Cabin Fever

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John C ‘Cabin Fever’ was released back in 2002. And again in 2016. However, about the only thing about the 2016 version is that it forces us to ask that most existential question: how can something be exactly the same yet completely different? The 2002 film has gone down as a cult classic. And for good reason – it’s awesome! Okay, if you’re into cheesy horror films with teens dying in various gruesome ways then it’s awesome. It takes the – oh so familiar – premise of a group of annoyingly beautiful teenagers going on vacation to a remote cabin in the woods and then meeting a sticky end. Nothing new there, but it’s just the way it’s done. It knows it’s not original and often plays on the clichés you’d normally find with the genre, plus it throws in some truly random and surreal moments just to keep the audience on their toes. And not they’ve gone and remade it. And a remake it literally is. They’ve used the same script as the original, sticking to the same running order of scenes and same dialogue (or at least 90% of each). Therefore, it just feels weird watching a film you know really well, only with new actors speaking all the lines. Just pick your favourite film then imagine watching it with new actors reading the same words just slightly differently. It would probably be a bit disorientating and off-putting and you’d probably just end up thinking, why am I watching this? Well, that’s how this remake comes across. It’s not even like the actors are that good. They all look as uncomfortable as we – the audience – probably feel watching them. They have no chemistry and come across like they’re all starring in a different film to each other. Plus the gore looks cheaper than the original – seriously, there’s an animal in the opening scene that looks like a blood-soaked children’s puppet you’d see on kids’ TV. I loved the original and regularly watch it. This version brings nothing new to the genre. If you’re a horror film, just watch the original. This one is possibly the most pointless remake ever (with the possible exception of that ‘Psycho’ remake in the late nineties). Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Dan R Why 2016's 'Cabin Fever' even exists is beyond me. But it does. SYNOPSIS: 'While staying at a remote cabin for a week-long vacation, a group of five college friends succumb to an infectious, flesh-eating disease.' Why would you remake a film from 2002 14 years after it's released? Worse still, you use the same screenplay and script as the first film. It's a carbon copy but without the special touch of Eli Roth. Roth's original film was something unique at the time and he, as a director, made his mark in Hollywood. This has none of that originality, obviously, and has been turned into a totally bland horror movie. Completely pointless. Dreadful 1/10 Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Jules N Un remake qui ne possède aucune identité propre et qui reprend scène par scène l'original. En revanche l'humour de la saga est un peu plus discernable. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Springbonnie105 it really did not need a remake, the second one needed a remake but not the first Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/23 Full Review Qasim R This is the reason why Modern movies are suck. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/23 Full Review Andre G i dont understand why they made a remake. there was a 3rd sequel to this just 2 years prior to this one. i mean they pretty much copied dam near word for word of the original movie with minor changes. also scene for scene as the original. you had a decent cast here. you couldnt just come up with your own script. It was was really pointless to make this film other than stealing someone elses movie to make money off it. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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