Gruesome, gore-drenched remake

Rating: 6/10 (6 April 2013)

Gruesome, gore-drenched remake of the 1981 film, again has a group of five youths stranded at a remote cabin. After ignorantly reading from a book of the dead, bound in human flesh, which does not burn in fire, evil forces are raised, which possess and kill as many of them as it can. Hot little Mia (Jane Levy) realises something is amiss early on and tries to warn them, but is not believed, the rest think it is just the effects of her withdrawal.
Our protagonists all seem immune to multiple attacks, gunshot wounds, nail gun attacks, limbs being hacked and ripped and sliced off, tongues sliced in half, even syringes almost piercing their eyes, and tree branches crawling into Mia's vag- they seem pretty much indefatigable themselves. This blood-raining flick has plenty of gore to spare, and some effectively cringe-inducing shocks, but not enough humour to balance out the shocks, which weighs the film down, and seems to make it drag a bit.
The road being washed out confusingly seems to turn the film (or at least that particular segment of it) it a nature-runs-amok movie, instead of horror. Are we to be concerned with the demonic forces raised, or with the weather? When, at the film's climax, a torrential downpour of blood begins, it appears as though the filmmakers were not exactly sure.
It is a good film, a decent enough remake, overall, but nothing spectacular, and hardly "the most terrifying film you will ever experience."