensus: With murky cinematography, a meandering pace, a dull storyline, and rather wooden performances, The Pang Brothers' Hollywood remake of Bangkok Dangerous is unsuccessful.

Synopsis: The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of... [More]

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Yeung, James With, Shahkrit Yamnarm

Directed By: Oxide Chun Pang, Danny Pang

#8

Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
6%

#8

Adjusted Score: 9.121%

Critics Consensus: The initial set-up is unbelievable, the plotting is predictable and stale, and the comedy depends on repetitive pratfalls that soon get old.

Synopsis: When Frank Beardsley, a widower with eight children, runs into his high school sweetheart, Helen North, it's as if 30... [More]

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris, Dean Collins

Directed By: Raja Gosnell

#7

Jacob's Ladder (2019)
4%

#7

Adjusted Score: 4.075%

Critics Consensus: A needless remake that quickly loses sight of the themes that elevated the original, this is a Jacob's Ladder that leads straight to nowhere.

Synopsis: After the death of his brother in Afghanistan, Jacob Singer is finally getting his life back together. He has a... [More]

Starring: Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nicole Beharie, Karla Souza

Directed By: David M. Rosenthal

#6

Swept Away (2002)
5%

#6

Adjusted Score: 6.626%

Critics Consensus: Muddled and lacking the political context of the original, Swept Away offers further proof that Madonna can't act.

Synopsis: A spoiled rich woman goes on a yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean and gets entangled in an unlikely... [More]

Starring: Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Michael Beattie

Directed By: Guy Ritchie

#5

The Fog (2005)
4%

#5

Adjusted Score: 5.696%

Critics Consensus: The Fog is a so-so remake of a so-so movie, lacking scares, suspense or originality.

Synopsis: A thick fog enshrouds a coastal town. The fog is reminiscent of one 100 years earlier that wrecked a ship... [More]

Starring: Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, Kenneth Welsh

Directed By: Rupert Wainwright

#4

Flatliners (2017)
4%

#4

Adjusted Score: 6.484%

Critics Consensus: Flatliners falls flat as a horror movie and fails to improve upon its source material, rendering this reboot dead on arrival.

Synopsis: In Flatliners, five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life,... [More]

Starring: Elliot Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton

Directed By: Niels Arden Oplev

#3

Kite (2014)
0%

#3

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A young woman, Sawa, is orphaned following the murder of her parents and is later taken off the streets by... [More]

Starring: India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe, Samuel L. Jackson, Carl Beukes

Directed By: Ralph Ziman

#2

Cabin Fever (2016)
0%

#2

Adjusted Score: 0.198%

Critics Consensus: No need for a quarantine -- enthusiasm for this inert remake is not contagious.

Synopsis: The story is familiar: fresh out of college, a group of five friends retreat to a remote cabin in the... [More]

Starring: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram

Directed By: Travis Zariwny, Eli Roth

#1

One Missed Call (2008)
0%

#1

Adjusted Score: 2.451%

Critics Consensus: One of the weakest entries in the J-horror remake sweepstakes, One Missed Call is undone by bland performances and shopworn shocks.

Synopsis: Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns star in director Eric Valette's remake of Takashi Miike's frightful tale about a cell-phone call... [More]

Starring: Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancón, Ray Wise

Directed By: Eric Valette