Benjamin Lee 

How well do you know these 80s remakes? – quiz

With Brewster's Millions now joining the seemingly endless list of 80s films heading for a remake, here's your chance to put your childhood-pillaging anger aside for a few minutes and show how much you know about other 'reimaginings' from the era
  
  


  1. Which director claimed that having a remake based on his film was “a bit like being mugged”?

    1. John Carpenter, The Fog

    2. Alan Parker, Fame

    3. Robert Harmon, The Hitcher

    4. Herbert Ross, Footloose

  2. Which horror remake boasted a post-credits scene featuring an actor from the original?

    1. Evil Dead

    2. Prom Night

    3. Friday the 13th

    4. A Nightmare on Elm Street

  3. Which rather unlikely director was originally attached to the Robocop remake?

    1. Paul Thomas Anderson

    2. Quentin Tarantino

    3. Darren Aronofsky

    4. David Fincher

  4. Which one of these remakes was not released in 3D?

    1. Fright Night

    2. Total Recall

    3. My Bloody Valentine

    4. Clash of the Titans

  5. In which movie do the characters watch a scene from the original on TV?

    1. Sorority Row

    2. Red Dawn

    3. About Last Night

    4. The Karate Kid

  6. “It’s about one hundred pages, and the only ones that were not dreary were sciatica inducing” - this quote from the original novel's author was concerning the script of which remake?

    1. Endless Love

    2. Arthur

    3. Fame

    4. Conan the Barbarian

  7. Which 80s remake has the highest Rotten Tomatoes rating?

    1. Maniac

    2. The Stepfather

    3. Hairspray

    4. Evil Dead

  8. Which remake was canned two weeks into filming?

    1. Weird Science

    2. Revenge of the Nerds

    3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    4. The Toxic Avenger

  9. Which actor was cut from the theatrical release of the Total Recall remake but appears in the director's cut?

    1. Arnold Schwarzenegger

    2. Billy Crudup

    3. Harrison Ford

    4. Ethan Hawke

  10. Which remake character is described by the actor who plays him as a cross between Rambo, Tarzan and the Abominable Snowman from Looney Tunes?

    1. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)

    2. John Ryder (The Hitcher)

    3. Alex Murphy (Robocop)

    4. Mr Han (The Karate Kid)

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:C, 4:B, 5:C, 6:A, 7:C, 8:B, 9:D, 10:A

Scores

  1. 2 and above.

    Your Total Recall of information was weak

  2. 5 and above.

    All that Hairspray might be affecting your brainpower

  3. 7 and above.

    More like a DREAM on Elm Street

  4. 10 and above.

    Titans have clashed and you have triumphed
 

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