This is a remake of the 1980 cheap horror classic, which I was impressed with when I saw it back in 2011. While the remake is able to improve on a few aspects of the original, mostly some effects work and a variety of technical aspects, it also suffers from having a well-known actor in the leading role.
While Elijah Wood gives a solid performance, and by most standards does a good job, it’s nowhere near as captivating as the original movie. The performance winds up being exactly the sort of performance you expect, nothing more or less. With the original, the performance was unexpected.
There’s a clearer story this time through. There’s a primary love interest, and there’s more tension raised. But somehow, the movie feels like it runs slower than the original did.
The most interesting aspect of the movie is the way it’s primarily shot from a first-person perspective… but it doesn’t keep that as a rule. The perspective changes occasionally, but I’m not sure if it’s only done for logistical purposes. The perspective doesn’t accomplish anything that makes me like the movie more. If anything, it may have been effective every now and then, but it tends to give the lead less real acting to do, which pulls some of the potential out of the story.
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