Cabin Fever is just another one of those movies where studio executives thought, "Hey, the original was good so why not milk the f*ck out of the name and release heaps of garbage, call them sequels, and the money will come." Now this reboot comes along with the exact same script as the original so I figure the execs were just like, "F*ck it, why even try?" And it shows. The good news is that this isn't a theatrical release - it's limited on-demand or something so thankfully a majority of people won't be aware of this abomination's existence. But for those who are, let me affirm your suspicions: this movie blows.

First off, none of these people should be allowed to act ever again. I hesitate to call them actors because I saw no semblance of acting on screen. The characters are unlikable and annoying, which is weird because I don't remember hating them in the original. I didn't care if any of them died; in fact I wanted them all to die so the movie would end as quickly as possible. It literally goes down the horror movie cliché checklist. The cabin in the woods schtick, clueless college kids, creepy guy at a gas station, perfunctory sex scenes, loud sound effects to make you jump, etc. Hell, even the gore is lame. Patient Zero had better gore effects.

Please don't watch this movie. It makes Patient Zero look like The Dark Knight. Watch the original if you want, or literally any other Eli Roth movie. I don't blame Roth for this mess because I'm pretty sure he just signed off on it, made some green and never thought about it again. It doesn't even have his signature silly style. It tries to take itself seriously and it fails miserably. Then they shoehorn in some jokes that aren't funny at all, and you laugh at how horribly they were delivered, and then you'll contemplate what you're doing with your life. It's a chore to watch, seriously.

Cabin Fever is just another byproduct of the horror remake craze. Avoid at all costs.

I'm not the one to hate on horror movie remakes I actually enjoy watching a classic remade for the modern audience. But that's only when the director can create a new modern twist or add more to what the original didn't have like what Zombie did for Carpenter's Halloween. But the remake of Eli Roth's Cabin Fever is just one of the most pointless horror remakes I've ever seen next to Psycho. The story of the movie is lame. It's everything you seen in the original just with different actors in these scenes. You actually know what's coming next. You even know what the characters are gonna say next. There's nothing new added in the directors own vision. It's the same Dog death opening scene. The scene where one of the characters gets his hand attacked by Dennis is the same. Even the camp fire story is the same. The only difference is the ending of the movie, which is not half bad. The characters are very unimportant to this movie or at least they felt like it. You don't pay even a minute of attention to them because, well they are supposed to be the same as well and they make the same dumb choices of survival as the original. The blood n gore effects seem to be up higher than the original. But it might it some gore lovers we do see a lot more blood all around in some scenes especially in the bath tub scene we see even some skin coming off.

I didn't enjoy this remake at all it's nothing, but watching the same movie you already seen. You know what's coming next. The characters die in the sane order as they did in the original. The only differences you'll find is the ending, higher blood n gore, and different actors who shouldn't be allowed to ever act in another movie again. I don't recommend you watch this waste of a remake. You'll have a much more better time re watching the original movie.

While not a shot-for-shot remake (the angles and cinematography are different), this remake uses the same script as the 2002 original with slight alterations. Despite this seemingly pointless exercise, I was prepared to give it a chance and not hate it for failing to aspire to anything original. I'll go on the record saying I -wanted- to like this film, despite some unease after watching the trailer. I'm sad to say it fails to live up to the original in nearly every regard.

What sets this remake apart from it's 2002 predecessor is the lack of any chemistry between the actors. It's not that any one particular actor is singularly bad, it's that none of them feel like they're in the same movie. It literally feels as if they pulled random strangers off the streets and asked them to make-believe they were friends for a weekend. I simply couldn't buy that any of them would take off for a weekend together, much less have known one another for years, as is the case for at least two of the characters. They feel like strangers and it doesn't help that all of them seem to be acting as if they're in completely different films--the disconnect is that apparent. It's upsetting that, despite having many of the same scenes and lines as their original characters, everyone in the cast feels so disconnected from the script that they utterly fail to bring any of their characters to life. They're the ghosts of what we saw in the original film, the acting completely lifeless. It's as if none of them wanted to be there.

Roth's trademark humor is also excised in favor of a few random throwaway jokes, delivered in such a deadpan tone by the actors that each one falls flat on its face. This time around, the director goes for a more serious approach to the material (a mistake, I believe) and attempts to paint the film as a tragedy. Nothing attempts to sell this more than the overly-ambitious music score, which is so epic at times that it feels like it belongs in a big-scale war movie. The composer feels the need to John Williams this thing up at times, which just leaves the viewer scratching their heads at why such a big spectacle of a score is being utilized for a film that largely takes place in a single cabin.

