The Mummy, Frankenstein, and Dracula all had remakes in the 90s that were based off of earlier black and white films.
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Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978)
Body Snatchers (1993)
The Invasion (2007)
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Airplane! and Zero Hour!
12 Monkeys vs La Jetée springs to mind, though it’s pretty loose
This isn't quite what you asked, but The Mist has a black and white version that is apparently very good.
Mad Max: Fury Road also fits this. not quite what was asked, but a good ride!
also not quite the same thing, but Jodorowsky's Dune is a doco about a version of the Dune movie that never got made. also the older Dune movie by David Lynch is not good, but a ride none the less!
It's the best way to watch it. I imported the Canadian DVD back in the day to get the B&W version.
Little Shop of Horrors.
This question comes about as my really enjoying The Thing, finding out it had an earlier version, and then finding i enjoyed that version more and for different reasons.
Heresy!
Now I have that off my chest...
I’d love to branch out and watch more monochrome movies with modem ties.
The Fly - I have a boxset of all the various Fly films.
I Am Legend adaptations - The Last Man on Earth (B&W), Omega Man, and I Am Legend (as well as it's mockbuster I Am Omega). The novel inspiring:
Night of the Living Dead - as it's public domain anyone can remake it and they have (few of which are worth watching). A more interesting remake is the Dawn of the Dead one, although the original is in colour.
Nosferatu and Nosferatu the Vampyre but I'd also throw in Shadow of the Vampire about the making of Nosferatu.
The Blob - although the original was in colour.
And any number of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman films.
I’d add Return of the Living Dead as a quasi-sequel to Night of the Living Dead.
Also, Psycho hasn’t been mentioned. Cat People is another.
I’d add Return of the Living Dead as a quasi-sequel to Night of the Living Dead.
Good call - it's probably the best NotLD sequel/remake after Dawn of the Dead.
Also, Psycho hasn’t been mentioned.
I still don't see the point of a shot-for-shot remake but if OP is looking for B&W remakes then this is a must-see.
Cat People is another.
I'm disappointed that I forgot this.
The Fly - I have a boxset of all the various Fly films
Pants on fire. 😛 The original 1958 movie is in color.
Heresy!
I have to give you that one! 🤝
The original 1958 movie is in color.
Nuts, so it was. The sequels are B&W, which is confusing.
😁 ~🤝~ 😁
To be honest I was quite surprised to find out the original Blob was colour, but I decided to leave it on the list. The mind plays funny games with us (or mine does anyway).
Okay, now you're just jerking my chain! 🤣 How could you forget that...that...that particular beefheart/placenta purple-red that was The Blob?! 🫀
There's Sabrina (1954) and Sabrina (1995), if you like a suggestion other than from supernatural/horror/sci-fi genres.
Village of The Damned in all its various incarnations...but, purist aside, the original is the best.
The Island of Lost Souls (1932)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
All based on The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells.
Even though the Scarface remake with Al Pacino is an excellent movie, I personally find the rawness of the black-&-white original with Paul Muni more intriguing.
Now I can't remember if the original oceans 11 and Italian job movies were b/w or color.
Both color.