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Cabin fever 2016 plot1/6/2023 ![]() ![]() It really does seem like the original screenplay was used here with only a few things brought more up=to-date. When I say this is a scene-for-scene remake I'm not kidding. At least the original film had two sequels that at least tried to be different or do something slightly original. ![]() ![]() For the life of me I can't understand what Roth and company were trying to do with this film. That's certainly not the case here because what we basically have is a scene-for-scene remake. I'm a huge defender of remakes because quite often they're at least more original than sequels, which usually just copy the first movie. I've seen worse film but I've never seen such a pointless remake in my life. Roth was involved in this one and had spent several months really pushing for people to give this film a chance but the end result is without question one of the biggest disasters in recent horror history. This is a remake of the 2002 Eli Roth film that put that director on the map and helped bring in some "frat boy" type of horror movies. There is the pairing off, a couple of sex scenes for indulgence, some friendships, some hostilities, quite some bickering, difficulties in coping, and encounter with a rather strange deputy with her eye on one of the female victims, a lady slaughtering a hog and upset about the infection…įor those who have not seen the original, it probably passes as a horror entertainment, though very much at this stage in a familiar vein.Cabin Fever (2016) 1/2 (out of 4) Five friends go out into the woods for a fun week but soon a flesh eating virus begins to take them over. While there is an eeire atmosphere, the puzzle of the boy biting, the hostility of the locals, the scene of the hermit discovering his infected dog and himself being infected, his confronting one of the young people in the woods, knocking on the door for help and his being rejected, shot at, eventually consumed by fire, the main characters themselves are rather unsympathetic. This is familiar material going back, at least, to the original Friday the 13th and imitated many times afterwards. Interestingly, there is no suggestion of anything supernatural about the plot.įans of the original were not impressed by this decision to remake the film, very much in the manner of the original, though some reversal of characters in shots and size of shots – reminiscent of Gus Van Sant and his decision to remake Psycho. Gradually, the visitors are also infected. The film is about five young adults going into the country for a vacation, encountering strange experiences including a biting boy, a hermit who had been infected, hostile locals. Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Samuel Davis, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram, Randy Schulman, George Griffith, Louise Linton, Laura Kenny.Ĭabin Fever was originally a successful horror film of 2002, written and directed by Eli Roth who was emerging as a popular director of horror films, leading to Hostel. Peter Malone's Film Reviews and Resources.Michael Fallon Books and Audio-visual Resources.St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park NSW.Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. ![]()
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