Who's Hotter? The Women In Original Movies vs. The Women In Their Remakes

Does Total Recall's Kate Beckinsale compare to old-school Sharon Stone? That's just one of many tough questions we're here to answer.

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Opening in theaters this weekend, the new version of the classic 1990, Arnold Schwarzenegger-led flick Total Recall proposes a serious question outside outside of the usual frustrated inquiries about Hollywood remakes. With all the movies being rebooted these days, are the female roles generally being played by hotter actresses in the retread, or were the original ladies the standard bearers?

Think about it. Would you rather get into a vicious smackdown with Sharon Stone, like Schwarzenegger did in the original Total Recall, or Kate Beckinsale, who pummels Colin Farrell in director Len Wiseman's remake?

Weighing those options then proposes other similarly challenging debates. As in, who played a hotter terrorized babysitter in the classic slasher flick Halloween: former sex symbol Jamie Lee Curtis, or the young star of its 2007 remake, Scout Taylor-Compton? Or, who looked better protecting a humongous primate in Mighty Joe Young: Terry Moore, with her old Hollywood glam, or the untouchable Charlize Theron?

For the answers to those questions, and several more, check out Who's Hotter? The Women in Original Movies vs. The Women in their Remakes.

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Day of the Dead: Lori Cardille (1985) vs. Mena Suvari (2008)

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Footloose: Lori Singer (1984) vs. Julianne Hough (2011)

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Total Recall: Rachel Ticotin (1990) vs. Jessica Biel (2012)

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Total Recall: Sharon Stone (1990) vs. Kate Beckinsale (2012)

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Fun with Dick and Jane: Jane Fonda (1977) vs. Téa Leoni (2005)

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Sweet November: Sandy Dennis (1968) vs. Charlize Theron (2001)

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My Bloody Valentine: Lori Hallier (1981) vs. Jaime King (2009)

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Hairspray: Debbie Harry (1988) vs. Michelle Pfeiffer (2007)

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Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis (1978) vs. Scout Taylor-Compton (2007)

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Interview: Katja Schuurman vs. Sienna Miller

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King Kong: Fay Wray (1933) vs. Naomi Watts (2005)

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Mighty Joe Young: Terry Moore (1949) vs. Charlize Theron (1998)

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The Heartbreak Kid: Jeannie Berlin (1972) vs. Malin Akerman (2007)

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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman: Allison Hayes (1958) vs. Daryl Hannah (1993)

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Psycho: Vera Miles (1960) vs. Julianne Moore (1998)

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Psycho: Janet Leigh (1960) vs. Anne Heche (1998)

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[REC]/Quarantine: Manuela Velasco (2007) vs Jennifer Carpenter (2008)

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The Amityville Horror: Margot Kidder (1979) vs. Melissa George (2005)

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The Getaway: Ali MacGraw (1972) vs. Kim Basinger (1994)

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The Girl with the Tattoo: Noomi Rapace (2009) vs. Rooney Mara (2011)

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The Producers: Lee Meredith (1968) vs. Uma Thurman (2005)

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The Ring: Nanako Matsushima (1998) vs. Naomi Watts (2002)

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The Stepford Wives: Katharine Ross (1975) vs. Nicole Kidman (2004)

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The Wolfman: Evelyn Ankers (1941) vs. Emily Blunt (2010)

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