Have absolutely nothing against remakes, or at least that is the aim. Although there are a fair share of bad ones, like 'Psycho' and 'The Wicker Man' (both of which made the criminal mistakes of being completely pointless) there are some great ones too such as 'The Fly' (which to me was an improvement over the still good original film and a great film in its own right as well, actually forgot that it was a remake which is testament to how good it was).
'Cabin Fever' is among the worst of them. As well as being badly done in every way, and not in a marginally bad way but quite catastrophobic, it commits what condemns too many remakes in being completely unnecessary and having no spark at all. This is soulless cash grab level film-making level, personally do not like films without soul and made for money and nothing else. The original 'Cabin Fever' may not the most mind-blowing of classics and had its foibles, but it was at least watchable and had a likeability about it, that is not the case with this.
There is a degree of faithfulness to some of the shots that stops it from being rated zero or in the minuses, but they are not particularly stylish or inspired at the same time this time round. The music is far too loud and has no creepiness or any kind of atmosphere whatsoever, you just want it to shut up.
Script-wise, there is just nothing to it. This time there is a real awkwardness and blandness to it with no flow or personality, the worst of it makes one cringe. There is nothing suspenseful or scary here and although there are scenes one recognises they just do not have the same impact here, things just happen but make no real impact and comes over as tired and repetitive. There is no momentum and the direction is the equivalent of being stuck in the mud.
Found myself very irritated by the characters throughout and the actors looked like they did not want to be there and were promised something substantial to do the film (and probably didn't get).
All in all, a disaster. 1/10
'Cabin Fever' is among the worst of them. As well as being badly done in every way, and not in a marginally bad way but quite catastrophobic, it commits what condemns too many remakes in being completely unnecessary and having no spark at all. This is soulless cash grab level film-making level, personally do not like films without soul and made for money and nothing else. The original 'Cabin Fever' may not the most mind-blowing of classics and had its foibles, but it was at least watchable and had a likeability about it, that is not the case with this.
There is a degree of faithfulness to some of the shots that stops it from being rated zero or in the minuses, but they are not particularly stylish or inspired at the same time this time round. The music is far too loud and has no creepiness or any kind of atmosphere whatsoever, you just want it to shut up.
Script-wise, there is just nothing to it. This time there is a real awkwardness and blandness to it with no flow or personality, the worst of it makes one cringe. There is nothing suspenseful or scary here and although there are scenes one recognises they just do not have the same impact here, things just happen but make no real impact and comes over as tired and repetitive. There is no momentum and the direction is the equivalent of being stuck in the mud.
Found myself very irritated by the characters throughout and the actors looked like they did not want to be there and were promised something substantial to do the film (and probably didn't get).
All in all, a disaster. 1/10