Not a gore guy

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2020)

I'll say up front I was not expecting it to be such a gore fest. I should've known by the original but I guess I figured the original was so overly campy that a remake would be a little less so. I was wrong. Lots of cringeworthy gore in this flick. I'll also say I am not a gore fan but I won't rate the film based on that because if you happen to like gore, you'll love it.
I'm glad they stuck mostly to the original. The few things they changed I think improved the story. For instance, instead of a few friends meeting up at he family cabin to get wasted, which is tired and played out, they are there to help a friend get sober. It's a welcome change from the norm. I also like all the hat tipping they did to the original film. The fast zooming through the forest, the necklace, incorporating the original actors in some way. I won't go through them all but it's nice they kept one foot in 1981. But speaking of including stuff from the original....
Something I did not like was not including the famous "were gonna get you" scene from the trailer, especially since it's the most memorable part of the original film. I was looking forward to it the whole movie but they if never happened. Disappointing
The acting was okay. I liked mias character. She seemed genuine in her acting. Everyone elses acting was forgettable.
Other than that, I could've gldone without all the gore but that's my fault for not really doing my due diligence and seeing what people said about it first m