I'd like to review Cabin Fever as though it exists in a vacuum, but it doesn't, it stands firmly on the shoulders of the original film, sometimes shot for shot, beat for beat. Typically, when a movie is remade, it is to add a new take, update it and bring it to another level. That is not the case here. The weird dark humor that made the original so entertaining has been taken out, but all else is the same, which leaves this with a void that will hit differently depending on if you've seen the first version or not. What was the motivation here? All elements are a step down, aside from maybe the camera technology. I could see if they went dead serious with the tone - as in the Evil Dead remake - but it's still going for a fun, carefree tone. You have two routes here: 1. Copy the original, but add more of everything. 2. Go a different direction, while recognizing that if you can't outdo the original, you can paint it with colors so dark it will defy comparison. There is no reason to watch this. Just watch the original Eli Roth version.
Shout by BronsonBlockedParent2022-08-05T08:27:24Z
I'd like to review Cabin Fever as though it exists in a vacuum, but it doesn't, it stands firmly on the shoulders of the original film, sometimes shot for shot, beat for beat. Typically, when a movie is remade, it is to add a new take, update it and bring it to another level. That is not the case here. The weird dark humor that made the original so entertaining has been taken out, but all else is the same, which leaves this with a void that will hit differently depending on if you've seen the first version or not.
What was the motivation here? All elements are a step down, aside from maybe the camera technology. I could see if they went dead serious with the tone - as in the Evil Dead remake - but it's still going for a fun, carefree tone. You have two routes here: 1. Copy the original, but add more of everything. 2. Go a different direction, while recognizing that if you can't outdo the original, you can paint it with colors so dark it will defy comparison.
There is no reason to watch this. Just watch the original Eli Roth version.