Horror has always tended to be a genre that latches onto the hottest trends and runs them into the ground, and while the 1990s were largely defined by the slew of subpar self-aware slashers that emerged in the aftermath of Wes Craven’s game-changing scream, the decade was rounded out by House on Haunted Hill bringing a close to another short-lived craze.
Anyone who thinks the never-ending procession of remakes began in the early 21st Century clearly hasn’t been paying attention, because the 90s and early 2000s were defined by a brief obsession with taking several classic titles and refitting them as big budget supernatural blockbusters, replete with cutting-edge visual effects and a stacked ensemble packed full of established and rising stars.