I'm going to
have to watch the Evil Dead remake because i'm a fan of the original trilogy... but i'm avoiding any reviews and trailers so i'm not over-excited on hype. There are some movies where i definitely prefer the original like, The Omen (1976), The Hitcher (1986), The Fog (1980), and The Hills Have Eyes (1977); and then there's movies where i don't have a preference and enjoyed both the original
and the remake, like, Cape Fear, Dawn Of The Dead, and Assault On Precint 13. Some movies are so crap in the first place that they should never be remade, and then there's films that haven't been remade, but i would love to see them redone, like They Live!, and Network.
Usually i groan when i hear a movie i like is being remade, because the cynic in me just thinks 'oh, run out of ideas have we?' It's nice to be surprised by a good remake though, when it happens.