Underseen, and unfairly cast off as yet another remake, this witty and scary redo of the 80s comedy horror, expertly walked the tightrope between the two genres.
Also in 1990, Heston played in yet another remake - as the Scottish grandfather in The Little Kidnappers.
Elsewhere in town, a huge cast and crew were shooting another remake of "Anna Karenina".
Takechi's last film was another remake of Daydream in 1987, again starring Kyōko Aizome.
Another remake of Mega Man X was released on the Apple iOS (iPhone and iPod Touch) on December 21 , 2011
There was shrill death-row thriller The Life of David Gale, the star-studded yet stuffy remake of All the King's Men and Jason Reitman's Mills & Boon melodrama Labor Day.
The Cramps were such big fans that they pinched it for their ludicrous yet scary 1978 remake of Dwight Pullen's Sunglasses After Dark – helping to relaunch the Link for a new generation.
After getting his feet wet with GameMaker's UI and logic scripting, he prepared to tackle his biggest challenge yet: a total remake of 1991's Metroid II: Return of Samus for Game Boy.
Rather than being lynched by furious Dan Aykroyd fans, Black and Def have a cult hit on their hands, and soon people are queuing around the block to rent their shambolic yet inventive remakes of The Lion King, Driving Miss Daisy, King Kong and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
