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Around the time Hammer Films began to show their wrinkles and age, "Captain Kronos" was released, and in spite of its premise, it was boring. Not only was it boring, it was a wasted opportunity to show vampire fighting heroes that weren't named Van Helsing. Hammer failed. "Captain Kronos" is still a concept with possibilities as Kronos and his assistant Professor Grost can make for dignified heroes who are forced to battle the youth draining vampire breed. With a slower pace, a revival of this movie in the vein of "Brotherhood of the Wolf" would work. Pairings are always great, and I'd love to see a primarily British cast for this one to keep the Hammer spirit. Sean Bean or Raiph Fiennes would do wonders with Captain Kronos.

4. Children of the Corn (1984)

True, it's been remade numerously with it's quite awful series of DTV movies, but the original film, hyped as a masterpiece, really does need a touch up and it can be scary if done right. Stow all the campy kids fighting for power, and bring in children who can act that look genuinely creepy, and have a sense of dread to them. With the right crew, it CAN be a horror movie once again and not the comedy it's become as the years have worn on. As with any and every horror flick involving children, just cast unknowns and avoid the Dakota Fanning pitfalls. Hey, it worked for John Carpenter.

3. Deadly Friend (1986)

Often an overlooked and, up until a year ago, unreleased horror film, Wes Craven's story of love a la “Frankenstein” is still a concept worthy of a great horror film. Should this be remade out of obscurity? After so many years the film is still pretty dated with inadvertent camp and a climax that simply made no sense. With the right crew, "Deadly Friend" can be a dark and violent horror film about tinkering with Mother Nature and playing god. Someone along the lines of Chris Marquette would competently handle the role of Paul, with someone like Nikki Reed or Amanda Seyfried grabbing tightly to the role perfected by Swanson as the hot undead android Samantha.

2. Masters of the Universe (1987)

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Movie goers paid to see He-Man battle Skeletor in Eternia. Movie goers paid to see all the crew including Man at Arms. Movie Goers paid to see a fantasy epic, and instead they're given a fish out of water comedy with He-Man and crew molesting buckets of chicken and trying to find a weird intergalactic synthesizer with Courtney Cox whining about her dead parents. Truly it's a product of its times and lacked any potential He-Man was capable of. Veer away from the camp and provide us with a dark and stern fantasy epic that shows He-Man battling the horrifying Skeletor for Eternia. Give us CGI a la "Transformers," Give us nut stomping sword fighting action, and give us an up and coming actor to don the sword once again, and surround him with veteran actors along the line of Alan Rickman as Skeletor.

1. Puppet Master (1989)

There’s no replacement for Full Moon’s “Puppet Master” series which were gems of the studio then and are still very good iconic killer puppet films that were copied ad nauseum by Charles Band. With the variety of personalities, and interesting story, the “Puppet Master” series would benefit from a remake/reboot with a bigger budget, and better use of stop motion, and CGI. Bring back old favorites like Pin Head, and Blade, and don’t be afraid to introduce some other new comers. It would be a blast.

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