Cecil B. DeMille Christian and Jewish heritage to convey a message of tolerance. "The Crusades" was the first film to show accord between Christians and Muslims. DeMille received more than a dozen awards from Jewish religious and cultural groups, including B’nai B’rith. In 1954, he was seeking approval for a lavish remake of his 1923 silent film "The Ten Commandments". He went before the Paramount board of directors, which was mostly Jewish-American. The members rejected his proposal, even though his last two films, "Samson and Delilah" and "The Greatest Show on Earth", had been record-breaking hits. Adolph Zukor, the chairman of the board,
The Remake is "a relatively well-crafted slasher flick" that despite its basic premise was worth a watch because "it takes a stand against horror remakes and I am very appreciative that someone took the time to make a movie like this". Wildside Cinema found "The Remake" mildly entertaining, even if it did "serve up a few tired clichés as well as giving in to some of the very stereotypes this film was attempting to dispel (i.e. horror is all about T&A)". The Remake The Remake is a 2006 horror film directed by Tommy Brunswick, and written by Todd Brunswick and Dwayne Roszkowski.