![]() Using the same script Roth co-wrote with Randy Pearlstein in 2002, Z's noteworthy touches feel to be more aesthetic and in collaboration, like Kevin Riepl's explosive and appropriately screeching score, or Gavin Kelly's wide shots of a calmly menacing lake. Roth's visuals are not scarring by accident-the ominous close-ups of a generous glass of water, a woman shaving her legs in a bathtub to only realize she is flaying herself-but Z repeats them here with zero immediacy. At the least, it makes one appreciate even a tiny bit more the macabre cleverness behind the story's set-up and execution, a filthy mess of social class tensions and grotesque acts of humanity, where the answer to putting someone out of their misery is setting them on fire. The film does make a convincing nudge for Roth appreciation, showing the confidence of Roth's debut by lacking much of its own. Director Travis Z's version of "Cabin Fever" does not end with a lemonade stand. As the characters do so during the story's sometimes muffled slow burn, Roth's charcoal sense of humor is missing, the cruel irony lacking its hellish zing. ![]() We know the cause of the virus comes from the lake long before they do (whether you've seen the original or not) and we wait for them to in all literal senses fall apart. A pale band of college-age people (played here by Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram and Samuel Davis) venture out from the city to the countryside, fool around in a place by the lake (don't let the title fool you, this is a lake house) and most detrimentally of all, drink the water. The drama involves the characters going through the same motions as Roth's movie, a fatalistic course of events where terrible luck, ugly compassion and a tsunami of blood meet. For slight rebranding, the events are all bookended on more serious notes, which creates an overall ho-hum affair out of young people being slowly skinned alive. ![]() At least, some characters die in different ways, and one of the bigger characters (a deputy) has been recast as a woman. For more Cabin Fever news and developments, visit our Cabin Fever Page, subscribe to us by Email, “follow” us on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ or “like” us on Facebook.A remake of "Cabin Fever" could develop itself in an imaginative way, but opts instead to echo huge chunks of the original. Leave your thoughts on the Cabin Fever movie image in the comments section below. A remake of the 2002 film, ‘Cabin Fever’.” It depicts the familiar scene in which the infected stranger warns the newcomers of disease.Ĭabin Fever‘s plot synopsis: “A group of five friends are terrorized at their getaway cabin. In any case, here’s the first movie still. Forgive me, though, if I have little to no faith. So, I suppose, this could, technically, work well. This same premise could probably be remade once a year, and if done effectively, would be worth watching annually. Slowly and surely, however, the survival rate drops down dramatically. It’s a basic story, after all – a group of friends is secluded in a cabin, scared of a virus they’re trying to ward off. I can’t see this being of any interest whatsoever, for anyone, unless – a premise executed effectively works for anyone.
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