Worst of the Worst movie reviews - Cabin fever (2016)

Every week I’ll be watching the worst rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes so you don’t have to. I’ll be doing one every week until the final issue where I’ll review the worst movie ever made (according to a random article I found). What are my qualifications you ask? I took Introduction to Media Studies in my first year and got a B average, so I think I know what I’m talking about. I’m going to watch each of these movies and decide whether it is rightfully on the worst movies of all-time list, based on my expert opinion.

Worst of the Worst movie reviews - cabin fever 2016

This week I’m being subjected to another horror movie, because I came up with this silly little column idea and I’m not a quitter. Cabin Fever (2016) is a reboot of the 2002 version which did pretty well in the box office. I wouldn’t say well enough to be bold enough for a reboot, it got 62 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes which is 62 per cent better than what the reboot did. I’m not a huge fan of reboots, and I’m not a fan of horror movies so I don’t see me and Cabin Fever working out.  

It starts as you’d expect a horror movie to start, with a group of friends who decide to rent a creepy cabin in the creepy woods. There’s also the minor issue of a flesh-eating virus that comes knocking on their door in the form of a forest dwelling man named Bert.  

The thing I didn’t like about this movie is that the plot seemed to move along very quickly, there’s just a lot happening very quickly. The characters aren’t likable, and I think it might be because they didn’t get a chance to be likable because everything picked up really fast. 

Also, the end is just depressing, I’m not going to spoil this terrible movie that you probably won’t watch. The end though, is just unsatisfying. There are ends that aren’t tied up and you don’t get to feel much empathy towards the characters because in my humble opinion - they suck.  

Overall if you’re thinking about watching this movie, don’t. Unless you want to get super high and just put something on in the background while you think about life. If you’re super into the whole flesh-eating virus thing, I would recommend watching the original. I haven’t seen it, but I worship Rotten Tomatoes like a god, and I trust the rating of 62 per cent. The director is the same as the terrible remake, but it seems he got it right the first time.  

I give this movie a 4 out of 5, 5 being the worst movie I’ve ever seen.