So let me just start off by saying that I have not actually seen the 2002 original version of the Eli Roth movie - so I had nothing to compare it to. Apparently it's something of a classic so maybe I should brush up and check that one out.
This 2016 remake apparently follows the same original script making only some changes that Eli Roth wanted to have in the original version.
A group of youngsters travel up to a secluded cabin for a chilled get away - which as we all know in horror film world just means that they're all probably going to die in one way or another, probably just as they start having sex.
So - one of them encounters a man in the woods and, ooops! He accidentally shoots him. Angry shot man comes for him later and finds him in the cabin but, this guy has some sort of infection and spreads it to some of the others.
The virus seemly eats away at your flesh and turns you a bit loopy - of course everyone starts getting infected and those that are not fight among themselves about what to do with the infected. Add to that a rabid dog lurking around and the townsfolk hell bent on stopping this infection from spreading.
Like I said, in horror movie world, you just don't go to a secluded cabin with your friends.
I really liked the slow burn of this one, you got to meet the characters and it didn't hit you in the face but built up at a great pace leaving us to the conclusion.
I will check out the remake but for a first time watching on this one, not bad at all.
5/10 Masks
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