Hip Attractive Model Types Scared of Familiar Tropes Is What Passes For Horror These Days

Rating: 5/10 (28 November 2013)

Shallow overblown remake of a low budget classic fails by its very nature as yet another 21st century "all style no substance" remake. My biggest gripe with the movie (and others like it) is that it takes an inventive, creative, unique film with atmosphere and tension and turns it into yet another glossy uninspired "pretty" movie that we get way too much of already. The movie tag line reads: the most terrifying film you will ever experience. What a joke. It's impossible to be frightened by these music video horror movies that remove you so far from reality with their overproduced visuals that you never feel a sense of dread or uneasiness. How is it scary watching a bunch of young models act poorly and mimic stuff we've seen in dozens of movies over the decades?
In a comparison with the original film it fails completely. Judging it on its own (mostly borrowed) merits, it's as entertaining as your average generic slasher horror flick -- no scares but a sort of "zone out and enjoy it" entertainment value. It borrows liberally from better films and offers nothing new of its own. The stuff it changes from the original Evil Dead movies is stuff that's ripped off from other sources, like The Exorcist. Look, it is what it is. A lot of dumb kids and those easily pleased will wet themselves with enjoyment over it. But that doesn't make it great. It's all very familiar and stale but...it's better than the Texas Chainsaw remake. I guess there's that!