As if to keep from being too familiar, the deaths are altered just enough to qualify as being original, as long as you don't count on being surprised. Practically everything is telegraphed a mile in advance thanks in no small part to the reliance on the original script so that even the prospect of new deaths isn't enough to warrant much excitement.

Perhaps the biggest blunder is the recasting of Deputy Winston as a woman, played by an actress with zero comedic timing (although this doesn't stop her from being handed humorous dialogue). The character is a painful reminder that no one invested in this remake knows how to bring life to their character, as is true with the weed-toting camper (played by Eli Roth in the original). No one would call the acting in Cabin Fever '02 a revelation, but it's as good as gold compared to this.

The entire film is permeated with a depressing lack of passion on or off camera. It's as if no one wanted to be doing this. Roth's film, while certainly underrated by many, at least felt as if it was made by someone who cares. This is a lifeless remake on par with the new Nightmare on Elm Street. Truly a flat, emotionally barren production not even worthy of viewing as a curiosity.

This movie should not have been made. It does nothing new, different or even remotely better than the admittedly average original. Had it been Evil Dead-remake caliber, we would have been in for something special. But everything from the acting to the gore has taken a considerable hit with this remake as to effectively make it Cabin Fever-lite. This movie doesn't even try to be original in its retelling of the film, as the same basic set-up (and even some of the dialogue) has been reused and recycled to ill-effect. Worst part of it all? Save for a few of the actors, the performances were atrocious. Honesty, I have seen found-footage films with better acting than what some of these no-talents pulled off. The movie was limited in its vision, and toning down the gore does a disservice to everything that was good about the original film. It's just basic in almost every way, and really is a waste of resources. If you didn't believe Eli Roth was a hack before, you certainly will after watching this mess. Not recommended, even if you have absolutely nothing else to watch.

So I take most movies as what they are, entertainment. But sometimes you can't help but get annoyed with stupidity/lack of common sense. This "update" really just "modernizes" the original Cabin Fever staying pretty true to the story line a some minor changes here and there... I was alright with this movie and tried to put up with it but Eli Roth has an ability to make his characters seem like the DUMBEST living sentient beings in the world. In the world of Horror movies, I understand, the people have to be lower than average intelligence and lack common sense so that the plot will progress cause instead of knocking on the door of a trailer so you can use the phone for help, the character decides to "peek" in through a window in stead EVEN tho all the lights are on... so the inhabitants obviously don't listen to his pleas for help cause they seem him as a sexual predator.

I was kind of excited for this cause the original Cabin Fever was (IMO) a ground breaking piece of indie horror, it came out during the time when indie films were coming out of the shadows and actually gaining momentum. But this movie, I tried to stick it out, I really tried but there are levels of stupidity in this that "cringe" is a gross understatement. If you saw the original Cabin Fever and liked it, give this one a go! It's not entirely bad. But if you haven't seen the original first...

WATCH THE ORIGINAL FIRST, PLEASE!!!

and Mr. Roth, please inject just a meager amount of common sense into your characters, please?

You know how on YouTube there are a ton of videos where 14yr olds post their crappy guitar cover of some popular song? That's what this completely pointless remake is: an amateur attempt to recreate, nearly shot-for-shot, a pretty decent well known movie. The main problem is that not a single person in this movie delivers anything close to a good performance. All of the actors are entirely unmemorable and deliver their lines with the striking awkwardness of a broken robot. Seriously, every single line has a minimum of one characteristic that makes it sound wrong. In the original, each teen stood out a bit and had a somewhat distinct personality (the boy meets world guy, the squirrel hunting bb gun guy, the asshole rich guy), but in the remake everyone is equally wooden and undeveloped; as such they all blend into one and at times I forgot who was supposed to be who from the original. In addition, there is no chemistry between any of these people. As others have pointed out, it's like they grabbed a bunch of totally random people who had no idea what this movie was supposed to be like and said "ok, just do whatever". This leads to the other major problem: if you've seen the original than you'll remember how some of the scenes happened. Thusly, you immediately realize how wrong every single one feels in the remake. All of the memorable parts of the original now feel either forgettable, rushed, cheesy, stupid, or all of the above. Additionally, its almost as if they consciously decided to remove lines and parts that really defined the original! I went back and checked out a few scenes from the original and they're much more cohesive and inventive than this new, sterile crap. As others have said, this completely lacks any of Eli Roth's trademarks and feels like some guy trying to be Roth but completely missing the point of the original movie and what made it notable and entertaining. Lastly, they completely ruined the character of Deputy Winston aka party cop who, despite being a minor character, was hilarious and extremely memorable in both Cabin Fever 1 and 2. You just can't replace Giuseppe Andrews on this one. In the remake they changed the character to a woman who was easily the most awkward actor in the entire film - though they cut out a bunch of the lines from the original giving her very little to work with; it's like they had no clue whether the character was supposed to be creepy, ominous, humorous, etc and the end result is simply confusing and awkward). Ultimately these changes make you wonder why the hell they even bothered to leave the character in at all. Similarly, the guy who played the character that Eli Roth was in the first movie was absolutely abysmal and awkward beyond belief (Roth himself somehow pulled it off, but this guy is not even close).

