Bewitched (2005)
We’ll hand to Nora Ephron for trying something a little different by not giving us an exact replica of the 1960s sitcom. The film got a kind of meta addition to it with Will Ferrell’s character looking for an actress to play his witch wife in the film within the film.
Sadly, the script seemed to reach too high and probably would have been better off keeping to the original straightforward concept. It’s super hard to strike the balance. Then again, no one forced them to make a remake.
Rollerball (2002)
We will begin by saying that this film got a pathetic 3% on Rotten Tomatoes. While the original itself was barely impressive, it actually completely towers this film. Why remake an already bad film? We will never know.
Perhaps they thought some more modern lighting and 2000's Chris Klein would do well as a remake. They were poorly mistaken. We should forget about this confusing and aggressive waste of a film altogether.
Straw Dogs (2011)
If you're going to recreate an original, wouldn't you strive to make it a little more interesting than the first one? Apparently not. Rod Lurie’s remake of the Sam Peckinpah 1971 film "Straw Dogs" lost all the controversy and rawness of the original.
The rather gory addition does offer a slight payoff. We wonder what the conversation went with Dustin Hoffman when considering launching this reboot. Was he even considered? He definitely would have scoffed at that.
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Lindsay Lohan's career started to tank right after the release of this movie. We don't want to be over conclusive but it feels like a remake of a talking racing Volkswagen didn't help her in the right direction.
Starring in this lame rehashed Disney film somehow got her nominated for Teen Choice Award. Perhaps competition was weak that year.
Day of the Dead (2005)
The original "Day of the Dead" was a gory film but succeeded in adding smart commentary and pathos to all the bloodiness. The 2008 edition however somehow missed the memo and opted for more violence than substance. All in the style of cheap special effects.
The zombies are also for some reason not very zombie-like and more like intelligent superhumans who just terrorize humans.