We may currently feel like we live in a cinematic world of remakes, in which originality is dead, but remakes aren't a new idea. The Hammer Film Production company was at it as long ago as 1979, when they decided to give the old Alfred Hitchcock film 'The Lady Vanishes' a fresh lick of paint. In the process of doing so, they shifted the film's chronological setting, and also swapped out all of Hitchcock's trademark subtlety and suspense for all-out camp Hammer Horror.
Needless to say, as with almost every time someone else has tried to tamper with a Hitchcock classic, it was an unmitigated disaster. A prominent reviewer described it as 'witless and charmless,' and unfavorable comparisons were made to the original by anyone who'd seen both films. Ultimately, it wasn't the Lady who vanished, but Hammer Film Productions. They finally returned to making movies three decades later.