Cabin Fever (2016)

This film lacked in many categories; acting, believability and intensity are just a few examples of this. I can’t say that this was a terrible film, however, it failed to live up to the standards of the original film in every possible way. Due to the fact that I never expected it to be as good as the original I still found this film enjoyable because it stuck very closely to the original script. Characters—for the most part—were similar, and with that I was able to build a certain number of  expectations for each of them, many of which they lived up to. However, Louise Linton’s Deputy Winston differed so greatly from Guiseppe Andrews’ version of the character that it was hard to know what to expect and hard to appreciate her. What turned me off to the film, on numerous occasions, was the music. The music chosen for this film was awkward and took a lot away from many of the major scenes in the film. Karen (played by Gage Golightly) was mercifully killed by Paul (played by Samuel Davis) just as in the original film. In this film, however, her death was much more brutal and gruesome, which actually made for a far more interesting experience. Again, even though this film didn’t live up to the original (which there was no possible way that it could have) I very much enjoyed this rendition of Eli Roth’s story. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3832096/