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.

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

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