Every Platinum Dunes Horror Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
Platinum Dunes are both beloved and reviled in horror circles, so how do the production company's many genre offerings rank in terms of quality?
Platinum Dunes horror moviesare both beloved and reviled in horror circles, so how do the production company's many genre offerings rank in terms of quality from the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake to A Quiet Place? In the two decades that the production company has spent as a major player in the world of cinematic horror, Platinum Dunes has been both often hated and occasionally well-liked by horror fans.
Established by action cinema legend Michael Bay, Platinum Dunes began life in 2001 as a more high-octane and glossier production company than was typically found in the grimy, low-budget world of horror. The gimmick of early Platinum Dunes offerings was remaking much-loved genre classics, an approach that led the company’s output to be immediately reviled by horror purists.
12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
There’s nothing actively awful about 2003’s Texas Chainsaw Massacreremake. It’s fast-paced, occasionally tense, and even features that great “camera swoops through an open wound” shot. That said, there’s also no reason for a glossy remake of Tobe Hooper’s iconic original to exist when what made the 1974 horror so brutally effective was its tangibly sweaty, cheap, grim atmosphere. It’s a classic for a reason, and has an authentically grimy feel that can’t be replicated, so this Texas Chainsaw Massacreremake was always bound to feel toothless.
11. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Much like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s intense atmosphere couldn’t be recreated, offering more backstory for the franchise villains couldn’t make them scarier than the original movie’s thinly-sketched horrors. This 2006 prequel is a little stronger than the remake, but it’s still an unnecessary addition to the overall Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise canon.
10. A Nightmare On Elm Street
One of the most controversial offerings from Platinum Dunes, 2010’s A Nightmare On Elm Street is spared a spot at the bottom of this list thanks to a talented cast that includes Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Aaron Yoo, and the chilling Jackie Earl Haley in the role of Freddy Krueger. However, a tasteless last-minute twistand a tragic lack of scares ensure this one remains near the bottom of the pile.
9. The Amityville Horror
2005’s The Amityville Horror benefits from Ryan Reynolds doing his best Jack Torrance impression as the patriarch who turns murderous when he moves into the titular abode. The remake boasted jump scares and early '00s over-editing abound, but the original movie wasn’t much scarier. Therefore, this remains one of the more middle-of-the-road remakes from Platinum Dunes.
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2. The First Purge
Finally marrying the satirical potential inherent in the premise to real-life events, The First Purge took the already promising formula of the franchise and made explicit the implied political message. An unsparing satire of the ruling class profiting off eradicating poor communities, this action-horror movie is also a tightly-written and frequently tense, scary delight.
1. A Quiet Place
2018’s blockbuster post-apocalyptic action horror A Quiet Place may have the simplest premise on this list, but it’s also the strongest. Following a family struggling to live in complete silence after most of the Earth's inhabitants are wiped out by sound sensitive monsters, this intense and grim survival horror is truly gripping, genuinely scary, and surprisingly poignant at times
Every Platinum Dunes Horror Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
Platinum Dunes are both beloved and reviled in horror circles, so how do the production company's many genre offerings rank in terms of quality?
Platinum Dunes horror moviesare both beloved and reviled in horror circles, so how do the production company's many genre offerings rank in terms of quality from the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake to A Quiet Place? In the two decades that the production company has spent as a major player in the world of cinematic horror, Platinum Dunes has been both often hated and occasionally well-liked by horror fans.
Established by action cinema legend Michael Bay, Platinum Dunes began life in 2001 as a more high-octane and glossier production company than was typically found in the grimy, low-budget world of horror. The gimmick of early Platinum Dunes offerings was remaking much-loved genre classics, an approach that led the company’s output to be immediately reviled by horror purists.
12. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
There’s nothing actively awful about 2003’s Texas Chainsaw Massacreremake. It’s fast-paced, occasionally tense, and even features that great “camera swoops through an open wound” shot. That said, there’s also no reason for a glossy remake of Tobe Hooper’s iconic original to exist when what made the 1974 horror so brutally effective was its tangibly sweaty, cheap, grim atmosphere. It’s a classic for a reason, and has an authentically grimy feel that can’t be replicated, so this Texas Chainsaw Massacreremake was always bound to feel toothless.
11. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Much like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s intense atmosphere couldn’t be recreated, offering more backstory for the franchise villains couldn’t make them scarier than the original movie’s thinly-sketched horrors. This 2006 prequel is a little stronger than the remake, but it’s still an unnecessary addition to the overall Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise canon.
10. A Nightmare On Elm Street
One of the most controversial offerings from Platinum Dunes, 2010’s A Nightmare On Elm Street is spared a spot at the bottom of this list thanks to a talented cast that includes Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Aaron Yoo, and the chilling Jackie Earl Haley in the role of Freddy Krueger. However, a tasteless last-minute twistand a tragic lack of scares ensure this one remains near the bottom of the pile.
9. The Amityville Horror
2005’s The Amityville Horror benefits from Ryan Reynolds doing his best Jack Torrance impression as the patriarch who turns murderous when he moves into the titular abode. The remake boasted jump scares and early '00s over-editing abound, but the original movie wasn’t much scarier. Therefore, this remains one of the more middle-of-the-road remakes from Platinum Dunes.
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2. The First Purge
Finally marrying the satirical potential inherent in the premise to real-life events, The First Purge took the already promising formula of the franchise and made explicit the implied political message. An unsparing satire of the ruling class profiting off eradicating poor communities, this action-horror movie is also a tightly-written and frequently tense, scary delight.
1. A Quiet Place
2018’s blockbuster post-apocalyptic action horror A Quiet Place may have the simplest premise on this list, but it’s also the strongest. Following a family struggling to live in complete silence after most of the Earth's inhabitants are wiped out by sound sensitive monsters, this intense and grim survival horror is truly gripping, genuinely scary, and surprisingly poignant at times
Every Platinum Dunes Horror Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