There's more I could say but I don't feel like wasting anymore time thinking about this movie. Just watch the original and avoid the remake at all costs.

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.

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. 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. I've seen worse film but I've never seen such a pointless remake in my life. 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. That's certainly not the case here because what we basically have is a scene-for-scene remake.

For the life of me I can't understand what Roth and company were trying to do with this film. At least the original film had two sequels that at least tried to be different or do something slightly original. When I say this is a scene-for-scene remake I'm not kidding. It really does seem like the original screenplay was used here with only a few things brought more up=to-date. This includes an assault rifle being used, stuff like the internet mentioned and the Deputy character is now a woman. Everything else is exactly like the original movie so what was the point? If you've seen the original then you're just going to be bored by what you see here.

The kills are slightly different but they're certainly not great enough to save the picture. The cast really isn't any better here. The direction isn't any better. As for the screenplay, as I said, it's pretty much just the original with a few alterations. Even worse is the fact that the film runs the same length, which just goes to show how alike they are. CABIN FEVER, the 2016 version, is one of the most unoriginal movies I've ever seen and it's just shocking that Roth would sign off for this type of remake. His rumor was taken out but the darker elements add up to nothing. I will avoid giving the film a BOMB rating since it's at least professionally made. Still, what on Earth were they smoking?

I'll admit I've never been much of an Eli Roth fan. The original Cabin Fever was a pretty bad movie but I wouldn't even recommend this film to Eli Roth fans, as it is a pretty pointless remake. Fans of the original probably should stay away.

If there was one positive thing about the original film, it was that it had that low budget charm to it. There's something about low budget horror films that I like and Cabin Fever had that. However, this remake does away with that charm as it obviously had a higher budget. A higher budget doesn't always mean a better film, though.

The acting in this remake is atrocious and the dialogue is even worse. The characters are all underdeveloped stereotypes that you really don't care about at all. Nearly all the scenes of the original are redone shot-for-shot, but they're handled in a much messier manner. There are a few minor differences, such as the "party man" cop character is now played by a female, for some reason.

As for positives, there aren't many. The cinematography was decent and the gore and makeup effects were pretty damn good actually. Some of the music was alright. But that's about it. I don't see why this film had to be made.

Overall, this is a shallow remake of a bad, low budget horror film from 2002. If you've never seen Cabin Fever but plan on watching it, I'd go with the original, as it is the better of the two. However, that's not saying much, as they're both pretty shitty. If you are a fan of the original, you probably won't like it much. But you might watch it anyway just to compare the two. I wouldn't pay much to see it, though. Maybe rent it if you get the chance.

3/10

Cabin Fever (Remake) Horror) I kind of went in to this film thinking that this would be told in a different way, maybe in a better way than its original film. Now I'm not normal a El Roth fan but even I've got to notice this film has to be his worst ever film.

I mean remake are meant to be told different, with new character, new story, new way of this flesh eat bug virus now sadly if you were expecting that you will be disappointed.

Cabin fever remake is basically a rehash, carbon copy of it original scene by scene, which make you wonder why in the hell didn't he just make something new. Because this by any standards of a horror film is just a complete waste of money & time making the same film as the original in every way possible.

Seriously you might as well put the original film in your Blu-ray or DVD player & call it a remake, this is just how bad this is, coming from El Roth seriously he could of done better.

