Zombie is just fine in his own realm. House of a Thousand Corpses and The Devil's Rejects were great for what they were. They weren't great filmmaking, but they were fine. They were creepy, visceral and violent, and honestly had a great sense of theme.
...However. Remaking something that a real filmmaker, like John fucking Carpenter, does is something he needs to stay far, far away from until he really grows as a filmmaker. If he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to hone his craft before he makes something that pales in comparison to the original. Granted, someone should have told him that two years ago, but whatever.