With The Stepfather getting crappy reviews and not much hope for the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, we rounded up our picks for Movie Crunch’s 10 worst horror movie remakes. Some things are better left alone, don’t you think?

10. The Amityville Horror (2005)

Ryan Reynolds
Melissa George

We’ll try not to get too down on Ryan Reynolds in The Amityville Horror remake – after all, this was early in his career and you’ve gotta pay your dues. But nothing clicked about this new Amityville – none of the scare of the original haunted house tale. And way too much of that MTV-style editing took away from the story.

9. Halloween (2007)

Malcolm McDowell
Sheri Moon Zombie
Tyler Mane
Scout Taylor-Compton

We know we’ve likely got some split votes on this one – after all, many will argue that Rob Zombie’s take on Halloween was pretty decent. We’re ranking it among the worst because it can never hold a candle to the John Carpenter classic that introduced us to Michael Myers. Talk amongst yourselves – Carpenter or Zombie?

8. House of Wax (2005)

Elisha Cuthbert
Chad Michael Murray
Brian Van Holt
Paris Hilton

This one was doomed from the moment we discovered airheaded heiress Paris Hilton had anything to do with it. The campy original House of Wax may not hold the same clout as Psycho as a cinematic masterpiece, but it’s a far cry better than what Paris brings to the screen in the remake… and she’s got a Razzie award for worst supporting actress to prove it.

7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Jessica Biel
Jonathan Tucker
Erica Leerhsen
Mike Vogel
Eric Balfour

No remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is ever gonna get as grainy film creepy as the original. And adding pretty fresh talent like Jessica Biel didn’t do anything to revive the film either. A whole lot of unnecessary gore is the calling card of this remake, which you may recall wasn’t used in the original 1974 horror film (and that was way scarier).

6. April Fool’s Day (2008)

Scout Taylor-Compton
Taylor Cole
Josh Henderson

Remember how cool the April Fool’s Day of the 80s was? Campy, fun. Fast forward to this 2008 train wreck remake and, well… it was so lame and forgettable, it’s all but been wiped from our recent memory. We liked it better when it was called “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

5. Prom Night (2008)

Brittany Snow
Scott Porter
Johnathon Schaech
Jessica Stroup

Hey, let’s update Prom Night and make it really, really scary. Or… er… let’s drudge up every horror movie cliché and slap it together in a loathsome little movie. A lot of Brittany Snow looking in the mirror and getting spooked is all that’s going on here. A loose remake of the original that’s predictable, dumb and boring. And that’s being kind.

4. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Camilla Belle
Thomas Flanagan
Katie Cassidy
Lance Henriksen

Well, Camilla Belle sure is pretty. That’s something. Otherwise, this remake of When a Stranger Calls is a bit of a yawner, really. That whole “calling from inside the house” scare factor was lost in this babysitter stalker film remake. If you wasted your time on this one, we’re sorry to report you won’t be getting those 87 minutes of your life back.

3. The Haunting (1999)

Lili Taylor
Liam Neeson
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Owen Wilson

Oh my, where to begin with this pile o’crap? The Haunting is almost the tops of our worst horror remakes list – and star power does nothing to breathe life into this lame, tame horror redo. Casting Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor and placing them amid overused CGI effects? Fail. Fail. Fail. Directed by Jan de Bont, who brought you that little flop, “Speed II: Cruise Control”… guess that kind of says it all.

2. The Fog (2005)

Tom Welling
Maggie Grace
Selma Blair

We’re wishing this one got lost in the fog. You’d think a remake of John Carpenter’s so-so original would be a far cry better than this piece of slop, but you’d figure wrong. Oof. Tom Welling’s acting… that’s about the only scary thing in the whole flick. The forecast calls for foggy with a chance of bad acting, lame ghosts and all around mediocrity.

1. Psycho (1998)

Vince Vaughn
Anne Heche
Julianne Moore
Viggo Mortensen
William H. Macy

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say… uh, unless you count this scene-for-scene remake of Psycho. Not only is a shot-for-shot redo entirely unnecessary, but it sucked too. There’s no way that Gus Van Sant could even come close to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic masterpiece – and don’t get us started on the cast. Vince Vaughn is no Anthony Perkins, and Anne Heche seems like uninspired bottom-of-the-barrel casting for the Janet Leigh role.