Sadly this is not a film i can recommend watching, i cant force you not to watch it , i can only warn you not to expect anything different from the original film. It entirely up to you if you watch it or not at least I've warned you. You may like it or you may not depend of you point of view, but not a film i can say yes it good. Sorry horror fan got to be brutally honest with this one.

This my review of Cabin Fever (spoiler free)

0.5/5

Cast: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Samuel Davis.

Plot: Five Friends celebrating graduation rent a cabin in the woods, only to find themselves falling victim to a flesh-eating virus – and, later, some redneck types who don't take kindly to their germs.

Horror fans can be a baffling bunch sometimes, often screaming bloody murder often when a genre classic gets remade, forgetting that some of their favourite modern horror films (The Thing, The Fly, The Ring) are remakes themselves. All of which are significantly better than this. It has been 14 years since the original Eli Roth gore-fest and some of the audiences that this is aimed at were toddlers at the time. The first one wasn't even good enough to be considered a classic even though it's better than this, and then there were the two sequels the second one better than the first and third one, let's not talk about that one. This brand spanking 2016 version had so much potential and even the Cabin Fever series isn't a talked about franchise, this film still had potential but it's just an extremely lazy remake. It would be better to watch the first one again because this one copies every word from the original script, and that's not to say it's a bad thing it's just that this one is just so bad. The film even copies every well third-base shenanigan the original one had. The thing is, is that claustrophobic horrors can actually be quite good but director Travis Z (Z for Zariwny) goes to far in trying to make this a horror (not convincingly) and not enough focusing on the claustrophobic feeling. To be fair is it supposed to give off tat feeling? Or is it just corny re-hash? People including myself would choose the second one even though the other 3 films are corny but not lazy like this is. Although this is one for the average gore fan but this is neither gory nor entertaining because even the original had gore as a feature but also it had the aspect that it was meant to be entertaining.

Here are some points as to why this is the laziest horror ever made:

Story: The story is probably the biggest point to take out because well there is no story or it's so bad it just feels like there isn't one. The story is a complete remake or in this case reboot because it looks like the director has just copied something that an original much better director did back in 2002. The story is in a humorous is that right to say? No it's humorless and quite frankly just cheesy and there are some really cheesy films out there all of which are better. If you like originality in a story then please this because this isn't original the director just rehashed something that's already been done and that is putting it nicely.

Characters: Another thing that the director copy and pasted because these characters although not played by the same 'actors' (again putting it nicely) they are just an exact copy as the first. They act in the same way they get infected the same way and it still has the skin peeling when you shave gimmick to it, but that is what made the first one good and well a classic although not really classic. The moral is the characters do the same thing not always a bad thing but in this case it is.

Speaking of the actors some of them would have very young when the first one came out and it's highly unlikely they even watched it, they should have done because then they wouldn't be in this. The original director intended to make this like The Evil Dead but there was one thing missing it didn't have the Indie feeling to it and yes Eli Roth is no Sam Raimi but you can see why he did it. Even the successful sequel which was disowned by Ti West not long after it came out. As this drags humorlessly towards the end there is a feeling of regret wondering why you spent so much money on a 'crappy remake' to an acclaimed classic. In fact it might be better watch the first one again and forgetting this even exists. There is a growing sense of dread it fosters has less to with the intended horror of watching you BFF's become infected by a deadly virus, than the creeping suspicion that nobody's heart is really in it.

Verdict: A duff remake of the beloved original so really nothing new, Travis Z's do-over of the 2002 classic gore-fest is surely one of the laziest despite the fact it is made from virtually the same script.

1/10 one to avoid forever.

The film industry must be in real crisis if average films are being remade after little more then a decade. The original was an OK film, I wouldn't have said it was a classic, and this remake seems so unnecessary, it doesn't differentiate from the original in any way, it doesn't bring anything new or different, it's basically remade word for word. The gore scenes are somewhat improved, a little more dramatic, and the dog scene is more dramatic.

I have so very little to say here, as I didn't enjoy it all that much, it seems only a few years ago that I went to the Cinema to watch the original, I find it more disappointing that new ideas simply aren't there, there surely has to be a vast undiscovered writing talent out there.

mehh, 3/10

I'll admit to not having watched Cabin Fever (2002) for quite a few years, but from what i can remember, this is nowhere near as good.

The premise is the same as the original being a remake, but just doesn't have the same impact. More gore, and even more stupidity, but these types of movies aren't ever going to be logical.

