FILM remakes are tricky to navigate - put too much of your own spin and the fans will cry foul; stick closely to the original and the critics will be baying for blood. In short, it's a no-win exercise and let's be honest, reboots rarely make jaws drop.

There are exceptions, of course - 2001's Ocean's Eleven couldn't be any slicker with its cast of Hollywood hunks and the recent Mad Max re-imagining with its raw stunt scenes is the sort of classic old-school action cinema you don't see much of anymore in this age of CGI special effects.

The same, unfortunately, can't really be said of Poltergeist, this summer's second remake. Based on the early 1980s Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper frightfest, director Gil Kenan (Monster House) and producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) look like the dream team to resurrect this horror classic but the final product ends up looking too similar to the 1982 original to score points with anybody.