The characters, just cut out clones from every horror film, nothing likable about any of them, so you don't even care when they die. The script is just shocking, seriously the dialogue and the execution of it is just poor. The characters are portrayed as having at least half a brain on their shoulders at the start, but that soon disappears. I'd say the beginning is actually OK, just average though, but once it gets into the main story its just another dumb horror movie.

BUT, if you take the film for what it is, its an alright watch. Just a bunch of teens dying in various gory ways (although i can tell there will be an unrated version as some scenes were obviously cut). So if you're into that sort of film, give it a rent. If you want a more intelligent horror, this isn't for you.

Boy oh boy do people hate remakes. This 'Cabin Fever' remake has a rating of 3.7 on IMDb which is exceedingly low, usually saved for only the most vile, terrible and unwatchable films you could imagine. Is it a bad film? No. Is it a remake? Indeed. I would go out on a limb to say over half the people who have rated the film haven't even seen it, and have simply come to the page and clicked '1' in protest of the film even being made at all.

I don't believe it's fair to hate a film simply because it is a remake. Judge it on what it is and what, if anything, it adds to the original is how I look at it. I enjoyed this one. The original was Eli Roth's welcoming party to the horror genre. In his first film he already had more style, flair and class than most horror movie directors achieve at any point in their careers. The remake, admittedly working with Roth's original script, keeps a lot of that flair and adds a few nice touches of its own. A few characters are tweaked, some death scenes are changed (for the better in my opinion) and yet the core of what made the original great stays in tact.

This is quite a strange case where the original had its second sequel come out only 2 years ago and yet here we are with a reboot almost at the same time. It's no secret Hollywood is very short of ideas, and a consequence of that is we are going to see more and more reboots and sequels as the years go on. My advice is roll with the punches and see the good side of it, which is that people who would otherwise have never been familiar with the original will now become aware of its existence. Is a 'Hostel' reboot next? I won't lie, I'd actually get very excited if that was announced.

If the purpose of that remake was to strip all the funny scenes off the original to make a decent horror movie, then it failed miserably.

I liked the fact that the goofy Bert (James DeBello) was converted into an anorexic geek (Dustin Ingram). I also appreciated that some scenes made more sense, for instance, the one with the Hog Lady (Laura Kenny) etc.

But if that was supposed to be a decent horror movie, they should have gotten rid of that Dennis boy and rewritten Agent Winston into a much more serious cop who would have called for a sanitary confinement of the area after probably killing all of the infected kids.

The remake was definitely a good idea but the attempt at making it a decent movie failed.

I went into this expecting to see something different or even better than the original. But alas, this fails in every sense of the word...fail. Lack luster rewrite, production, acting and direction. And plenty of mistakes throughout the film that had me thinking "Were they high when they made it?!". Goofs such as the dog attack of the girl. The guy gets back to the cabin and sees the girl has been ripped to pieces...but...at the end of the film during the credits we see various body bags of which one of the bags contains this same girl who appears to have been miraculously put back together?! And without even looking close you'll see that her body bag appears to have a shape of a full formed body?! Another goof, one guy is getting chased through the woods and takes a piece of his arm flesh that happen to fall off and sticks it to a tree and an effort to throw his chasers off his trail. So as the guy sticks this piece of flesh onto the tree...it immediately falls off, but when his chasers get to this tree, of course the piece of flesh is seen hanging off the bark of this tree?! OK then in the end of this film we see what appears to be a young college girl looking at her friend's (The girl who was the first to contract the flesh eating disease)'Facebook' page. As she flips through the photos she see various photos of the trip our Cabin Fever protagonists were on. She then is horrified to see photos of the girl's bloodied legs, then a photo of bloodied shredded mouth and a photo of one of the guys bringing down a shovel to he face. The problem with this is, the photos were not in order (Bloodied shredded face from a shovel to the face, then a photo of the guy bringing down to shovel to her face). This was impossible because it was obvious these photos were screen shots from the film itself and were NOT taken by anyone, including the girl herself who happen to have a camera in the shed with her, at some point in the film, from outside the shed we as the viewers can see 3 flashes of a camera emanating from a small window, but this occurred long before the shovel scene.

Eli Roth approved this film???....all this film did was show me that Eli Roth has quickly become the M. Night Shyamalan of the horror genre. See this film be cause as film lovers we all have the will to give films a chance. See it and judge the film for yourself, because we all have our opinions of the films we watch, you'll either liked or loath it.

Look. Listen. I'm a defender of some remakes/reboots. Some are really good and improve on the original. THIS…is just not one of those.

For a movie that DID NOT need to be remade, they did it anyways. I guess to bring to a more accessible audience from 14 years ago. What changed since then? Oh, I guess the internet, gaming and more cell phones. That was like 4 minutes of the movie. And since that wasn't a huge part of it, still, there was no reason to re-film this.

Normally I try and give the synopsis, but it's all-but exactly the same as the first Cabin Fever – almost SHOT BY SHOT. Several young adults venture to a secluded weekend getaway cabin only to be infested by an acid skin virus. One by one, they're either infected or paranoid of each other with no help to be found.

I guess the bright spots are the homage to the original with one dog named "Pancakes" and the very well done cinematography. Also, they removed the homophobia and this bathtub scene was more effective – and best/scariest part of the film. But, beyond those, it's hard not to compare the rest to the source material. And be disappointed.

No actor or character had an ounce of charisma, which is what helped the original. We wanted the first group of kids to survive. Here, not so much. And speaking of characters, they gender-swapped the sheriff and significantly reduced that awesome part from the first one. He (in the original) was so funny, weird and you got into his character. This one was just to sell a pretty lady and partially draw from the male-sheriff counterpart's actions.

If one were to see this without knowing there were three other movies from this series, they may enjoy it. It's not a terribly made film. BUT, if seen after the original, I can almost promise disappointment. Skip this and start from the beginning.

***

Final thoughts: And I have, many times. I've seen the original probably a good half dozen or more times. Love it. It helps that I had a severe crush on Bert (originally played by James DeBello.) Can't help but stare at him when re-watching the first one. Sadly, they replaced him with someone, well, not so good looking. In fact, no one was here. It's not something I take in consideration when rating/reviewing a movie, but having someone attractive to watch during an already good movie certainly does help.

I don't write many reviews but I was curious when I heard they made an almost shot for shot/line for line remake of this movie. And they BUTCHERED it! The acting is worse than a B level acting team. They found a way to make every line incredibly flat and unconvincing. It pained me to watch this and I am offended by everyone who had a part in this. The original was a weird but fantastic movie, this was an insult.

If you think this as a comedy its not as bad as people say. I really laughed at points. STOP! It was REALLY bad but if you set aside the bad acting, script, directing, plot, cinematography, props, gaffers, producers, AD's, hell lets put in Kraft services,.. its really got... well a mashup of teen horror mixes in with an outbreak. Granted, NOTHING is explained and you actually root for the people getting killed.

I wasn't expecting this to be better than the original or even a good. I expected it would be a little worse but still entertaining. This movie was just horrible. It clearly, IMHO, was the fault of the director though. Deciding to take the original script, which was campy and silly, and have his actors reenact it seriously was a huge risk, which I appreciate, but it failed miserably. I liked them changing the one cop into a woman, because I thought that put a neat spin on the dialogue, so I will give the director that. But the acting for this movie felt like a high school play, where none of the students have a future in entertainment of any sort. It felt like each actor realized that the director was making terrible decisions so they gave up on the project, and establishing any kind of on screen report with the other actors, and instead just gave auditions for their next projects, like a professional athlete on a losing team just trying to keep their jobs for next years. skip this movie, and remember the director's name so you can avoid any future movies

From the moment this film gets underway with a car travelling through the wilderness accompanied by a score either ripped off or tipping its hat to the music from The Shining during its own opening scene, I knew this was not going to be a landmark moment in cinema. Maybe it was because the music sounded like it was being played on a second hand Casio keyboard from the 1980s. This is immediately followed by a nod to Donnie Darko, so I'm guessing it was intentional. Ghastly acting from the cliched group of 'teens' yapping about Minecraft, wifi, and the usual horror trope of no phone signal. They all look nearer 30 than 18. You need to sidestep this like you would a land mine. Not good.

Upon first viewing the Cabin Fever remake, I legitimately thought that I was playing Eli Roth's original when clicking play on Netflix. It's been so many years from first viewing the original that it took nearly 30 minutes for me to realize that the film I was watching was a recycled, useless remake. Who in the world would pretty much follows Roth's script to a tee when the story wasn't even groundbreaking to begin with? These are the type of projects that lack vision, emit no feeling or fright, and they waste a bunch of space for potential original horror content in this great genre. Unlike the original that had some scenes that were extremely whacky, this version didn't take a shot at one ballsy scene. The film felt like a total hack recreation but some super fans. Aside from hating the movie, there are a few positive aspects of the film being Gage Golightly and Nadine Crocker. Without those actresses' stunning screen presence and quality performances this would have been a total catastrophe to watch. I never felt so stupid watching a movie A.) not knowing the film was the remake and B.) the storyline rotted my brain.

The very first thing that came to mind when I stumbled upon this 2016 remake of the 2002 "Cabin Fever" movie was "why?" I am not overly a fan of remakes in general, but remaking a movie as new as "Cabin Fever" was just even more puzzling to me than remaking older movies. Especially since the 2002 movie was quite alright. But alas, I gave the 2016 remake a chance.

Although little did I know that this was going to be almost a frame by frame replica of the 2002 version. As such, then director Travis Zariwny paid the original movie no respect or tribute, and it was just a shameless cash-in on an already fairly established franchise of horror movies. And this remake was very, very unnecessary in every aspect.

Sure the effects in the 2016 remake were good, and were certainly a notch upward compared to the 2002 version. But again, it just left me with an overwhelming sensation of questioning why this movie was even remade at all.

The acting in "Cabin Fever" was good, and the people on the cast list were doing good jobs with their given roles and character. It was actually Aaron Trainor (playing Tommy), one of the guys at the gas station/convenient store, that put on the most memorable performance, despite having only a supporting role.

I am sure that for newcomers to the "Cabin Fever" franchise, then this 2016 remake is a great introduction to the franchise, but for us who have been with this since 2002 it was nothing more than a slap in the face.

And while the effects and the story was good, the movie just suffers terribly under a very heavy boot marked with "this should never have been remade". And as such, then this 2016 remake is not as enjoyable or appealing as the original 2002 version.

One thing that was a constant nuisance to the overall enjoyment of the movie, was the questionable pick of music they opted for. The music was overly annoying and just too loud, and it deafened out much of the dialogue in the movie.

I am going to rate the movie four stars out of ten based on the story, albeit it being a frame by frame copy of the 2002 version, the good acting performances and the special effects. But in my opinion, then if you are going to watch "Cabin Fever", then pick the 2002 original version over this remake any time.

This has to be one of the worst movies i've seen so far this year. I see a lot of bad movies through out the year, but this one really suck it.

The acting is bad, the crappy music playing, The gore effects is incredible bad...There is not one positive thing to say about this movie.

Although i could live with these things, they can be kind a laughable in some movies, but what i don't understand is why every single character in this movie act like a moron in any given situation? Is it normal to set a guy on fire when he ask for help? only in a B-horror suck movie.

I mean there is no human beings who act like this in the entire world but here it seems to be normal to act like a complete retard. Even though this movie is so bad, i will still recommend this for everyone to watch, because like the Holocaust we must never forget how bad it can get, so show this movie to everyone you know or else we forget.

(Spoiler alert) The original movie, in its entirety, is a spoiler alert. The only thing different is the terrible actors. I've never watched a re-make that literally re-made the exact original, which isn't very old in the first place. If you want to watch Cabin Fever, just watch the original again. Its the same thing, but has Shaun from Boy Meets World (for the 90's babies). Since I have to write more then five lines,Ill make the point that Dr. f*cking Mombo, the dog, is even still named Dr. Mombo. The small differences in this movie are completely irrelevant as well. The cop is a women, not a man.This would seem like a good thing, but it isn't. She is the worse actor in the movie full of terrible actors. Again, I am not joking, that is the only notable difference. They made the EXACT same movie, just worse.

This movie was so bad I even write a review about it. IN English! First of all I am not a big fan of Eli Roth nor am I a fan of the original Cabin Fever. I used to be a horror flick fan but as you grow older you get more sophisticated. There are still a few new good horror movies out there but this remake was just unnecessary. The idea to make a remake of mediocre horror flicks isn't bad at all. A new director gets the chance to take a script and make a better movie than the original out of it. I mean 14 years past by and film making business is evolving. Taking a mediocre movie the chances are high that a remake will be better than the original but this reboot is almost a 1:1 copy but in a worse way. The acting was so bad that I didn't know if I should laugh or cry about it. The movie itself is packed with horror clichés. Man I really had to pull myself together to watch this movie until the end credits. I mean some movies are so bad that they are admittedly entertaining but this one was just bad. The Cabin Fever Reboot is a 1 out of 10 stars because it IS awful and hasn't earned any more stars.